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This video talks about what Jazz's real name is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0jAbJoOjsk

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This is an interview video where Jazz goes on Barbara Walter's show at age 11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJw3s85EcxM

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This is another link talking about Jazz's gender confirmation story. http://time.com/4350574/jazz-jennings-transgender/

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This outside link is an article with a trailer for her show that talks about a possible boyfriend and her surgery. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/features/fl-fea-transgender-teen-jazz-jennings-season-five-trailer-20181220-story.html

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The summer before high school, Jazz traveled around the country to promote her show I am Jazz. She went to several interviews and meet and greets. They turned some of it into a family trip too. They went to Six Flags in LA and went to the Santa Monica Pier.

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While on another trip for public speaking, Jazz got the opportunity to meet President Obama. She made the mistake of not peeing before meeting him so she kept repeating "don't pee, don't pee, don't pee" in her head.

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Overnight, Jazz suddenly became depressed. She didn't talk to anyone at school and didn't enjoy her classes anymore. She went to a doctor who told her than it's likely that the hormone blockers that were put in her a year ago, are now interfering with her body's growth and mind. Jazz and her mom decided it was time to take a dose of estrogen to start developing parts of the female body and brain like the rest of her classmates. This worked making her overall happier and more comfortable with herself.

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If you remember Jazz still hadn't changed her name to Jazz yet. It's was still Jaron up until now. She changed her name when she began middle school. She wanted to do it earlier but people told her it wasn't a real name.

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The day after her big speech, Jazz and her family went to march in the gay pride parade. She got to ride in the car with another winner while her family walked beside it. The book states, "...and my heart just about burst seeing millions of people cheering and showing their support"(121).

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Another great thing that happened to Jazz near the end of the fifth grade was winning an award from the Colin Higgins Foundation for her courage. She was also the youngest person to ever receive this award. Jazz was flown to New York to give her first really big speech. While walking into the auditorium she walked down the red carpet for the first time as well. Jazz was asked by a reporter, "You're transgender? I never would have been able to tell"(119). This is is something you should never say when you meet a transgender person

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By the end of the fifth grade, Jazz was finally able to use the girls bathroom at school. This was a long battle for Jazz because she had been having so many accidents at school and didn't want to use the boys room or the class shared bathroom. The text states, "I got to use the girl's bathroom! I could finally pee in peace"(114).

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While on a movie date with her 5th grade boyfriend Zach, Jazz really wanted to have her first kiss. So when the time was right she grabbed his face and kissed him during the movie. She was going to do it again but sadly Zach said his stomach hurt so he went to go tell his mom. Apparently he had told her that they kissed instead.

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Jazz got her very first boyfriend in fifth grade. Zach was a year younger than her and they went to the carnival for their first date. They also went to the movies a few times. The book states, "For our first official date, we decided to go to the carnival that had arrived in town"(100).

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Since Jazz was starting male puberty, she chose to get hormone blockers to give her time to figure out what she wanted to do with her body because she is still so young. The hormone blocker she got was an implant in the arm. It was a long process for her family to receive the implant in the mail and to find a surgeon who was willing to operate on her. The book states, "...I was finally ready to get that little sucker implanted under my skin"(93).

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Jazz was going to be a part of a small documentary about transgender people but before hand she had to get a checkup at the doctor. The doctor told her that she had started (male)puberty which came as a shock to everyone because it was so early. The book states, "...I went for my annual physical and got some news that freaked me out-I had already started puberty."(89)

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The first really big panel Jazz spoke on was for TransCon in Miami. Before that she had spoken too many colleges because many professors asked her to speak about transgender issues.

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After Jazz's first big interview aired, her parents had gotten so many messages and interview requests from people to be on their show. Her parents declined all but one. This one was in Australia and they decided to do it because it wouldn't affect her life as a six year old as much as an interview in her country. The text states, "...interview requests from people like Tyra Banks, Dr. Phil, Montel WIlliams, and even Oprah Winfrey!"

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After Jazz's first year of rec soccer with a team of boys and girls, she got registered for her second season on the girls team. This was very exciting for Jazz

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In kindergarten, right before Jazz's first soccer game, she lost her very first tooth. This was important to her because she took it as sign of her beginning her new life as a girl. The book states, "It felt symbolic, like a sign from above that I was growing into a new part of my life"(50).

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Jazz's parents tried to get her enrolled in kindergarten as a girl but her teacher wouldn't allow it. Her parents fought and fought because they knew what was right and eventually Mrs. Reynolds allowed Jazz to enroll as a female.

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The next part of Jazz's transition to a girl was going out in public dressed as a girl. Her parents decided that Disney world was a good place to start so her mom bought her a bunch of new girly clothes. Jazz was so happy

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When Jazz turned 5, her parents decided they should do her coming out party. She called this the happiest day of her 5 years of life. They threw a big party with her family and preschool friends and she was finally aloud to show her true self.

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Jazz hears her mom call her a girl for the first time. The book states, "The memory of my mom calling me a girl for the first time is so clear in my mind"(24)

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Jazz or "Jaron" at the time, had known that something was wrong with her and that she wasn't supposed to have boy parts. When she was a toddler, her mother took her to a child pediatrician and that was the first time she heard the word "transgender". She was happy to finally hear a word that described how she felt. The text states, "...a word that described me-a girl who had accidentally been born into a boy's body."(11). This article talks about how Jazz knew she was born into the wrong body. http://time.com/4350574/jazz-jennings-transgender/

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Works Cited

Jennings, Jazz. Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen. Listening Library, 2016.