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Their Director of Education moderated the call and has a degree in history with a focus on Holocaust studies. The host was the Wassmuth Human Rights Center based Idaho, USA. 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. This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn’t feel like herself in boys’ clothing. I found it deeply moving in its simplicity and honesty.”-Laverne Cox (who plays Sophia in “Orange Is the New Black”)įrom the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl’s brain in a boy’s body. I wish I had had a book like this when I was a kid struggling with gender identity questions. “This is an essential tool for parents and teachers to share with children whether those kids identify as trans or not. About this eventīased on the real-life experiences of Jazz Jennings, a transgender YouTube personality, Human Rights Campaign Youth Ambassador and TLC star. Jessica Herthel is a straight ally activist, who has made media appearances with Jazz Jennings, and wrote the book I am Jazz.
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