Posted on 08/16/2016 11:34:10 PM PDT by nickcarraway
For Caitlyn Jenner, there are places to be and people to speak with.
There are camera crews and magazine covers, finely crafted documentaries and the raw urgency of reality TV. There are ex-spouses with stories to share and 10 children, many of them living their own lives, out loud and then some. There are more transgender women getting to tell their stories about their life journeys.
And yet, almost a year-and-a-half since going public with her gender transition, Jenner says her life is much less complicated than it has ever been.
"I don't have any more lies," she told ESPN. "It's tough to go through life when you're lying to yourself, lying to your family all the time, lying to the public about who you are. Every time I would confide in somebody over the last 50 years, it was always such a weight off my shoulder, like, 'Whew. I don't have to lie to that person about who I am anymore. They understand.'
"Today, I just can get up, be myself and have a smile on my face. I finally found happiness in my life."
Forty years after Jenner won the decathlon gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, we sat down with her to relive that event. We asked, how should we refer to the person who won over America -- and the world -- back then?
"As Bruce," she says. "Over the last year-and-a-half, I've met some of the most wonderful, smart, intelligent trans people out there. They all kinda say the same thing: When you go through something like this, everybody from the outside looking in thinks, 'Oh my God, you're just a totally different person now.' No, not really."
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Am I the one who is confused here?
Prediction: Within a year or two he'll admit that he's more depressed than ever and will start taking testosterone, dressing appropriately for his sex, and go back to his original name.
You’re lying to yourself alright Bruce.
Hey, ESPN...FU
Bruce... we should have anticipated...
Whatever... he was fabulous.
That was BRUCE Jenner!
Or hang himself.
Disproportionate levels of depression and suicidal thoughts are found in transgender people after they "transition". Turns out catering to the delusions of mentally ill people doesn't cure them.
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