num_pages: 272
description: Jazz Jennings is one of the youngest and most prominent voices in the national discussion about gender identity. At the age of five Jazz 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 aired at a time when the public was much less knowledgeable or accepting of the transgender community. This groundbreaking interview was followed over the years by other high-profile interviews a documentary the launch of her YouTube channel a picture book and her own reality TV seriesI Am Jazzmaking her one of the most recognizable activists for transgender teens children and adults. In her remarkable 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 bullying discrimination and rejection yet she perseveres as she educates others about her life as a transgender teen. Through it all her family has been beside her on this journey standing together against those who don't understand the true meaning of tolerance and unconditional love. Now Jazz must learn to navigate the physical social and emotional upheavals of adolescenceparticularly high schoolcomplicated by the unique challenges of being a transgender teen. Making the journey from girl to woman is never easyespecially when you began your life in a boy's body.
language: English
title: Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen
publisher: Listening Library