Sexuality and identity
Cain
came out as
gay to her family at the age of 12, and on her 20th birthday, she publicly came out as a
trans woman: "As I got older, I found out there were other options," she said.
[2] Reflecting on this, she recalled: "It was made clear to everyone that I was not like other people. Whenever I started to develop, I started to come into my own as a trans woman. We were a house divided—it was me versus my whole town."
[3] The singer identifies herself as a
bisexual woman.
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She is
autistic,
[60] which she learned upon seeking a diagnosis in her adulthood.
[61] Reflecting on how being autistic has impacted her artistry, she has stated:
I’m autistic, and so that definitely heightens sensory everything. [...] I think that's why I have so much crossover between media, because it's like, there's never just one sense. Music is not just something you listen to. Film is not just something you watch. You get all these senses from all these things. When I'm producing music, I literally feel sometimes I can see it. I have to close my eyes, and I imagine the bass is the earth. I imagine the synths are rising up next to you, and I imagine the vocals are high in the sky, right in the center. I close my eyes and picture the sound around me – that's how I mix.
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