“Jazz has proven herself a role model and a leader in the LGBTQ community,” said Abbe Land, Executive Director and CEO of The Trevor Project. “She consistently displays strength, courage, and resiliency in her continued efforts to raise awareness, advocate for equal rights, and shape a brighter future for LGBTQ youth.”
Jazz Jennings brings LGBTQ issues to the forefront with her organization TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation, founded with her parents in 2007 to assist transgender youth and educate schools about transgender experiences. She was instrumental in changing the United States Soccer Federation policies regarding transgender children and continues her advocacy efforts through her position as a Human Rights Campaign Youth Ambassador. Her hit TLC show I Am Jazz sheds personal light on the challenges that come with growing up as a transgender girl amidst the usual teen angst.
Performers Brenna Whitaker, Cheyenne Jackson, Eli Lieb, Jeremy Jordan, Conrad Ricamora, Sarah Silverman and Tituss Burgess will join Jennings onstage to entertain guests. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Aja Naomi King, Alex Borstein, Alfred Enoch, Guillermo Diaz, Jack Falahee, Karla Souza, Niecy Nash, Brad Goreski, Rachel Bloom and Suzanne Cryer will present awards. Todrick Hall and Shira Lazar will host the livestream of the red carpet, produced by streaming partner WhatsTrending.
TrevorLIVE LA celebrates 17 years of The Trevor Project’s life-saving, life-affirming work to prevent suicide among LGBTQ youth. As previously announced, actor/comedian Joel McHale will host the high-profile evening of music, comedy and entertainment. In addition to the Youth Innovator Award, The Trevor Project will present the Trevor Hero Award to HBO’s President of Programming Michael Lombardo and the Trevor 20/20 Visionary Award to The Walt Disney Company, which will be accepted by Chairman of Walt Disney International, Andy Bird. Trevor board member Adam Shankman will celebrate his sixth consecutive year as guest director of the event.
