Jazz Jennings Calls Attempts To Criminalize Medical Treatment For Transgender Teens ‘Life Threatening’

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Jazz Jennings, 20, says she “wouldn’t be the person she is today” if she had been denied treatment for her gender dysphoria and forced to go through male puberty.

Now, 21 states have proposed legislation that would criminalize trans medical care for minors and the I Am Jazz star told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that she’s “worried” about the bills. “Being denied the treatment that is necessary for transition can be can be life threatening for transgender youth,” the 20-year-old said, while promoting the first ever Mental Health Action Day, happening May 20. “If you have to go through puberty as the opposite sex, that’s what gender dysphoria is rooted in.” “I know that if I’d had to go through male puberty that I would be a completely