The Moment A Mom Realized Her Trans Daughter Wasn't 'Going Through A Phase'

When Jazz Jennings came out as transgender at age 5, she became one of the youngest people on record to ever do so. She had no frame of reference, no transgender role models, no outside influences. All Jazz knew was what existed in her heart and soul: She was a girl.

Being so young when she came out, Jazz has received a lot of attention for presenting as female at her age. However, as the now-14-year-old explains to "Oprah: Where Are They Now?", age had nothing to do with it.

"It was just the way I was inside," Jazz says simply. "I didn't think it was 'right' or 'wrong' to do it too young."

Like many in the transgender community have expressed, Jazz says she felt trapped in a body that didn't represent who she truly was.

"I definitely felt trapped in my body," she says. "I didn't understand why I had the body that I had."

This feeling led the young girl to pose an innocent question to her mother -- a question that Jazz says made her mom fully grasp the reality of what her child was experiencing.

"When I was 2 years old, I asked my mom, 'When is the Good Fairy going to come and change my private parts?'" Jazz says. "That was one of those defining moments when she realized, 'This isn't just a phase. My child is special, and I have to love and support her.'"

"Oprah: Where Are They Now?" airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. ET on OWN.

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