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Positive reactions and experiences have Caitlyn Jenner believing ‘the future looks bright’
Since Caitlyn Jenner introduced herself to the world on the cover of Vanity Fair six weeks ago, she has racked up millions of Twitter followers, quickly become a fashion icon, and on Wednesday (15 July) she will be presented with the Arthur Ashe Courage at the ESPY Awards.
‘I knew that my transition would get some response, but I certainly never expected all of this,’ Jenner writes in a new blog entry for WhoSay. ‘It’s honestly been incredibly positive. I’ve met so many accepting people.’
‘It’s been both eye-opening and difficult to see firsthand what so many members of the trans community have had to go through just to be themselves,’ she writes. ‘I hope to help raise awareness of these hardships so that it becomes a less painful process going forward. That said, the future looks bright.’
Through her new weekly WhoSay column, Jenner takes questions from readers and was asked what has been her favorite part so far of becoming Caitlyn.
‘Just being able to be myself,’ Jenner writes. ‘Recently I went on a trip with some of my new friends and I had such a wonderful time. I packed for the first time as just Caitlyn – nobody else – which is the first time I’ve ever done that.
‘I was gone for five days and had such a fantastic experience with all of these girls who have all been through the same thing. We had so many stories to tell. We had so many things that we were all dealing with. It was just truly a liberating experience. I knew then that I could never go back.’
The 1976 Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon was also asked what the ‘tipping point’ was to make her leave behind her male identity as Bruce Jenner whose fame was renewed as part of the reality series Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
‘I had all of the issues, but I was growing up in a very different time, and I had no information,’ Jenner writes. ‘Meanwhile, I had all of my diversions – sports … this … that … married … family – but after 65 years, here I was right back with the same problems that I had when I was 10 years old, and I had to finally do something about that.’
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