A transgender teenage girl in Huntington Beach, California, has made history by being voted homecoming queen at her high school. Sixteen-year-old Cassidy Lynn Campbell was biologically born a male, but identifies as female. After being crowned at a school football game Friday night, Campbell said she hopes to be an inspiration for LGBT youth.

Cassidy Lynn Campbell: “Whether I won or not tonight, I was a winner from the beginning, and I already knew it. You know, I put my message out there. And if this could help one child, or more, or hundreds or thousands or millions, then it was more than worth it.”

Campbell’s homecoming victory came just weeks after California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a landmark measure to support transgender youth. The new law requires equal access to sex-segregated facilities and programs in public schools based on the gender preference of the student.