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Inspired by an incident in November in Mount Horeb, more than two dozen sites in eight states held readings Thursday of the transgender children’s book “I Am Jazz.”

The readings took place at schools, churches and community centers, including at eight Madison public schools, according to the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the national LGBT advocacy group that organized the event.

A reading Thursday night at the Rosemary Garfoot Public Library in Cross Plains drew 21 people, a library employee said.

In November, an elementary school in Mount Horeb canceled a classroom reading of the book following legal threats from Liberty Counsel, a nonprofit organization that bills itself as protecting religious freedom and the sanctity of the family.

The school had scheduled the reading to support a student who had just publicly transitioned from a boy to a girl.

In response, a parent organized an evening reading of the book at the Mount Horeb Library, attended by more than 600 residents. Later, the Mount Horeb School Board adopted measures to fully accommodate transgender students.

“I Am Jazz” tells the story of a transgender girl and was co-written by Jessica Herthel and transgender teen Jazz Jennings.