Top 77 Jazz Jennings Quotes

On every single picture on my Instagram page, you’ll find a negative comment. My supporters will normally stand up to that hateful person, and then it will become a big argument, and it’s just a lot. I try to tell myself not to listen to the haters, and I try not to read the comments because it’s not worth it.

I define myself.

Mermaids are just the most whimsical, mystical creatures of all time.

A lot of straight and transgender boys get in touch with me through my website and social media. They tell me I’m inspirational and beautiful. It boosts my self-esteem.

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.

Often, when a girl has a crush on a boy, her friend will dare her to speak to him or ask for a pencil, or better yet, let him know that she has a crush. Pretty risky stuff… It happens thousands of times a day in the lives of teenagers everywhere. Putting yourself out there. Daring to expose your true feelings.

Having transgender characters leads to more visibility, which creates education. Education can hopefully lead to everyone treating our community with acceptance and love.

I don’t really care what people think of me.

I love experimenting with different hair styles and going clothes shopping.

If people are going to judge me without fully understanding the content of my character, then their opinion just isn’t worth it.

The only opinion that really affects me is my own opinion of myself because I determine the way I am, not anyone else.

I’ve always known exactly who I am. I was a girl trapped in a boy’s body.

Seeing states like North Carolina enacting these bathroom bills that are banning transgender individuals from using the restrooms they identify as… it’s complete discrimination.

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.

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.

I want to show people they don’t have to be scared of being different.

I wouldn’t change myself at all. Being transgender makes me who I am: a strong person, a confident person. Being transgender gives me my personality.

I was never a boy. I always was a girl in my heart, and although I was presented as a boy to the public, inside I was feminine. It was OK to be that because that’s just who I was, and I can’t change that. I was born that way.

I think we should have unisex bathrooms.

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.

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.

I hope to stop discrimination against young transgender people.

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

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.

I want people to feel happy in their own skins and feel accepted by society.

GLAAD has so much information and outlets about LGBTQ people and some of the issues we face and who we are.

I have no idea what I want to do for a career. But in terms of my advocacy work, I’m definitely going to continue.

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.

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.

As a transgender child, I was always looking around for someone like me, because I thought I was the only one. It’s hard to feel like that. But having support from my family changed everything. They helped me love myself and embrace who I am.

I’ve always known exactly who I am, but growing up has always been a struggle. I’ve even been called an ‘it.’

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.’

It’s so important to look out for your child and protect them.

I’m open, and I’m out there, but I also enjoy being alone, relaxing.

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.

I think being a teenager is a difficult journey in and of itself, but being transgender makes it that much harder.

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.

Just like everyone else, I’m not perfect; I go through challenges as well.

I’m a patient person. I can wait for my prince charming.

Being transgender is more than just medical books and everything, procedures. It’s something spiritual in which you’re finding yourself and really discovering who you are and learning to love yourself.

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

Let’s face it: your average straight, cis-gender teenage boy isn’t going to pursue a relationship with a trans-girl.

I see myself maybe being, like, a movie producer or screenwriter or a novelist or a scientist or mathematician.

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.

I feel really honored to be part of The #seetherealme campaign. It’s really amazing, as it helps many teen girls who are struggling. It helps them to find themselves and be true to who they are.

I’m just attracted to people for who they are on the inside.

I feel like so many people invalidate the experience of transgender girls thinking that they aren’t regular girls, but I am a normal girl.

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.

Kids can be annoying. Especially teenagers – oh my gosh. They can be cruel.

Being transgender has completely turned boys off from liking me.

I’m definitely going to make sure that I just continue to live my life authentically.

I definitely think when I’m feeling super down or having tantrums or not able to participate in any activities, I have to control myself. I have to tell myself, ‘No, focus, focus, focus, do this, do this, do this.’ Instead of shutting down, I encourage myself to think positively and move towards the light.

Bathrooms have always been a big issue in my life. My parents fought for me to be able to enroll in elementary school as a girl, which I did. But I still would not be allowed to use the girls’ room under any condition.

The real me is happy and proud to be who I am.

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.

I wish everything was gender neutral. I wish we weren’t separated by boundaries like pink and blue and little things like that. I wish we could choose how we express ourselves without hate.

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!’

I’d like to think I’m funny.

I’ve always loved mermaids!

I’m weird: I like science and math but also like English as well.

Bras should be comfortable. I hate when you have all those bras with all that wiring that poke into your ribs, and you take it off at the end of the day, and it feels good. It shouldn’t feel good to take off your bra at the end of the day. It should be something that feels good throughout the day.

Falling in love. Being in love. It’s something I dream of, something I want to feel.

My family has always provided me unconditional love and support.

I want to help transgender individuals who might be struggling realize that they have to love themselves and stay true to who they are because if they keep moving forward, and keep a positive attitude, then things will get better.