Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings - I am Jazz

2015, English, Jazz Jennings, Jessica Herthel,

Full title: "I am Jazz" by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings.

A nice book for children with the story of Jazz Jennings. "From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel like herself in boy's clothing.

This confused her family until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way. Jazz's story is based on her real-life experience and she tells it in a simple, clear way that will be appreciated by picture book readers, their parents, and teachers."

According to Wikipedia, Jazz Jennings was born in 2000, and she is an American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and transgender rights activist, being one of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender. She caught national attention in 2007 when she was interviewed by Barbara Walters, which led to other high-profile interviews and appearances.

Her parents stated that Jennings was clear about her being female as soon as she could speak. Being known for her transgender advocacy, she is a co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which she and her parents founded in 2007 to assist transgender youth.

In addition, in 2013, she founded Purple Rainbow Tails, a company selling rubber mermaid outfits to raise money for transgender children. She is a host of a YouTube series about her life, titled "I Am Jazz", and is a star of the TLC reality TV series, I Am Jazz, which focuses on her life with her family.

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