Kat Joplin
Journalist - Author - Drag Queen
Bio
Kat Joplin is from San Diego, California.
A Tokyo- and London-based writer. Their journalism has appeared on publications such as GAY TIMES, Tokyo Weekender, Voyapon, and The Japan Times, and their fiction and nonfiction in Beestung Mag, Tulip Wolf Journal, and The Examined Life Journal. They were a contributing author for the 2024 book Planet Drag.
Their work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and was selected for Notable Essay listing for The American Best Essays, 2025.
In 2026, they were a recipient of the Excellence in Journalism Award from the NLGJA: the Association for LGBTQ+ Journalists.
