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'I Am Jazz' star posts photo after gender confirmation surgery

June 29, 2018 at 4:02PM
FILE - In this April 12, 2018 file photo, Jazz Jennings arrives at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 17-year-old "I Am Jazz" star said in an Instagram post on Thursday, June 28, 2018, that she's doing great following gender confirmation surgery.
FILE - In this April 12, 2018 file photo, Jazz Jennings arrives at the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 17-year-old "I Am Jazz" star said in an Instagram post on Thursday, June 28, 2018, that she's doing great following gender confirmation surgery. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

NEW YORK — Transgender rights activist and television star Jazz Jennings says she is doing great following gender confirmation surgery.

The 17-year-old "I Am Jazz" star posted a photo of herself in a hospital gown on Instagram . She thanked followers for their "love and support."

In a YouTube video earlier this month, she said she was looking forward to the surgery and had been ready for it "my entire life."

Jennings has been the star of the TLC show since 2015. She and her parents co-founded the TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, which helps transgender youth, in 2007.

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