The Year Of The Trans

This past summer Time magazine said this year was the year of the “Transgender Tipping Point” and now they picked a trans-teenager as one of the 40 most influential teenagers,

Jazz Jennings, 14

In a landmark year for transgender visibility in the media, Jennings stands out for how much she’s already accomplished. She’s been interviewed by Barbara Walters, met Bill Clinton and become the youngest person ever featured on the Out 100 and The Advocate‘s 40 Under 40 lists. She even co-wrote a children’s book, I Am Jazz, loosely based on her life (she started living as a girl at age 5), that aims to help other kids understand what transgender means. “I have a girl brain but a boy body,” Jazz says in the book. “This is called transgender. I was born this way!” —Nolan Feeney 

There is "out" and then there is "OUT"