Jazz Jennings Quotes

I consider myself true, which, I know, some people look at as radical, but I enjoy the normalcies of life. I'm not out there trying to transform things, but somehow, by being easy to talk to, and easy to look at, and on a mainstream TV show, I think that I'm helping the public's opinions about transgendered people to change, slowly.

I think I have femininity, I have masculinity, but I get to use all of Jeffrey, and that's very powerful. And this is what I always thought when I went down in my little basement in San Francisco, where I grew up, and daydreamed about being an actor: It felt like this. This is what it felt like.

Wearing one hoop earring and playing with the androgyny - that's who I am. That's what I like to do. And I feel the world should see that. I'm not going to put a shield up or be more feminine to make people feel comfortable.

Nature chooses who will be transgender; individuals don't choose this.

Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each individual unique, and something over which we have no control. We are who we are in the deepest recesses of our minds, hearts and identities.

I always enjoyed doing transgender songs.

Sometimes I've seen comments about my knees or about my jawline, or people write things like, 'She still has signs of being a boy,' and then I realized that these are beautiful features. I've grown to love them.

My name is Sarah McBride, and I am a proud transgender American.

I believe that I am transgender to help people understand differences. It allows me to gain perspective, to be more accepting of others, because I know what it feels like to know you're not like everyone else.

I would hope that one day there will be a time when it's not so much about transgender, it's just people will just see us as women.

I hope I can help convince people there that being transgender is not a big deal and that we are just average people trying to go to school, work, and live good lives.

It's OK to be talking to one another about what it means to be transgender. We don't have to shield everyone from the existence of people like me.

Saying to someone 'I'm a transsexual' is the most empowering thing I've ever felt in my whole life.

If someone's OK with being the 'transgender girl,' that's fine, but that's not me.

We just want to help people understand that it's okay to be transgender, and they're just like everyone else.

Everyone gets cards at the beginning of life. I am transgender, I decided to be honest and tell everyone about it, and that's it.

I'd say my relation to being a woman is, I mean being a woman is whatever you want because the concept of gender is not really real, you know? And so for me it's about being comfortable in myself. It's about allowing myself to express who I am in any way that I want to, whether that be through my clothing, the way I present myself to the world, whether that be through like my gender identity and my pronouns. It's just really about allowing yourself to really be expressive and creative.

I'm comfortable with my femininity, and I don't try to change what I look like just because I'm reporting on football at the end of the night.

You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.

I'm not afraid of my femininity and I'm not afraid of my sexuality.

I never felt like a boy or a girl, never felt I should wear this or dress like that. I think that's where that confidence comes from because I never felt I had to play a part in my life. I just always come as Shamir.

I love drag queens... they perform me better than I ever could myself.

I'm real strong, and I'm also real feminine, and I don't find a struggle having those two things under one roof.

It's true. I'm not a spokesperson. But I can say now that transgendered people like to be heard and to be respected.

Someone said to me a long time ago, 'You're a drag queen,' and at the time I was a little like... hello? But then I realized over the years that I actually am.