Jazz Jennings Quotes

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 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 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.

It's OK not to understand the whole trans thing. That's alright. My dad didn't understand it. I still don't know everything. What's important is you sort of educate yourself on your own time, but you have to respect it on everyone else's time. Because no one should have to wait for equality.

I want parents out there to know that it's totally natural for kids to make believe and play games. It does not mean your child is going to be transgendered. And even if it were true, why is it such a horrible thing?

It's very important to me that people accept me as a transgendered female. But it's ridiculous to a lot of people and I understand that.

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

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.

Transgender doesn't need to imply loud.

I always knew that transgenders are allowed to join Miss Universe and win Miss Universe. So they're welcome to join.

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

Transgender women especially feel like we have to fit the binary system to a T in order to not be recognized as trans.

What's infuriating is when cis people think celebrating me is celebrating transness.

We don't agree with Caitlyn Jenner deciding she is the spokesperson for trans people.

This entire issue of transgender people posing a kind of threat to cisgender women in bathrooms is made up. We are just like everybody else - we go into the bathroom, we keep our heads down, we don't look at anybody.

I think, for all trans people, it's not our only defining feature, but it is a defining feature.

Trans people are beautiful. It's a different kind of beauty, and it should be recognized and respected.

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.

I don't have to explain anything to trans women. Trans women know exactly what's going on.

I think that's important - that transgender individuals are just like everyone else. We have our interests, our hobbies, our things we like to do. And people have to understand that.

Being transgender has completely turned boys off from liking me.

Trans women should be accepted and celebrated, whether they look a little bit more on the masculine side of the spectrum or they're the femme of all fems.

Being a woman is an option, being trans is an option, and they're options that appeal to me. We need to listen to people - not labels, not semantics.

The transgender community has always been a part of Hawaiian society, where people who don't conform to the binary system of man/woman, masculine/feminine are accepted or, at minimum, tolerated.

I have a transgender nephew on my father's side of the family. So I'm extremely aware of how important it is to support and advocate for young people who are experiencing that in their lives.