Jazz Jennings Recounts Being Barred from Soccer as a Child Amid New Bills Targeting Trans Kids
Jazz Jennings.Photo: John Lamparski/Getty Jazz Jenningsis speaking out for her community. The trailblazing star of TLC’s reality seriesI Am Jazzshared a clipfrom the show’s archives on Twitter as she denounced a raft of “discriminatory” legislation meant to limit transgender people from playing on sports teams that align with their gender. “When I was 8 years old, I was banned from my playing girls soccer for over two years. The ban made me feel excluded, had no merit and negatively affected me and my family,” the 20-year-old activist and author tweeted on Monday....