Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Our World is changing

Our World is changing: 


Caitlyn Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner, October 28, 1949), known as Bruce Jenner until 2015, is an American television personality and former track and field athlete.

A former college football player, Jenner came to international attention as a decathlete, winning the gold medal in the men’s decathlon event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, setting a world record not beaten until 1980. 

With the unofficial title of "world's greatest athlete" for the Olympic decathlon win, Jenner became "an American hero" by winning an event dominated by Soviet Union athletes during the Cold War. 





 Endorsement and appearance opportunities flowed in and Jenner's "likeness became a nationwide brand" in advertising, movies and TV shows including several made-for-TV movies, and was briefly Erik Estrada's replacement on the TV series CHiPs.


Jenner was married for 23 years to Kris Jenner (née Houghton; formerly Kardashian); the couple and their children appeared beginning in 2007 on the television reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians. 

Following their divorce in 2015, Jenner came out as a trans woman. 

In June 2015, at age 67, Bruce Jenner announced a name change to Caitlyn Jenner, and began publicly making self-reference with feminine pronouns. Many news sources describe her as the most famous openly transgender person in the world.

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