Doll based on transgender teen to debut at New York Toy Fair

WASHINGTON — A New York doll maker says it will be selling what it believes is the first transgender doll on the market.

The doll is based on Jazz Jennings, the teenage transgender subject of the TLC documentary series "I am Jazz." It will make its debut at the New York Toy Fair next week and be available on the Tonner Doll Co.'s website and in specialty stores in July.

A spokesman for the company says the 18-inch doll, which has a "genderless" plastic mold typical of most dolls, is being tested for kids aged 8 years and older and is expected to retail for $89.99.

It comes 40 years after the release of the "Gay Bob" doll, widely thought to be the first doll based on a gay character.