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Jazz Jennings

Biography

Jazz Jennings

Jazz Jennings is 14 years old. She is an honorary co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Network, "20/20" specials with Barbara Walters and "The Rosie Show," and she speaks at schools and conferences across the country.

Jazz Jennings

Books by Jazz Jennings

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
by Jazz Jennings - Nonfiction, Young Adult 12+

At the age of five, Jazz Jennings transitioned to life as a girl with the support of her parents. A year later, her parents allowed her to share her incredible journey in her first Barbara Walters interview. In this memoir, Jazz reflects on these very public experiences and how they have helped shape the mainstream attitude toward the transgender community. But it hasn’t all been easy. Jazz has faced many challenges, yet she perseveres as she educates others about her life as a transgender teen. Making the journey from girl to woman is never easy --- especially when you began your life in a boy’s body.