Blu Hydrangea says identifying as non-binary has made them "not care as much" about how they look.
Blu Hydrangea says coming out as non-binary made them more confident
The 26-year-old drag queen from Northern Ireland, who was crowned the first-ever Queen of The World on ‘RuPaul's Drag Race UK Versus the World’, came out as non-binary in February, and admits it has been life-changing.
Blu told the Metro newspaper: “It’s kind of allowed me to be a bit more experimental with how I look and not care as much. If I want to wear eye make-up to the bar out for dinner that night, I will.
“I’ve got a mullet now, which is real. I’m just allowing myself to do things that I would have boxed myself into not doing before because I felt I had to stick to a gender or people were going to judge me. Now I’m just happy being me.”
The drag queen, who performed in a fierce selection of fabulous get ups whilst on the show, said the best advice Ru once gave was realising that the power available in drag was also available out of drag.
They added: “That’s one of the best tips that Ru has ever given me. It’s honestly true. You think that getting up in all of this regalia kind of gives you an extra confidence but the reality of the situation is you’re still the same person underneath. You should feel the self-confidence when you’re out of drag.”
Blu, who’s been with their partner Johnson for eight years, says they’re grateful to have someone to turn to when they’re feeling low.
They said: “I have a partner, We’ve been together eight years. Actually, when I first dropped out of university, he was like, ‘You need to do something with this year out’. He applied for a make-up course for me and from there, one thing led to another.
“Drag is a weird thing to want to do and he’s never turned his nose up at it, which is fabulous. He’s kind of my rock.”