Before El Campbell came out in their mid-twenties as a non-binary, gender fluid person, they felt as if they had to suppress themselves.
"I felt like I had to fit into a box and perform my gender as a woman," they said.
Eventually, Campbell went to a gathering of queer people to meet others like themselves.
"I remember sitting in my car afterwards, [and] I couldn't stop smiling because I found my people," they said. "They've kind of, like, guided me towards who I am now and I feel so much more comfortable."
Campbell also suffers from a chronic illness that they feel has gotten easier to manage now that they are able to be themselves.
"Just like the word isn't cut out for non-binary people right now, the world isn't cut out for the disabled either," they said. "It's uncomfortable to move in the world and not fit into the little box that they've created for us."
