Option 2c : Caitlyn Jenner Interview

Through out her book she continues to raise questions to make you think such as: “What does it mean to be a man?” and “What does it mean to be a woman?” In her circumstance she is a male to female transsexual who is also a lesbian, whose girlfriend actually ended up transitioning from female to male. And she raises the question, “What does all of this mean?” she also talks about those who define themselves as neither gender (Bornstein). Through her book she strives to make readers think about their life and the people around them. The overall questions she asks are: “What is Identity?” and “What is your identity?” She uses personal experience, stories, theories, political activist, television shows, and humor to back up her theories and arguments while continually raising questions about gender, orientation, desire, and why we as a society are so attached to a dualistic gender system. She does a great job of achieving her goal in teaching readers about the basics of the topic while making readers think.

After finalizing the divorce of him and Kris Jenner in early 2015, a 20/20 interview with Diane Sawyer came out in April of 2015, releasing the news that Bruce came out as a transgender woman. Caitlyn said that she had dealt with gender dysphoria since her youth and that, she cross dressed for many years and also took hormone replacement therapy, but stopped after her relationship with Kris Jenner in the early 1990s became more serious. Caitlyn recounts having permission to explore her gender identity on her own from Kris, but because of not knowing the best way to talk about the issues they faced about this situation of wanting to become a woman, it lead to the deterioration of the 23-year-long

This speech uses a lot of personal pronouns eg. I and you. "I am a woman's rights" is s sentence ,which is a metaphor. She uses this metaphor to describe what she is. In the next sentences "I have as much muscle as any man, and can do as much work as any man", "I can carry as much as any man, and can eats as much, too" and "I am as strong as any man that is now" she uses similes to describe herself as being the same as man. The

In the article “America’s Transition” Steinmetz reports that George traveled to Denmark to begin his transition to a woman named Christine Jorgensen (40). In the 1950s the transition from male-to-female was very rare. The subject of transition from an assigned sex at birth to the opposite was taboo. After Christine’s story was published in the New York Daily News and Time, American society began to question the definition of gender and why George was now Christine. Deceptively like today, as Time magazine mentions, “history is filled with people who did not fit society’s definition or gender (40).” Media talks about transgender, and it seems new, but it is not. Transgender is not something that just occurred today and had never been heard of before. This subject is just now coming out into the open more often than usual. In parallel to the “coming out” from transition, society is not far from the 1950’s because there is still stereotypes and discrimination against the transgender

Post-transition Caitlyn Jenner was awarded the “Arthur Ashe Courage Award” at the ESPYs. The “Courage Award” is considered a very prestigious sports award. Many people were outraged because Jenner won this award over people currently involved in sports who have showed courage. The candidates up of the award included; Lauren Hill a college basketball player with cancer. Hill’s dream was to score a point in a college game, she did, and then later died in April shortly after accomplishing her goal. Along with Noah Galloway,

One of the first claims she disputes is the fact that countless men say that women deserve all the care in the world. In her speech the speaker says,” That man

By the time he was in his early 20's, Jamison knew he a part of him wanted to be transsexual, but he was afraid to acquire treatment because he was scared of what loved ones, strangers, and society would think of him. He believed the social mythology that one must be seriously psychologically imbalanced to perform such an act as actually changing ones sex (Green, 2004). Jamison did not want to risk losing all his social support that he had as an independent lesbian of his time. As Jamison later in life approached his mid-30’s he knew that he no longer wanted to live his life as a woman and he made the courageous step in seeking treatment for transsexualism. At the time Jamison was living

Caitlyn, like many transgender individuals, has struggled with guilt and shame because she does not wish to disappoint the people in her life. There have been cases where adults and children have suicidal thoughts because they cannot digest the feeling of potentially being alienated. Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner from the television series, “Keeping up with the Kardashians”, struggled with severe anxiety all of her life. She was born a male, but desired to be everything a woman is. Around 1976, Caitlyn was a star Olympian that everyone looked up to and sought as a source of inspiration.

Transgender people face a much higher suicide risk in contrast to gender conforming men and women in this world. 41% of transgender people that were surveyed at Injustice at Every Turn, a national social justice organization dedicated to resolving discrimination and brutality against transgender people, said that they have attempted suicide in contrast to the 1.6% of the general population who have not. (“2011 National Transgender Discrimination Survey Report”) Caitlyn Jenner expressed her emotions regarding the transgender community and the struggles facing the 700,000 people in just the United States alone, who recognize themselves as transgender. Caitlyn Jenner was born as Bruce Jenner in 1949, but has been transitioning since the 1980s.

Ian briefly talked about Caitlyn Jenner and her transition. He said the he supported her show because of the many issues and struggles that it talks about for numerous transgender individuals. Like we have talked about in class the murder rate for transgender humans in ridiculous. Ian said that 21 transgender women have been killed this year alone, most of those women of color. Like we have talked about in class the

6)” I like to play house with my friends. I always have to be the mother because I’m always the tallest.”

I choose an interview that discussed the up rise issue of police brutality, the interviewee former Baltimore Police officer Michael A. Wood Jr. spoke on addressing police misconduct and the importance of explaining to African American children the danger of simply being black. He expressed it as “parents are having to explain to their child that as a child you come with a different set of terms and conditions other than your non-black counterparts and if you violate those terms of conditions that can literally mean life or death as in the case of Tamir Rice”. He continues to express the strain black parents, especially of black sons, face having to protect their child from a country that is out to get him, “a country

Jenner just recently declared that he was a woman, and in 2015 transitioned to female now called Caitlyn Jenner. Just as noteworthy is the Army’s own famous transgender service member (TSM), PFC Bradley Manning. Manning, the intelligence analyst who leaked classified documents to WikiLeaks, decided while facing a 35-year prison sentence in a military prison that “he” was really a “she” inside, and that he wanted to begin living as a woman in prison. He successfully sued the federal government, who now has to pay for his hormone therapy and other treatment for his gender dysphoria, and he is now a she known as Chelsea

After spending six centuries of her life being treated as a male being, taking on responsibilities of a normal man and being a father to six children; Caitlyn eventually came to terms with her gender dysphoria which according to her, she has suffered since her youth. When she revealed her new self to the world, Jenner stated that she is now happy to be able to live her 'true self' after her long struggle. Back when Caitlyn was Bruce Jenner, he was inspired by the story of transgender tennis player Renee Richards: who was born a man and in 1976 won the right to compete as a woman. This lead to Bruce who has gender dysphoria to start hormone therapy and to have plastic surgery to look more feminine in the late 1980s. But out of 'fear' of publicity and shame, his gender transition process came to a halt and when he was exploring the idea of gender reassignment surgery, he had a change in heart after meeting Kris Kardashian.

When it comes to sexual identification there is three reasons why transvestite people hid their true self. The first of them is their desire for social acceptance. We all as animals that use social skills as a survival tool try to get acceptance from the people that surround us; But, transgender people feel like they have to hide their truthful desires and sexual preference. This belief might be reliable as they might receive acceptance from acquaintances, but the problem comes later. The acceptance that this people receive might make them feel comfort, like they are “normal”; However, this acceptance as cozy as it might feel is not real and in the long run will lead to even more serious psychological problems. The reality is that truthful acceptance comes from openness, knowing all the information about someone and being there by their side anyways. This point is shown in the movie by how he uses his clothing and a set of tools to look how he feels identified instead of just being open about his situation he is looking for his new acquaintances to accept him as he believes he should be instead of how he actually