Sunday, 5 July 2015

A Summary Of Caitlin Jenner Spotlight

By Edna Booker


Issues of transgender men and women have taken the backseat for a long time until recently. Caitlin Jenner spotlight began when she transitioned from being a man to a woman. Formerly known as Bruce Jenner, her transitioning in the public eye amidst controversy has been voted as bravery, courage and confidence as this is an attempt that can ruin ones career since this is not something the society have accepted, at least not yet.

Caitlin Jenner has been in the public eye for a long time, but only as her male version. As a male, she is famous participation and winning the 1976 summer Olympics. She was also known as the husband of Kris Jenner and stepfather of the Kardashian famous sisters. She was a regular on their reality TV show known as Keeping up with the Kardashians and some of its spin-offs. Before Kris, Bruce was married to three other women.

Her transitioning did not begin yesterday. For the longest time, she says that she always felt trapped in a wrong body. As a child, she would try on female dresses and shoes. Her struggles with this gender identity were not public knowledge and even in her inner circle, only a countable number of people knew about them.

Over the years when she still was Bruce, many people began to notice changes in her physical appearance. Tabloids run stories of her having her smoother face and even compared pictures of her from the past to demonstrate the changing physique. Rumors that she had removed her Adams apple surgically eventually brought the questions that she was transitioning to the mainstream media.

Caitlin waited until she psychologically was ready to tell her story. She first spoke to famous TV host Diane Sawyer about her journey to womanhood. She confessed that she had always suffered from gender identity crisis and decided to emerge from her shadows to be who she was beneath. In the interview, her transition was not complete and, therefore, she had not picked a female name yet.

Caitlin was born to the public for the very first time in a popular magazine photo shoot. She also announced her female name for the very first time signifying that she should be referred using female pronouns. Pictures from the famous photo shoot revealed a gorgeous woman, who owned a story and was willing to tell it her own way.

After the introduction to the world, she gained worldwide fame. Her number of followers on Twitter doubled to millions with a few hours and she instantly became a household name. There are talks of her own reality show, and her fame is, of course, likely to bring in endorsements deals worth millions of dollars.

The story of Caitlin Jenner is that of courage, bravery and confidence. To do what she did because she believed in herself and especially in the public eye has inspired many people. She has singlehandedly highlighted the issues of transgender men and women. Today, they have someone they can identify with. Her story inspires people all over the world to live their own lives, the way they think best.




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