Identity In Jazz Jennings's Being Jazz

As a teenager growing up in a world filled with constant change, acceptance and judgement, Jazz Jennings tells the story of her transition from being assigned male at birth, to female in her memoir Being Jazz. Jazz takes us through her journey of battles- fighting for equality with dress code and bathroom usage in schools, entering school as a female, and equality on sports teams. Jazz Jennings continues to remind other children to remain strong and to love themselves for who they are, and if she can just touch one-person it will be all worth it. Being Jazz does a great job with touching bases on issues that many other people of the trans gender community face. This dynamic of Jazz's life, provides trans kids, teenagers, and adults, from all over the world, with a sense of pride that they too can live an authentic life by remaining true to themselves. From the time that Jaron, aka Jazz, could have coherent thoughts she knew she was a girl trapped inside a boy's body- many transgender people know from a very young age that they …show more content…
Pronouns are very significant to one who is transgender. It can be very disrespectful, hurtful, and demeaning to someone's identity. Using the proper pronouns shows the most respect of their gender identity and makes them feel inclusive. One issue in kindergarten that Jazz had was being able to enroll as a female. The principal said she could enroll as "gender neutral" or an "it" basically. To be labeled as an it, or as someone who is not specifically one gender in particular, which basically labels them as an outcast is degrading. It is degrading to their self-esteem and gender identity. Jazz and her family fought really hard to have Jazz enrolled as who she was truly meant to be. Finally, the principal allowed Jazz to be enrolled into kindergarten as female. Unfortunately, the struggle for equality didn't stop