Before I Came Out as Nonbinary, My Gender Was Thin
I needed to fight my way out of the trance of thinness in order to find out what else was possible, in order to finally see myself.
Camille is a writer living in Chicago. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Bustle, Narratively, Autostraddle, the Daily Dot, and elsewhere. She's also the author of Queer Disbelief: Why LGBTQ Equality is an Atheist Issue.
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