Caitlyn Jenner

So unless you have been living under a rock lately, you have obviously seen or heard about Caitlyn Jenner, formally known as Bruce Jenner.


I must say that when this story first "broke" I thought it was a scam. I thought when the interview would air that he was going to say something different, well he did but it wasn't what I expected. Bruce Jenner stated that he has always felt like a woman and that he would be transition as a  woman soon.


Yes, this happens every day in our community, But being someone "famous", being someone that has a very large platform this could either make him or break him.


For Bruce to come out and say he will become, who we now know as Caitlyn, is such a big thing. He has the opportunity to change the way we think about people. weather we agree or not on what he is doing, it is the fact that he had enough courage to come out and say it. He gave his truth.


Unfortunately in our society things aren't accepted or cool, or ok until someone famous does it. Lets be honest, the latest hairstyles, make up trends, fashion trends are inspired by the red carpet or from a  famous person going to the grocery store. So, that being said, Bruce coming out shines a light on all of those who struggle with it every day. It sparks conversation and hopefully acceptance.


Its one of those things that people will say, well if Bruce did it, so can I.


Now given that he does have a bigger platform then most people, this will also open him up to being judged, being scrutinized in such a big way. We know it as bullying and we know that everyone has an opinion, or something to say, good or bad. Imagine walking into a store and seeing your face on a magazine with a bad caption, or walking out your house and having someone take your picture, turning on the TV and seeing your face plastered on every station you turn to, all of this, every second of every day.


I think Bruce is one of the bravest people that my generation has every seen. No we didn't know him as the Olympian that everyone older then me knew him as, I know him as Bruce Jenner the step father of the Kardashians.  I've watched him on the show and that is what I know him to be. I've watched now 10 seasons...Yes I am a HUGE fan.


I can say I don't know what its like to live in a body and go 65 years feeling like I don't belong there. I don't know what its like to hate the person I feel like I have to be everyday because, society wouldn't make it ok to be who I want to be or the person I feel I am inside. I don't know what its like to have gone my whole life and  never feel like I belong. To dread every hair cut, to dread watching people around me and wish I was them.


I do know what its like to be in a room full of people and feel like, Ummm this isn't my type of crowd, I don't belong here but I also know what its like to be able to get up and walk away . I do know what its like to feel alone, and carry secrets that could change your whole life. I do know the stress of feeling like I need to make everyone around me happy, even if that means making myself feel  anything but happy. What I can say is that, I cant imagine feeling all those things X10 every second of 65 years.


I know what its like to have watched friends go through years of lying to make other people happy, simply because they don't want to disappoint any one, and I have seen those same people, speak their truth and witness the transformation in them.



It isn't about who agrees and who doesn't. Because I believe in a higher power, God, and I know that he is the only one that can judge me or anyone else. Because no ones "sin" is bigger then the other. I  believe people should be allowed to live their truth, what ever that may be. I believe that we as a society should be more accepting and should embrace the fact that we are all not the same. Everyone is different in their own kind of way.



So, people ask, why are people praising him and this happens all the time. Well yes, we may watch it all the time in our society. But it has never been center stage. Its always been something that is never spoke of, a secret that people never speak of, the elephant in the room. No one in history, has ever come out and transitioned in front of the world. NO one but , Caitlyn Jenner.

I am excited to hear the conversation and see the change in our society. I am excited to see the fall of suicide rates in our youth because now they may feel like we, as a society, will be more accepting. We as a society will be less judgmental and more willing to just ACCEPT!