“If you don't have the love and support of your family, you need to find someone out there who you can confide in and share your concerns and worries with. And someone who can lift your spirits and make you feel valuable and strong and powerful.”

American media personality and LGBT rights activist, born 2000

Jazz Jennings is an American media personality and LGBT rights activist. One of the youngest publicly documented people to be identified as transgender, she was born in 2000 and came to national attention as a child. Jennings first drew broad notice in 2007, after an interview with Barbara Walters aired on 20/20. That appearance led to other prominent interviews and television appearances. She is known for speaking publicly about her identity and for helping bring a young transgender perspective into national conversation.