Jazz Jennings

Born: 2000-10-06

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.


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Mean Girls

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I Am Jazz: A Family in Transition

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Released: 2011-11-27

This documentary special follows the life of an extraordinary family and their transgendered...

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My Secret Self

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Released: 2007-04-27

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Denim

as Micayla
Released: 2019-07-20

A vengeful school rival outs Micayla as transgender by taking a photo of her using the girls'...

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Coming Out: A 50 Year History

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Released: 2017-06-24

Transgender teen, Jazz Jennings, narrates this one hour documentary exploring the history of...

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I Am Jazz

as Herself
First aired: 2015-07-15

Meet Jazz Jennings! Jazz is a transgender teenage girl who has been living as a girl since she...

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Danger & Eggs

as Zadie (voice)
First aired: 2017-06-30

Follows the endless adventures of a fearless, teal-haired girl named D.D. Danger and her ever...

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For Real: The Story of Reality TV

as Self
First aired: 2021-03-25

Explore with Cohen a theme or moment from reality television and sit down with the biggest names...

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