Tiffany Pollard Says She Feels Both Masculine & Feminine, 'Resonates' with Nonbinary

Tiffany Pollard has been thinking about identity lately, sharing that the concept of being nonbinary is something that "resonates" with her.

via: Pink News

House of Villains star Tiffany ‘New York’ Pollard is opening up about her relationship with her gender identity, revealing that she “resonates” with the non-binary community.

Speaking exclusively to PinkNews ahead of the launch of her “sizzling” new reality competition series Slayers: Wheel of Fate, the TV personality and viral sensation explained that she often feels “more masculine” than feminine.

“I really do resonate with non-binary because I feel like we are so dual without even recognising it,” she shared. “Because it takes two sexes for us to get here, so some days I may feel a lot more masculine and sometimes I’m super feminine, and that’s OK.”

In 2023, the former Celebrity Big Brother star revealed that she identified as queer, and last year, she explained during an episode of The Jason Lee Show that she has “lived a very, very broad life” in regards to her sexuality.

Tiffany Pollard, now 43, explained to PinkNews that she had her first kiss with another girl while in junior high (for UK readers, that’s age 12 to 15), and that the childhood experience “felt right”.

“The first time I ever really kissed a girl, I think it was in junior high, and I knew and it was fine. It felt good, it felt right. It had to happen at some point,” she said.

“You gonna come out of that closet and once you do it’s like, ‘OK, wow, this world is open to me in new ways and sweetie, shoving me back in the closet is never going to be an option’”.

Pollard is both the host and executive producer of Slayers: Wheel of Fate on OUTflix, a competition show which pits ten queer gamers against each other in the hope of winning $25,000 (approx. £18,600).

The competitors are followed through an “immersive gaming experience complete with a mysterious castle, a villain named Queen Karen, and a ‘dragon’ that eats the eliminated contestant every week,” according to an official synopsis.

The players who ultimately survive the longest will be crowned “the ultimate Slayer”.

That Slayers features an exclusively LGBTQ+ cast is unsurprising, given the fact that Pollard became a firm queer favourite following her 2006 appearance on VH1’s Flavor of Love. In the years since, she has maintained her presence as a pop culture icon, frequently going viral for her reality TV rants.

While Pollard hasn’t always been on the right side of the conversation – in 2020, she was condemned for her comments about the genitalia of a contestant on Zeus Network’s One Mo’ Chance – she has kept a sturdy queer fanbase.

“I mean look at me, am I not a drag queen?”

“I feel like if I didn’t have such a strong connection with the queer fanbase that I have, I don’t know if I would still be in the game as prevalently as I am. They keep the HBIC [Head B***h In Charge] alive. I love to hear my sh*t recited,” she said, reflecting on the timelessness of some of her most known quotes.

She theorised that her connection with the LGBTQ+ community might also have something to do with how she was “bullied” in her youth, an experience many queer people face.

“Well, I mean look at me, am I not a drag queen? I mean that in all seriousness. I was really bullied a lot, especially coming up as a kid, and I feel like the gays understand that and accept it and see me in a lot of them, and vice versa,” she shared.

“And then, also, to do a show like [Slayers] and to be involved, it was just like, sign me up. I was just grateful that I have the connection that I do with my queer fanbase.”

Slayers: Wheel of Fate premieres 8 October on OUTflix and OUTflix Proud via Freeview in the UK.