Jazz Jennings Quotes
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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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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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So many transgender people in the community are being covered with this umbrella of misconception that we are going to hurt someone. But we are not trying to hurt anyone.
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Haters are our ammunition. They motivate us to continue fighting for our rights. That's why I continue to share my story.
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I don't care how people treat me. I care about my message living on through other people.
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I'm a patient person. I can wait for my prince charming.
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Just like everyone else, I'm not perfect; I go through challenges as well.
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I define myself.
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Kids can be annoying. Especially teenagers - oh my gosh. They can be cruel.
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Progress can't happen just from trans people being out in the open. Society also has to truly accept transgender individuals. If society is capable of treating us equally, then we can and will live authentically.
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There are so few books for little kids that actually mention the word transgender and explain what it is in simple terms.
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There are so many trans kids who are struggling with who they are. I want them to know that one day, they will find the light. No matter what, we have to be who we are. Once you love and accept yourself, then others will slowly do so as well.
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I want people to feel happy in their own skins and feel accepted by society.
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I know that one day all transgender individuals will have the freedom to be who they are, no matter what. And we won't have to face the cruel judgments of society. We can just live our lives and be treated and respected like everyone else.
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I wouldn't change anything about myself. Not because I'm being cocky or anything, but because this is who I am, and I'm proud of who I am.
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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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I don't really care what people think of me.
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I'm the youngest of four siblings and the baby of the family. My family just treated me like anyone else growing up. They taught me that everyone has a special and unique trait about them, and that mine is that I have a girl brain and a boy body.
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Hormone blockers changed and saved my life.
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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 people - boys - look at me differently. They think that if they date me, they are gay because they are dating another boy. In instances like this, I feel almost excluded, if that's the right word. I feel like I'm being put on a different shelf.
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I want to show people they don't have to be scared of being different.
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The more words I learned, the more I started to verbalize my feelings. Whenever my mom or dad would compliment me by saying something like 'Good boy,' I'd immediately correct them. 'No. Good girl.'
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I definitely think it's important to share my process when it comes to the bottom surgery, because that information really isn't out there.