It really felt true to my life.

As a mixed-race person, it’s part of who I am.

It shaped who I am.

Jessie Mei Li in a photo

It shapes my personality, but it’s not everything that I am."

“I was thinking, ‘Well, am I completely non-binary?

What am I?’

Jessie Mei Li in a photo

And I realized, actually I am who I am,” she explained.

“I’m first and foremost, just a human being who likes what I like.

I’m proud of that as well, and I can identify with both those things.”

I’m proud to be gender nonconforming."