| Net Worth: | $300 Thousand |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | October 6, 2000 (24 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | — |
| Nationality: | — |
Jazz Jennings is a famous YouTuber, television personality, and LGBT rights activist who is a transgender—considered as one of the few transgender people who is publicly documented. She is the co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which she founded to assist transgender youth.
Career
When she was six years old, she appeared on “20/20” and “The Rosie Show” to talk about the issues she faced as a transgender girl. Then in 2007, she was featured in a documentary film titled “I Am Jazz: A Family in Transition.” She later wrote a book named “I am Jazz.” The book was made for children and inspired people to fight against gender inequality faced by transgender people. She was one of the members of “The 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014”. She earned herself a position for the Ambassador of Human Rights Campaign. She has also started modeling. She has appeared on commercials for Clean&Clear.
Personal Life
She discussed her sexual orientation in 2012 in an interview. But it was also revealed that she is romantically attracted to the opposite gender. In a 2014 free video, she said that she is pansexual and that she falls in love with people for their personality, not for their gender. In an interview in 2018, she revealed that she had lost 14kg as per her surgeon’s instructions. She lost that much weight to have gender confirmation surgery.
Quotes
“Having such a supportive family has really shaped the person that I am today.”
— Jazz Jennings
“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.”
— Jazz Jennings
“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.’”
— Jazz Jennings
“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.”
— Jazz Jennings
“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.”
— Jazz Jennings