A Disney family member is speaking publicly about their gender identity for the first time in hopes of encouraging others to take a stance against Floridas Parental Rights in Education or Dont Say Gay law.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times in an interview published Sunday, Charlee Corra Disney said they came out as transgender about four years ago. Though they acknowledged that being born into a famous family afforded them some privilege, they said they spent much of their adolescence and early adulthood struggling to embrace their truth.

I had very few openly gay role models, said the 30-year-old, a high school biology and environmental science teacher who uses the pronouns they/them. And I certainly didnt have any trans or nonbinary role models. I didnt see myself reflected in anyone, and that made me feel like there was something wrong with me.

I feel like I dont do very much to help, they added. I dont call senators or take action. I felt like I could be doing more.

Charlees great-grandfather, Roy O. Disney , was the older brother of Walt Disney. The Illinois-born siblings co-founded the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio which grew into the global entertainment conglomerate known today as the Walt Disney Company in 1923.