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Jazz Jennings
Jazz Jennings (born October 6, 2000) is an American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBT rights activist. Jennings is one of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender. Jennings received national attention in 2007 when an interview with Barbara Walters aired on 20/20, which led to other high-profile interviews and appearances. Christine Connelly, a member of the board of directors for the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth, stated, "She was the first young person who picked up the national spotlight, went on TV and was able to articulate her perspective and point of view with such innocence." Her parents noted that Jennings was clear on being female as soon as she could speak.
Jennings is an honorary co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which her parents founded in 2007 to assist transgender youth. In 2013, she founded Purple Rainbow Tails, a company in which she fashions rubber mermaid tails to raise money for transgender children. Jennings hosts a series of YouTube videos about her life, titled "I Am Jazz". She stars in the TLC reality TV series, I Am Jazz, which premiered in 2015 and focuses on her daily life with her family and the challenges she faces as a transgender person.
Jennings was born on October 6, 2000, at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida to Gregory and Jeanette. The youngest of four children, Jennings has an older sister named Arial and two older brothers named Sander and Griffen, who are twins. Her parents are Jewish and her father is an estate attorney.
Jennings was assigned male at birth. She began identifying as a girl when she was two years old, her mother Jeanette saying she "liked everything sparkly and pink" and describing her as "so feminine." At four years old, she became one of the youngest individuals to have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and, at five years old, she came out to her friends and family at her fifth birthday party. When she was six years old, Jennings came out as transgender on national television in a 2007 interview with journalist Barbara Walters on 20/20. To protect the family's privacy, they used the surname Jennings. Though her family was accepting and she was able to connect with other transgender youth through events and organizations like Camp Aranu'tiq, her transition wasn't always met with support from the public. In elementary school, she was barred from joining the girls' soccer team and was bullied.
At age 11, Jennings began to medically transition by taking puberty blockers to delay her sexual development and by 14, she had begun feminizing hormone therapy. While crediting puberty blockers with saving her life, Jennings said she struggled socially in high school, particularly romantically, because of being transgender. In early 2018, Jennings lost 30 pounds in preparation for gender-affirming surgery. She underwent surgery in June, at 17. Dr. Jess Ting said operation was unique and difficult because it was necessary to remove tissue from her lower pelvic region and upper thighs, a procedure that had only been documented in medical literature about 50 times. Jennings suffered post-surgical complications and underwent another surgery to correct them in October.
She graduated from Broward Virtual Education High, an online school, in 2019. She was valedictorian and decorated her graduation cap in a rainbow theme. She was accepted into Harvard University but decided to delay her entry for one year for mental health reasons, saying she needed time to focus on herself. During this time, she underwent surgery a third time, this time for cosmetic reasons.
At six years old, Jennings and her family began appearing on television to speak about the challenges of growing up transgender. Her story has been covered by national television shows 20/20 and The Rosie Show, where she appeared alongside Chaz Bono.
In 2007, Jennings's parents founded TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation to assist transgender youth; she is an honorary co-founder of the organization.
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Jazz Jennings
Jazz Jennings (born October 6, 2000) is an American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBT rights activist. Jennings is one of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender. Jennings received national attention in 2007 when an interview with Barbara Walters aired on 20/20, which led to other high-profile interviews and appearances. Christine Connelly, a member of the board of directors for the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth, stated, "She was the first young person who picked up the national spotlight, went on TV and was able to articulate her perspective and point of view with such innocence." Her parents noted that Jennings was clear on being female as soon as she could speak.
Jennings is an honorary co-founder of the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which her parents founded in 2007 to assist transgender youth. In 2013, she founded Purple Rainbow Tails, a company in which she fashions rubber mermaid tails to raise money for transgender children. Jennings hosts a series of YouTube videos about her life, titled "I Am Jazz". She stars in the TLC reality TV series, I Am Jazz, which premiered in 2015 and focuses on her daily life with her family and the challenges she faces as a transgender person.
Jennings was born on October 6, 2000, at St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida to Gregory and Jeanette. The youngest of four children, Jennings has an older sister named Arial and two older brothers named Sander and Griffen, who are twins. Her parents are Jewish and her father is an estate attorney.
Jennings was assigned male at birth. She began identifying as a girl when she was two years old, her mother Jeanette saying she "liked everything sparkly and pink" and describing her as "so feminine." At four years old, she became one of the youngest individuals to have been diagnosed with gender dysphoria, and, at five years old, she came out to her friends and family at her fifth birthday party. When she was six years old, Jennings came out as transgender on national television in a 2007 interview with journalist Barbara Walters on 20/20. To protect the family's privacy, they used the surname Jennings. Though her family was accepting and she was able to connect with other transgender youth through events and organizations like Camp Aranu'tiq, her transition wasn't always met with support from the public. In elementary school, she was barred from joining the girls' soccer team and was bullied.
At age 11, Jennings began to medically transition by taking puberty blockers to delay her sexual development and by 14, she had begun feminizing hormone therapy. While crediting puberty blockers with saving her life, Jennings said she struggled socially in high school, particularly romantically, because of being transgender. In early 2018, Jennings lost 30 pounds in preparation for gender-affirming surgery. She underwent surgery in June, at 17. Dr. Jess Ting said operation was unique and difficult because it was necessary to remove tissue from her lower pelvic region and upper thighs, a procedure that had only been documented in medical literature about 50 times. Jennings suffered post-surgical complications and underwent another surgery to correct them in October.
She graduated from Broward Virtual Education High, an online school, in 2019. She was valedictorian and decorated her graduation cap in a rainbow theme. She was accepted into Harvard University but decided to delay her entry for one year for mental health reasons, saying she needed time to focus on herself. During this time, she underwent surgery a third time, this time for cosmetic reasons.
At six years old, Jennings and her family began appearing on television to speak about the challenges of growing up transgender. Her story has been covered by national television shows 20/20 and The Rosie Show, where she appeared alongside Chaz Bono.
In 2007, Jennings's parents founded TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation to assist transgender youth; she is an honorary co-founder of the organization.
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