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Jazz Jennings thanks fans after gender confirmation surgery

29 of June 2018

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. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File),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. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — 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.