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Caitlyn Jenner was born in 1949 in Mt. Kisco, New York as Bruce. She is a former U.S. track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the decathalon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. She currently appears on the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and is the father of Burt and Casey, from his marriage to Chrystie Crownover; Brandon and Brody, from his marriage to Linda Thompson; and Kendall and Kylie, from his marriage to Kris Kardashian. He is the stepfather of Kourtney, Kim, Khloe and Rob Kardashian. She came out as transgender in 2015.

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26 Jul, 2015

I Am Cait premiere

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Jenner stars in E! eight-part docuseries, I Am Caitt. The show follows her introducing herself to her family, starting with her mother, Esther, and her two sisters, Lisa and Pam. She is suppoorted by two friends: Ronda, her friend and personal assistant, and Courtney, her devoted hair stylist. On her responsibility to the transgender community:

I have a voice and there are so many people out there that do not.

Jenner’s mother says she likes Caitlyn’s personality better than Bruce’s.

I think he’s a very good-looking woman.

24 Jul, 2015

Introduces Culture Club

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Caitlyn Jenner Greek theaterJenner goes on stage a L.A.’s Greek Theatre to introduce Culture Club.

Thank you very much! Thank you! Caitlyn Jenner in the house for her first Boy George concert! This is going to be a good group. Thank you so much. Enough about me. Thank you for being here tonight This is so much fun for me and let’s hear it here at the Greek Theatre for Boy George!

Boy George:

I expected a standing ovation for her and I wasn’t disappointed. We need to celebrate the kinds of changes that are happening.

3 Jun, 2015

I Am Cait trailer

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E! Online releases a trailer for I am Cait, an eight-part, one-hour documentary series which will illustrate the star living her life as a transgender woman. The show airs Sunday, July 26.

When you start learning the kind of pressure women are under, all the time, until their appearance all the time. I never got it until a ouple of weeks ago. A professional came in and did my makeup. What a difference!

17 May, 2010 09:00 am

Cries over Bruce’s transition

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In a new clip from a two-part special of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kris Jenner is in tears after learning of the news from Bruce. Jenner:

He’s the most amazing person I know. I couldn’t ask for a better dad. He taught me how to ride a bike and be the tomboy that I am…He would drive us to school and he would be the first one in line to pick us up.

Kim explains:

He has to deal with this for his entire life of waking up and feeling like ‘whoa, this isn’t my body. This doesn’t feel comfortable.