Musician Héloïse Letissier who performs as Christine and the Queens has spoken out about the homophobia she experienced when her first album was released in 2014.
In an exclusive interview with Attitude magazine the singer shared that she had found her creativity through the queer community and described herself as being “birthed by drag queens”.
When it came time to head out to promote her debut album Chaleur Humaine, the singer found people often mocked and laughed at her when she explained that she identified as pansexual.
“On the first album, people tolerated things because I was not really threatening,” she says.
“I had long hair. I was safe and sexual, but I was not really working on my sexuality aggressively. I was labelled as a marketing construct at some point.
“I was like, ‘Do you realise how brave I had to be in 2014, when I had to explain pansexuality on TV, and people were laughing at my face?’
“I experienced homophobia during the first cycle of my record, but I never talked about it because I wanted the art to be the thing and I wanted to keep on talking about that.” Christine said.
Head across to Attitude to read the full interview.
OIP Staff
