Former Olympic champ Bruce Jenner: 'For all intents and purposes, I am a woman'
Decorated Olympian and actor Bruce Jenner is making the transition from man to woman, Jenner revealed in an interview on ABC News on Friday night.
"For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman," Jenner said to ABC's Diane Sawyer.
Jenner, 65, added:
Bruce Jenner has always been confused with my gender identity.
I was not genetically born that way. As of now - I have all the male parts and all that kind of stuff ... we still identify as female. And that's very hard for Bruce Jenner to say. Because why? I don't want to disappoint people.
My brain is much more female than it is male. It's hard for people to understand that. But that's what my soul is.
I look at it this way - Bruce always telling a lie. He's lived a lie his whole life about who he is. And I can't do that any longer,
Jenner's interview was the talk of Twitter on Friday night:
"Genitals don't equal gender" is perhaps the most radical gender message ever articulated on network television
— Anne Helen Petersen (@annehelen) April 25, 2015
Cheers to Bruce Jenner. Once a champion, always a champion.
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) April 25, 2015
What Bruce Jenner is doing tonight is going to help a lot of people. Respect.
— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) April 25, 2015
As my friend @Wade_Davis28 says: Movements don't come around twice. Well, for 'T' in the LGBT sports movement, #BruceJenner is game changer.
— Kate Fagan (@katefagan3) April 25, 2015
Gender identity does not equal sexuality. #BruceJenner doing a good job of explaining that to people.
— Eric Edholm (@Eric_Edholm) April 25, 2015
#BruceJenner bookends history, from the epitome of masculinity to an admission he's really a woman. A quantum leap for gender identity.
— ron corning (@roncorning) April 25, 2015
This interview takes guts an I'm proud of Bruce Jenner!I luv to learn something new everyday.Live ur life an b urself!
— Randy Moss (@RandyMoss) April 25, 2015
Jenner won the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics.