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The Importance of Happiness in Life
As a teenager, obviously being queer and in the closet, there was all of that. When you're figuring out your sexual identity, so much of that is like, what is this vessel that I'm in? How do I compare? You start doing that and comparing yourself to everybody. And I think that body shame stuff stuck with me for a little while into my 20s. So it's not necessarily that I did it the most natural, beautiful way. But I remember about 24. It was the first time I actually felt attractive when I looked in the mirror. That took a really long time to feel that way.