“I’m so grateful that I can become someone people can admire,” she said. “It was worth the risk and it was worth it for all the experiences and things that I’ve been through. Because I can make people feel less alone by being who I am and I’m so proud of myself. about that.”
Indeed, the fans are constantly reaching out to give their warm support.
“It’s been the greatest privilege of my life to hear that from everyone,” she said. “I would go out to a party or walk the street and someone would come up to me and be like we don’t even have to say much because we just know and it’s beautiful. Some people go their whole life without experiencing the kind of connection I have with my community and it’s been amazing. I’m so lucky.”
And she’s also happy to see her LGBTQ+ heroes, like the cast of Posture and of E! Laverne Coxlight
“Even people my age, when I see people closer to my age, it’s like Hunter Schaefer and Kim Petras just standing in their power and just being their unrepentant selves, which I admire… that’s what energizes me,” she said.
