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What is a transgender? Why are people so against it? A transgender is someone who doesn't feel comfortable in the body that they were born in. Transgender people always get hated on and bullied. People don't accept the fact that they aren't happy with themselves. Transgender people can try to tell themselves that they the gender that there born in but it won't help them. Transgender people can tend to get very depressed and they might have thoughts about suicide. Transgender people face high amounts of suicide because people don't accept them and it's hard for them to be happy if there not happy with the bodys that there given. Do you know anyone or know of anyone who is transgender? Well, Jazz Jennings is living the life of

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