TLC Renews Transgender Teen Reality Series 'I Am Jazz'

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TLC has renewed “I Am Jazz” for an 8-episode second season, TheWrap has learned.

In 2016, the cable reality show will continue to follow 15-year-old Jazz, a transgender teen who has become an advocate. Season 2 of “I Am Jazz” sees the 15-year-old attempt to balance school, sports, family and more, documenting her triumphs and struggles along the way.

A co-author of a book of the same name, Jazz was named one of “The 25 Most Influential Teens ” in 2014 and 2015 by Time. She and her parents founded the Transkids Purple Rainbow Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to support transgender youth and their families.

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Returning on camera with Jazz are those supportive parents, Greg and Jeanette, as well as sister, Ari, and twin brothers Griffen and Sander.

The first season of the groundbreaking reality series followed Jazz as she faced decisions regarding her health, pursuing her passion for soccer, spending more time with friends, and navigating the dating world.

“I Am Jazz” is produced for TLC by This is Just a Test.

9 Cisgender Actors Playing Transgender Characters in Film (Photos)

Hilary Swank in "Boys Don't Cry" (1999)
Swank plays real-life Brandon Teena, an American trans man who is beaten, raped and murdered by men after they discover he is transgender.
Fox Searchlight
Felicity Huffman in "Transamerica" (2005)
Huffman played a transgender woman who tried to reconnect with her estranged son, played by Kevin Zegers.
The Weinstein Company
Jared Leto in "Dallas Buyers Club" (2013)
Leto starred as an HIV positive, transgender woman in the film for which he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2014.
Focus Features
Chris Sarandon in "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975)
Sarandon played a pre-operative transsexual in the film, for which he won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
Warner Bros.
Tom Wilkinson in "Normal" (2003)
Wilkinson stars as Applewood, who after 25 years of marriage shocks his wife (Jessica Lange) when he tells her he wants to transition into a woman. He renames himself Ruth.
John Cameron Mitchell in "Hedwig & The Angry Inch" (2001)
Mitchell played Hansel Schmidt, an East German man who falls in love with an American man and they decide to marry so he can escape East Germany. However, the couple needs to consist of a man and a woman, so Schmidt undergoes gender reassignment surgery, but it gets botched.
New Line Cinema
John Lithgow in "The World According to Garp" (1982)
Lithgow played Roberta Muldoon, a former football player who transitions after being pro.
Warner Bros.
Jaye Davidson in "The Crying Game" (1992)
The now retired actor played trans woman Dil in the film, for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Miramax Films
Lee Pace in "Soldier's Girl" (2003)
Pace starred as Calpernia Addams in the film, based on a true story. Addams came out as a transgender woman during her last year in the military.
Showtime

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