Fascinating Facts About Jazz Jennings
10 Facts About Trans Icon Jazz Jennings That Will Seriously Inspire You
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Though labeled as a boy at birth, Jazz identified as a girl by the age of 2 and was diagnosed with gender dysphoria by the age of 5. With her parents' approval, she started using hormone blockers when she was 11 and taking estrogen in high school, and she believes that made all the difference in her self-esteem.
"I have no regrets because it allowed me to prevent myself from going through male puberty," she told ABC News in October 2018. "I feel like that's why my dysphoria hasn't been so bad is because I look in the mirror, and I see the girl that I am on the inside. But not every transgender person has the opportunity to do that."