Jazz Jennings Quotes
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Hormone blockers changed and saved my life.
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Acceptance is so important because we cannot go through this journey alone. I am fortunate to have a very supportive family, but not all trans kids are so lucky. I recommend seeking out a friend or an adult who you think will accept you and telling them how you feel.
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If someone's OK with being the 'transgender girl,' that's fine, but that's not me.
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I'm open, and I'm out there, but I also enjoy being alone, relaxing.
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With my own videos, I definitely have more control over what I want to put out there and what I want to say. With the TV show, I'm not the editor. There's always things that I wanted to put in there. My dad has the final say in everything on YouTube, but I can be more expressive.
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I definitely feel that society sets expectations for transgender people to fit in and makes us feel as if we have to dress a certain way so that we blend in with everyone else. But I believe all transgender individuals should be able to wear whatever they want and not worry about fitting in.
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As I got older, I learned about how some people treated their transgender children, and I was shocked. I couldn't understand how someone would leave their child and throw them on the street. I was always taught you give your kid unconditional love and if you don't, something's wrong with you, for real.
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I'm a patient person. I can wait for my prince charming.
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I'm weird: I like science and math but also like English as well.
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From the moment I could express myself, I acted like a stereotypical girl and insisted that I was a girl. I wasn't just a boy who liked girly things - I knew I was a girl.
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Having transgender characters leads to more visibility, which creates education. Education can hopefully lead to everyone treating our community with acceptance and love.
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I always say I want to leave this world in a better state than when I arrived, and I continue to live by that message. So I'm going to do what I can to make the world a better place but also just make sure that I'm happy as well.
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The real me is happy and proud to be who I am.
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I've always known exactly who I am, but growing up has always been a struggle. I've even been called an 'it.'
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Kids can be annoying. Especially teenagers - oh my gosh. They can be cruel.
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It means so much to me to see Caitlyn Jenner coming out, just by being her authentic self, staying true to who she is, and just living her life.
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I think being a teenager is a difficult journey in and of itself, but being transgender makes it that much harder.
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I'm so happy trans visibility has increased immensely.
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I look at people for their souls, and I can see myself falling in love with anyone after getting to know them and developing a relationship.
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A lot of insurance companies don't protect transgender people because they think it's medically unnecessary, but we deserve to be covered, and this is life-saving treatment.
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If you don't have the love and support of your family, you need to find someone out there who you can confide in and share your concerns and worries with. And someone who can lift your spirits and make you feel valuable and strong and powerful.
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It's something you're born with, and you realize that you're trapped in the wrong body. It's not like one day you're like, 'I want to be transgender!'
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If people are going to judge me without fully understanding the content of my character, then their opinion just isn't worth it.
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Let's face it: your average straight, cis-gender teenage boy isn't going to pursue a relationship with a trans-girl.