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Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen

by Jennings, Jazz

ISBN: 9780399554674Random House Children's Books

Genres

LGBTQ NonfictionMemoir

Banned or challenged 2 times across 2 jurisdictions.

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⚠ Challenger signal

Also flagged by 1 challenger group

These groups have publicly targeted this book for removal. This is NOT a confirmed ban — it’s a signal that the book is on one or more challenger lists, which often precedes formal challenges in specific districts. See methodology for how we distinguish targeting from enforcement.

Timeline

Unified view of laws affecting this book and jurisdictions where it’s been removed or challenged, in chronological order.

0 law events2 ban events
  1. 25

    Jul 1, 2025

    Banremoved

    DoDEA (Federal)

    Removed from DoDEA school libraries per White House executive orders.

  2. 25

    Oct 23, 2025

    Banunder legal challenge

    DoDEA (Federal)

    Federal judge (Patricia Giles, E.D. Va.) grants preliminary injunction ordering DoDEA to restore all removed books. ACLU v. DoDEA.

All ban records (2)

Llano County Library System, TX

public library · county

RemovedThe book has been formally removed from the library or curriculum.

Removed by county commissioners. Supreme Court declined to hear challenge (Dec 2025).

Reported Mar 31, 2023

DoDEA (Federal)

school · federal

Under Legal ChallengeA lawsuit has been filed challenging this ban or the law behind it.

Removed per executive orders targeting DEI, gender ideology, and 'radical indoctrination' content in K-12 schools.

Reported Jul 14, 2025