In what must be one of the most highly-anticipated interviews in television history, ABC’s Diane Sawyer asked former Olympics champ-turned-reality TV star Bruce Jenner if he’s a woman and, ending many months of speculation, the answer came back, “Yes, for all intents and purposes, I am a woman.”
ABC revealed little about the contents of the two-hour special edition of 20/20, titled Bruce Jenner: The Interview, which was taped in February at Jenner’s house in Malibu, ahead of its 9 pm ET broadcast.
Sawyer began the interview by asking, “Are you ready?”
Jenner, 65, with tears in his eyes, responded that he was.
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“Diane, Let’s do it,” he said. “It’s going to be tough. I’ve been thinking about this day forever and what I should do with my life. How do I tell my story? How do I tell people what I’ve been through, and that day is today. I need the tissues — it’s gonna be kinda tough, but today’s the day.”
Jenner then told Sawyer that he has always been confused with my gender identity.
In a clip from the interview (below) Jenner makes it clear to Sawyer that he is not gay and has never had sex with a man.
Bruce Jenner: ‘I’m Not Gay’ #BruceJennerABC http://t.co/dh9sKbUE3T
— Christina Lopez (@RealChristinaL) April 25, 2015
Jenner silenced cynics who think that, as part of the press-hungry Kardashian clan (last year Jenner divorced his third wife, Kris, mother of the family), that this might be a publicity stunt. ABC Breaking US News | US News Videos
In another surprising announcement, Jenner revealed that he’s Republican. “Is that a bad thing?” he asked Sawyer.
It was also made known that E! will chronicle Jenner’s transition in a docu-series that will begin airing this summer.
Jenner’s announcement has made him [Jenner told Sawyer that he prefers using the masculine pronouns] perhaps the highest-profile person to publicly come out as transgender. He also informed Sawyer that he has been undergoing hormone therapy for a year and a half but has not made yet up his mind about reassignment surgery.
“As of now, I have all the male parts and all that kind of stuff, so in a lot of ways we’re different, okay?” Jenner told Sawyer during the interview. “But we still identify as female. And that’s very hard for Bruce Jenner to say. Because why? I don’t want to disappoint people.”
Jenner also told Sawyer that he had at one time considered suicide, but is now optimistic about how his story will end.
The interview will definitely go down as a watershed moment in television history. Media watchdog org GLAAD immediately issued a statement that read in part:
“Today, millions of people learned that someone they know is transgender,” said GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis. “By sharing this story, Bruce Jenner has shined a light on what it means to be transgender and live authentically in the face of unimaginable public scrutiny. Though Jenner’s journey is one that is deeply personal, it is also one that will impact and inspire countless people around the world.”
Jenner also revealed that has the support of his mother, sister, three former wives and all six of his children. Earlier today Jenner’s son Brandon shared his via Instagram and this adorable childhood pic.
Proud son. A photo posted by Brandon Jenner (@brandontjenner) on
A number of celebs began took to social media to commend Jenner’s bravery.
Bruce will change so many people’s lives — Andy Cohen (@Andy) April 25, 2015
#BruceJenner we learn from you to be courageous, funny and to be our authentic self. With love and Go For It! — Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) April 25, 2015
We have the chance to write this moment in history together. Let’s empower people like Bruce all over the world by being loving & not mean.???? — Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) April 24, 2015
Lives are being saved tonight. #brucejenner #brucejenner — Augusten Burroughs (@augusten) April 25, 2015
I’ve interviewed #BruceJenner many times, and I’m in his corner. I support him & offer my respect. — Larry King (@kingsthings) April 25, 2015
#BruceJenner is truly the trans story heard around the world. Conversation is everywhere and you will change many lives with your courage — Daniel Franzese (@WhatsupDanny) April 25, 2015
Jim Fortier
Watching this interview. What an amazing story.
Captain Obvious
Not buying it, but we’ll see. The Kartrashians are all about fame, attention, and money. Just seems like odd timing and an odd family to attach yourself to if you were really trans. Why not start a new life somewhere with all that money and get the transition started asap?
Every trans documentary I’ve ever seen has basically stated money was the biggest hurdle for a lot of transgender people. Well “she” has that in spades, so what is “she” waiting for?
Stop doing interviews and start living your authentic life. All I see is some long hair and a whole lot of pandering to cameras for monetary interviews and way too many mentions of the Kardashians.
MarionPaige
I remember long ago Frank Sinatra making what then seemed like a wise crack about Bruce Jenner trying to look like a woman.
aliengod
I recorded the interview and getting ready to watch it now. I’m sure the ratings will be high. America has always been drawn to a good freak show. I’ll bet Bruce is loving all the attention this will bring him.
Ken Spragg
Of all the sites to get this wrong… if Jenner is asserting a trans woman identity, then the respectful pronoun to use would be “she”– as in “Sawyer asked if *she’s* a woman.”
Miss Understood
I hope Carrot Top is next!
aliengod
@Miss Understood: LOL! Maybe he’ll transform to Carrot Bottom.
Low Country Boy
Intellectually, I understand. Personally, I just don’t get it.
lauraspencer
I enjoyed the interview and found Jenner inspiring.
I think what most people reading this site will be shocked by is that Jenner is Republican.
I was fascinated to learn that Kris Kardashian knew about Jenner’s gender identity questions before marrying him. He had been on estrogen for 5 years, had electrolysis on his face and chest and had a chest that Jenner said was a 36B. Kris still married him. What did she think the outcome would be?
Scribe38
@Captain Obvious: Watch the interview. He is very sincere about this change. I use “he”, because it is the pronoun he used during the interview. He cried throughout the interview. His previous wives knew he wanted to be a woman. He took hormones in the 80s to become a woman before backing out. Multiple kids of his caught him in women’s clothes. No this isn’t for the show, it’s for him. I couldn’t imagine dealing with this in the public. He also mentioned he needs to live as a woman for a year and have two doctors sign off before he can have surgery, if he decides to.
Brycedavid
So a man who only had sex with women and has had several children from these relationships, says he’s not gay and the only thing he has done for the gay community is that abomination Can’t Stop the Music is now embraced by the gay community?!?
David J Deutsch
Congratulations Bruce! I admire your courage and authenticity. Great interview…
Frank Swilling
Who cares???? How on earth was this news????????
Jon Michael
Ken Spragg … in the program credits, it was stated that it was Bruce’s request that for this interview the pronouns he, his, etc. be used … perhaps for the last time …
sweetbrandigirl2004
@Captain Obvious: I don’t think you pay very much attention to the interview as Bruce is already in transition or maybe you missed that he’s been on hormones for a year now and has had Adams Apple shaved, lazer hair removal, and breast implants. As for him being public he has no choice he’s famous but to do the interview. As for the Kardashians I hear you and I can’t stand that bunch of Media Whores, and i’m just waiting to see them looking for a camera to jump in front of to flap thier gums about it while they faun for the camera. Kim has already scheduled to be on the Today show Monday so I’ll be sure to missed that.
sweetbrandigirl2004
@Ken Spragg: Jenner asked that male pronouns be used for now, pay attention.
Joey Okowitz
Who?
Kelly Keigwin
Frank, this is groundbreaking stuff in the trans community. Try having some compassion for the t in lgbtq.
Dieter Michaels
OMG. Shocking, I cannot believe ANYONE would admit to what he just admitted to. No one should have to deal with this. I mean he JUST SAID he was a REPUBLICAN!!! Oh the humanity…….
jason smeds
Men who identify as women enjoy it because it means they can identify with the privileges of being a woman – eg the privilege of wearing trousers or dresses in public, the privilege of flirting, the privilege of being able to wear revealing clothing in bars and nightclubs. These are privileges that women have over men.
Consider then men and women who visit ordinary bars and clubs. It’s always the men (including gay men) who are told to “put on a shirt” before they can gain entry. Women can get in wearing revealing clothing showing their cleavage etc.
It also explains why bisexuality amongst women (even if it’s fake) is considered “hot” but bisexuality amongst men is considered “ewwwwww”.
jason smeds
There is no such thing as an LGBT person. No such thing at all. The LGBT idea was created as a form of propaganda to create a false coalition of supposedly like-minded people. Truth is, a transgender person is the least gay person around.
Transgenders also tend to be highly homophobic towards male homosexuality.
Kev
@Ken Spragg At the beginning of the interview, Sawyer states that Jenner asked that the pronoun “he” be used at this time.
Low Country Boy
@jason smeds: Troll much?
billywonka
Watched the interview and was impressed with Jenner’s thought dealing with this. Hope all goes well for him during the next year.
And thanks to Diane Sawyer for a well done interview!
billywonka
@jason smeds: Sorry, but your comments appear to those of someone poorly informed and in deep denial. Your lack of education is not your friend.
jason smeds
Maybe Bruce Jenner considers himself to be a lesbian fetishist. Lesbian fetishists are usually straight-identifying men who have a “thing” for lesbianism. In fact, their fetish can extend to assuming the appearance of a woman for the purpose of woman-to-woman fantasy notions.
Personally, I don’t consider Bruce Jenner to be remotely homosexual – not in the remotest sense possible. In fact, men who are lesbian fetishists often utter “ewwww” at the sight of two men kissing.
DarkZephyr
@billywonka: If you are fairly new to this site you will find that Jason Smeds loves to type crap like that. We usually try to just ignore him.
Saint Law
@billywonka: He’s not in denial – he’s denied. Again and again and again.
His total lack of sexual success has deformed him – and he was no honey to start with.
Saint Law
@jason smeds: Everybody utters “ewwww” at the sight of you.
Saint Law
Donno who Jenner is – but she is startlingly self absorbed if she has to ask if being a Republican is a bad thing.
Like all those anti-trans bills were initiated by Democrats, right?
Paul Vermette
Was great
Mark Pilsnik
He should speak at the Republican Convention.
Cam
So she is a proud member of a political party that is fighting to not even let Transgender people use the bathroom? The party that wants to keep them from attending schools? That wants it to be legal to fire them? It is mind blowing how disassociated he is from any issues that seemingly impact his life.
lauraspencer
@Joey Okowitz:
For the posters on here wondering “who” Jenner is I don’t ask this question in a bitchy way, but from curiosity…..Do you seriously not know who he is?
In this world where we have 24 hour news cycles, info is available at the touch of a keyboard, he has been on one of the most popular TV shows for 8 years and he has been known globally since 1976 for being one of the most famous Olympians of all time and has been in the mainstream news for the past 4 months due to his transitioning.
A few posters above seem to be serious in not knowing who he is. If that is truly the case I think there needs to be a story on how people in this day and age are able to isolate themselves from the world to such an extent that they are cut off from information that is everywhere. It is really fascinating.
dommyluc
As soon as he said he’s a Republican, I lost all sympathy for him. Yes, I can just see the current Republican Party standing behind Bruce Jenner and offering their total, undying support – right after they burn him at the fucking stake. I have a little feeling that they are not going to invite him to speak at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
After all the struggles the gay community has made to make it easier for Jenner to tell his story and achieve his goal of inner peace and happiness, and he stabs us in the fucking back. And I thought Kim Kardashian was the real moron in that family, but I was apparently wrong.
moonman157
A few things:
-It’s not necessarily something to be proud of if you don’t know who Bruce Jenner is. It doesn’t make you any more culturally refined or sophisticated. And most of the people here smugly saying that they don’t know who Bruce is are probably lying.
-Bruce asked that Diane (so presumably others) still use the pronoun “he” so that is the correct one to use until Bruce asks for a different gender pronoun to be used.
-For all the people mocking him for being a Republican because he’s aligning himself with a political party that disparages him: take a look at the amount of transphobia on this website in the comments section. Let’s quit pretending like we’re so much better than Republicans and address many of the identity issues within our own community that so proudly professes to be “inclusive”
-Like everyone else, trans people deserve to be happy, and it is our obligation to do everything to help make that possible, just like we demand that society treat our homosexuality in a way that allows for us to lead happy, fulfilling lives free of discrimination, violence, and prejudice. Bruce is incredibly brave for coming out and allowing the world to see his transition, and he should be commended and supported by us. He deserves a life of happiness and I hope he achieves that, along with every trans person.
Bauhaus
@Cam:
“It is mind blowing how disassociated he is from any issues that seemingly impact his life.”
Yes, indeed. Can wealth, position, and privilege, really make one so utterly out of touch? Perhaps he hasn’t had the “bathroom” issue yet, the bread and butter for his republican brethren.
Bauhaus
@moonman157:
Oh, cut the crap. The few trolls on here with a problem with T, are constantly called out for it.
We don’t need to pretend we are better than republicans. We are. In policy and in inclusiveness.
Name one policy or protection republicans have provided for LGBTQ! Just one.
onthemark
You left out the part where Bruce said that she/he’s a REPUBLICAN!
This detail has leaked out.
I hope Diane Sawyer quizzes her about WHY.
moonman157
@Bauhaus: I’m not saying that Republicans are a superior political party for LGBT individuals (they’re clearly not and I am a Democrat). But what I’m saying is that there are still a lot of issues that our community needs to address within ourselves before we can parade on our high horses as so morally superior. Are Democrats more inclusive and willing to fight for the protections of LGBT individuals? Absolutely. But merely saying that you’re better than Republicans isn’t enough, and it’s too often used to deflect attention and reflection away from some of the self-evalutaion that our community needs to do when it comes to issues of transphobia, racism, misogyny, classism, etc.
Bauhaus
@moonman157:
I don’t see anyone parading on any high horse, except for you.
Bauhaus
@Frank Swilling:
Unless you live in a cave, it’s news. Olympic athlete comes out as T and R. Stop pretending otherwise.
Desert Boy
What a tragic story. It took 65 years for Bruce Jenner to live an authentic life. I find it so interesting his large family of sons and daughters are supportive as well as his sister and 89 year old mother. But he seems happy now. Mazel tov, Bruce!
Prinny
A fake and a Kardashian.
MisterDemand
Damn… You would think the people of a gay “news” site would be a soft place to land for a person going through a dificult gender transition. Not so, apparently
Curty
The Republican part was most disturbing. I think his wealth doesn’t make him realize the struggles gop has made for trans people. I think also trans people should have there own category, separate from the glb community because it is totally different than being gay, bi or lesbian.
Michael
If Jenner’s gender identity is (and has been for some time) that of a woman then how does “[making] it clear to Sawyer that he is not gay and has never had sex with a man” make any sense? Only someone who still considers himself to be male would need to make an illogical comment like that.
I wish him well on the long journey ahead and hopefully by the end of it she’ll also have shed the unflattering homophobia.
da90027
I support anyone doing what makes them happy. As for all the hateful comments on here it just proves compassion is something you have or you dont it cannot be taught.
[email protected]
> In another surprising announcement,
> Jenner revealed that he’s Republican.
> “Is that a bad thing?” he asked Sawyer.
Yes. They will rule against everything you are fighting for.
Kangol
Good for him, but I also heard loud and clear his homophobia–he strenuously denied being gay, as if it were something shameful, when a simple, no, I’m not gay would have been enough–and his bourgeois narcissism, which points to him only being concerned with himself, soon to be herself, and not with the vast majority of LGBTIQs out there, including the majority who are not rich, white, and will have TV cameras following them around, and who still have no social or legal protections in a large number of states in this country.
So good for Bruce Jenner, but I hope he looks beyond himself to the many other LGBTIQs out there, especially the trans people who are catching hell all over this country.
Bauhaus
@Michael:
Which begs the question. Is she a lesbian? Is she attracted to men or women? Both? Gender identity and sexual orientation are different. Sawyer missed, Jenner dodged.
David Tillman
I’ll believe it once they chop it off and present it on a platter. Until then its bullshit.
Celtic
It takes courage. One pundit asked Jenner, “Why now, so late in life?” I found that question to be both rude and insensitive. What does it matter? Jenner has come to terms about his true and real gender. As to his response to the question about being gay, give Jenner space on that one. Transgenders are not necessarily homosexual. I believe that is why Jenner stressed the fact that he is not gay.
Clark35
Good for her for coming out; but keep in mind Bruce and his/her entire family love any media attention they can get.
anthonyz
Really, now a woman. How does that make “women” feel? Even if he has SRS he is at best a surgically altered male. It does not mean he can think nor feel like a women. Most cross-dresser’s and transsexual’s could give a rat’s ass about women’s issues or what it means to be a women. That’s mainly why he thinks like a Republican. The only reason he was a super athlete was to push down what he thought were homosexual tendencies. Many gender issue folks are very homophobic. The LGB community only took them under the rainbow umbrella to stop the Transgender Menace from disrupting parades and getting bad press for excluding them. The LGB community worked hard to be rid of the APA definition of homosexuality as a mental disorder and now we TS/TV community with a definition of gender dysphoria and that was kept to justify the medical need for SRS. The T community just wanted to be swept along with the LGB movement which is not to say that wasn’t brilliant but the difference in “community” is huge. Let’s start facing some realities here and not get caught up in the emotional distress of TV/TS dramas. Bruce Jenner is no more a woman then my neutered cat is a tiger.
Rosalynn D'Angela
enough of this bruce crap, not a big deal…media is cashing in bruce is cashing in, it is just about $…
Curty
No offense to him but he is not a woman. He wants to be one or feels he is but he is not a woman. And his comments on being not gay were a bit defensive. Dude, you have ya eyebrows done, long nails, saying you want to be woman. Many gay men fit that description. Idk this interview might have been ground breaking but I’m far from a jenner fan.
Brad Scott
I had trouble listening to the interview……cause that one crazy eye kept moving in a completely different way than the other….!!!! Wow..!!!!!
monkey
Anthonyz and curty… You both appear to be completely uneducated. Try using then and than correctly. And as far as the article goes… Totally a publicity stunt. That is all that family cares about is being the center of “news” let’s worry about something that actually matters, because this is definitely not worthy of being worldwide news.
Contessa328
Madame Jenner is like a woman who is two-weeks pregnant. She is quite far off from the child actually appearing. Brucetta is just at the tip of the iceberg as far as being a woman is concerned. He’s just a mess at this point–especially declaring that he is a Republican and thinking that Boener and McConnell will champion him, as he stated he thinks they will do. He’s neither fish nor fowl and poor Diane Sawyer didn’t quite know what to make of him. I think she expected a more feminine presence. As it was, he was a truck driver with a Kleenex, There he sat with his legs crossed in the male 90 degree way, looking much too butch and telling us of his woes. And next on his schedule? A TV show showing us his changing into drag—his version of MY FAIR LADY. I wrote a very detailed book about a transsexual entitled CONTESSA and it shows the real process of what it takes to process from a male to a female.Bruce is still allied too much with the male pronouns to convince me that HE has really made the plunge. I’d say he is so confused at this moment with money, fame and a screwed-up psyche that he needs actual supervision and care. At the moment, as far as I can tell, he hasn’t progressed all that much from cross-dressing. Yes, he made the big confession last night but saying is one thing–doing is another. He is really nowhere if he can not even conquer the change from the pronoun HE to SHE. He just hasn’t made the real plunge yet. So far he just looks like a butch lesbian. I do wish him well but he’s needs to be more allied with the GLBT community and less allied with the Republican party.
dave lopes
Looks like both Bruce and Sawyer are confused about the subject.
If as Bruce claims he is a woman and is attracted to women…would that not make him a gay woman.
Yet he claims he is not Gay.
Bauhaus
@anthonyz:
You are no more a wit, than @jason smeds: is sane.
Southstguy
Big shocks of the evening:
“I’m a republican.”
“Kris is a good woman.”
Milk it for all the PR you can.
nocibur61739
So, “Qweerty” is better as a member? I posted (in which I may do only once a month.) And you come back stating ” Whoa, slow done, pace yourself, your posting too fast” or some other crap… WTF!?
Matt
That was really sad to watch. He looked so hot when he was all guy with the hairy chest and pits and oozing with masculinity. I hope he finds some kind of peace now. If he’s not into guys he’s either going to be asexual or a lesbian.
Frank Swilling
I take it all back. I just saw the Kris Humphries tweet. Every GLBTQ voice matters in the fight against morons. I just hope Ms. Jenner adds a strong voice against her party’s constant attempts to squash us.
Sammy Schlipshit
Good for him/her.
Always to exciting to see someone finally being able to step up and say out loud….this is the real me that I have kept submissive all because of others….no more.
Republican’t? I was a little surprised but not shocked. More often than not that’s the cult rich selfish people subscribe to even if that party works against their own personal interest.
Interesting reaction from the rest of that cardasheeeeeennnnan family. They sure enjoy shoving their personal lives down the worlds throat but when it comes to someone they say they love and admire the ‘girls’ somehow just can’t cope.
I’m sure all their GLBTQ fans will still keep drinking the cool aid.
What was the reaction from the males in that cardasheeeeeennnnnan group? Did those males make a comment? Did I just miss it?
And, of course, Bruce is exposing his transition for a ‘reality’ show this summer….$$$$$$$$.
Can’t we all just admit this family has gotten rich whoring themselves for the more ignorant and simple minded among us?
Finally, I know understand why his son Brodie character is as dumb as a bag of hair. He’s truly his daddy’s boy. Neither seem to have won the bonus round of brains.
The singer son and daughter look to be the winners in that gene pool thanks to their mom’s contribution.
Yes, Bruce has cast off a huge burden with a bumpy but positive road ahead but as to the rest of his world including that family, well, let’s just say I don’t think I could spend a week with them in Mexico or anywhere else.
Go Bruce, go.
OhHellNo
Bruce now has it all – he can be the woman he’s always wanted to be, and as a Republican, he can still hate himself and vote against his own rights. I think he just realized that he needed to cut off whatever fathered those vacuous idiots they call his children.
OhHellNo
My favorite tweet today: “Congrats to @DianeSawyer, who between Michael Jackson and Bruce Jenner has now thrown more softballs than Ellen DeGeneres.”
I am Gay (just like you), Black, HIV-Positive, and Back Bitches!!!
@Saint Law: “His total lack of sexual success has deformed him – and he was no honey to start with.”
Pot calling the kettle black? Yeah, and you were telling that joke when you were just a 100 years old, and that was a little over 1000 years ago. You’d think that an old hack like you would have either matured, or gotten some better material by now!
Especially considering everybody knows that you were really only projecting anyway! Ha ha ha! Funny that you would take insults at trans-people personal! Ha ha ha! Idiot! I guess your lesbian, and bisexual too by virtue of LGBT! Ha ha ha! How stupid do you get? Speak for yourself Nazi!
“Everybody utters “ewwww” at the sight of you.”
Umm, and you were definitely projecting again that time too! Ha ha ha! And everybody just ignores the fucking sight of you! Ha ha ha! Don’t they Giancarlo? I mean, Saint Law! Ha ha ha!
“Donno who Jenner is – but she is startlingly self absorbed if she has to ask if being a Republican is a bad thing. Like all those anti-trans bills were initiated by Democrats, right?”
Trying to gain favor by pretending to be Democrat? Funny! You’re a dem who doesn’t know who Bruce Jenner is? Tell us another lie then you self-loathing, closet fag! I however wouldn’t have thought that Hitler would’ve accepted any other label than his beloved “Nazi” tho! Ha ha ha! Nazi-fag!
And like you have a penis either! Ha ha ha! I’m not even gonna ask just how it is that you claim to know just who passed whatever pro-tran bill there was, but didn’t know “Woman of the Hour” Blanche Jenner! Ha ha ha!
Republican douche bag! Lie much? Ha ha ha!
Bauhaus
@I am Gay (just like you), Black, HIV-Positive, and Back Bitches!!!:
You’re either high as a kite, or I need to be, to comprehend the loaf you just pinched.
Evji108
Ah well, coming out as a trans woman at 65 years old, just in time to be an old lady, so he can be invisible. A bit late for the party. It’s kinda sad, I hope it works out for him.
Eldred
Since all this speculation mess started, I was just thinking people need to let him be him, and leave him the hell alone. Speculating that she was trans was a bit much, for me anyway. Now that she’s told the world, I have a smile on my face. The one you get where you’re not related to someone but you’re still very proud of that person. She is what she is, haters be damned.
Eldred
I was reading through all of this again, and the tweets from celebs, and just let me reiterate: With a happy little smile on my face, I very proud of Bruce Jenner.
LadyL
Okay, well… whatever. I want to be happy for Bruce Jenner and wish him well, and there were moments I found touching.
But by the end of the interview I wasn’t sure what to make of him/her. The flashes of homophobic denial about the possibility that he was gay, the coy defensiveness about Sawyer’s startle upon learning that Jenner is a Republican. I’m sure Sawyer’s reaction will be read by some (read: Republicans) as typical liberal media bias, but of course it wasn’t that at all. Unlike her clueless celebrity subject she is well aware of the GOP’s longstanding hostility toward LGBTQ issues, not to mention the vicious hypocrisy of the political closet.
But, hey. Best of luck, Bruzzer.
1EqualityUSA
We didn’t have very many lesbian icons in the 70’s. Bruce was as close as we got. I wish him well and I hope he finds peace and happiness.
Oh, and the best comment of the day is from Bauhaus, “You’re either high as a kite, or I need to be, to comprehend the loaf you just pinched.” (so fun.)
jwtraveler
@dommyluc: He can afford to be a Republican. Most transgender people can not.
jason smeds
I think Dianne Sawyer is the transgender one.
stranded
Like the vast majority i tuned in because I really wasn’t sure whether this was a stunt or not. I was pessimistic about the interview, thinking it was going to be a fluff piece that doesn’t really say anything. I was shocked at how sincere and open he was (using “he” because he said to in his interview). I found his duality very interesting, always referring to himself as either her or him. The sincerity of the interview is going to change people’s perceptive of him. It’s easy to bundle him up into that Kardashian mega fame people either love or love to hate. I was happy to see his other children briefly step into the spotlight to support their father. I’m not sure how i feel about the absence of his youngest daughters and famous step children. Would their presence have hurt the interview? Devalued it’s impact in some way? It’s like i wish they were there, but also glad they weren’t.
ingyaom
Bruce Jenner comes out as a transgender woman (who loves women), but then says: “I’m not gay”. WTF?
OzJosh
It seems to me a lot of people are commenting without having watched the interview – or having watched with such closed minds that they might as well not have bothered. Jenner came across as sincere, thoughtful, brave, considerate and often quite witty. He’s clearly struggled to get to where he is now, largely because he’s put others first for most of his life. The fact that all his ex-wives and children are so supportive is a credit to him. The tragedy is that he hasn’t just been a slave of social norms, but of religion and fame. If he could break out of those prisons he might truly free himself. It might help with his Republican delusions as well.
Deon Letsoalo
Okay, I’m extremely confused. How does this whole thing work? I just don’t get it. Also, isn’t being Republican and LGBT an oxymoron?
Christopher Trombley
Been there done that
jason smeds
Bruce Jenner appears to be a fetishist who is seeking to draw attention to himself.
Matt
@Deon Letsoalo: He has the soul of a woman. It’s not an oxymoron for him to be a Republican. It just means he’s intelligent and doesn’t follow gay/les/bi/trans trends.
My favorite oxymoron is when gay men call themselves or other gay men masculine bottoms. Seriously, there’s nothing more fem than bottoming.
dave lopes
@Matt: So are you saying there are also no feminine tops? Some transexuals with boobs top.
James Hart
What Diane Sawyer doesn’t tell anyone is that she too is a Republican. She served as former President Richard Nixon’s personal assistant for many years.
Contessa328
I didn’t know that Diane Sawyer was a Republican. It now makes sense why she gave Hillary Clinton such a rough time in their interview some months back. I was thinking she was a progressive but totally got over that when I saw the cheap-shot grilling she did of HIllary. It was a hatchet job, trust me. Go check it out.
I am Gay (just like you), Black, HIV-Positive, and Back Bitches!!!
@Bauhaus: Just high on life! The loaf I just pinched? Lol, that was cute!
I am Gay (just like you), Black, HIV-Positive, and Back Bitches!!!
But the proof is in the pudding: He’s transitioning to become a trans-lesbian, Republican mother… Too stupid! I don’t buy it!
He even said I’m not gay, and I vote Republican! All that after getting married, having a family, and raising a family with a woman! He still is, and has completely identified as a straight, heterosexual man who votes Republican! Weird story!
Whatever social agenda this is, I’m not buying into it! Period!
@jason smeds: Right! He just wants to identify as a woman, because of the perception of more privileges! He’s doing the “white thing” as far as I’m concerned! It’s only too typical to me, especially given where really small-minded, white, heterosexual men are concerned!
darian
Bruce Jenner seems like a confused individual. He should probably figure himself out before he “coming out” as anything.
enlightenone
@darian: “Bruce Jenner seems like a confused individual. He should probably figure himself out before he “coming out” as anything.”
Agree, but that’s not, sadly, where the entertainment/money = feed the REPUBLICAN propaganda “platform!”