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The "Kardashian family" in the United States, which is the most topical, in addition to the daughters' figure, feelings and daily life have attracted much attention, the "father" in the family is also one of the major focuses of attention in the outside world.
The stepfather, who "won the men's decathlon champion at the 1976 Summer Olympics," did one of the most controversial things: suddenly had sex reassignment surgery at the age of 65 and officially came out as a transgender woman.
Caitlin Jenner
After that, "she" also changed her name to Caitlin Jenner, completing the dream of "thinking of herself as a woman and wanting to become a woman", and also became an Internet celebrity, holding major fashion resources.
From an Olympic champion to a transgender internet celebrity, what has she experienced in the middle?
Ever regretted your decision?
Today we will step into Caitlin's life story.
birth
Bruce was born in 1949 in New York, USA, and at the age of 4, he suffered from dyslexia, which led to his average academic performance and lack of attention from his parents.
He believes that although on the surface he is a healthy boy, he has a cute girl Caitlin living inside.
Whenever his family wasn't home, he would steal his mother's or sister's clothes, saying, "I didn't know why I was doing it, I just knew it would make me feel good." ”
Although he felt that he was different from others at that time, due to the limitations of the social atmosphere of the times, he could only bear all this alone, constantly struggling with whether he was a girl or a boy.
It wasn't until he was 11 that he had a turning point in his life during a physical education class in which the teacher asked the students to run around chairs, and he spent the shortest time after the end.
The recognition he received in physical education class gave the boy great confidence, so he focused his time and energy on various sports. Basketball, athletics and skating, he's not talking.
Maybe in the eyes of others, this is a sports boy who loves sports, but only he knows that he wants to prove himself as a man through this, not a psychopath who steals women's clothes at home.
In 1968, the 19-year-old Caitlin entered Grace College as a rugby student, and after entering the university, he still made his best efforts for rugby, and his tall and handsome appearance attracted the attention of many girls.
Among them is Christie Scott, a blonde, typical American girl after the two together, became the golden boy on campus In this relationship, Christie is the more active party, he also like the girls of the whole school, think that the boyfriend is very good, especially in sports.
But in a rugby match in 1969, Caitlin was hit in the knee by the opposing security guard and suffered a serious injury, which led him to think that his career was over. He became depressed and didn't know where he was going.
Luckily, he met a good coach who, with encouragement from the other side, moved from rugby to athletics to train. Soon after, he competed in the decathlon, breaking the school's decathlon record, and in 1972 he was selected by the national team to represent the United States at the Munich Olympics.
For Caitlin, the largest sports event, it was the most important turning point in his life, facing different players in many countries, Caitlin did not shy away from the stage but worked hard to move forward, and won the tenth place.
When the award was presented, he insisted on staying in the audience and watching the gold medalist with everyone present. When he saw the shining gold medal just like this being worn on another man's neck, he made an instant decision, that is, to participate in the next Olympic Games and win the decathlon gold medal.
In order to support his dream, after marrying his girlfriend, he moved his family to an apartment next to San Jose City College because there is a running track behind the apartment, where he can run and train, and he also found the top athletes who won gold medals in 10 events and used his free time to train with them.
In 1975, he was again a finalist for the U.S. Olympic team for Monteril. In this event, he successfully crossed 4.7 meters in the pole vault, ahead of the previous Olympic gold medalist Avilov. In the last two games, he still played steadily and finally completed the decathlon with 8618 points, becoming the gold medalist.
And this world record was held for nearly four years.
Standing on the podium, he was both happy and confused, happy that he finally completed his dream, and after becoming the Olympic champion of the world's attention, he was confused, did he really want to continue to live such a life as a man?
The next morning, when he looked at himself naked in the mirror, he felt more anxiety, along the way, he did experience a lot, and did not live up to his efforts to achieve great wishes.
But every time he dreamed back in the middle of the night, there was always a voice in his heart reminding him that Caitlin, the girl, "still existed in his body."
Blues after transgender
So who the hell is he? Caitlin or Bruce? Which one is the most real of him?
Increasingly confused, he returned to the United States as a world champion, and he became a national hero, but he also divorced his wife.
Talking about the reason for the separation, Caitlin said in a personal speech that everything was her fault, and at that time, because of the female identity in his heart, he was more and more reluctant to interact with his wife, so the husband and wife gradually drifted apart and eventually parted ways.
Met Chris
After his first marriage, he moved to Malibu, where he first received kindness when he mentioned to others the idea that "men also want to become women in skirts", he did not get the expected ridicule, but instead the warm encouragement of "living your own life".
At the same time, he learned about the transgender association through television, and he wanted to become a woman more and more, as if he had finally met a confidant, called the association, sought psychological treatment, and after that, he shaved off his beard and began to take hormone pills and gradually worked in the direction of a gentle woman.
But in the end, because he was too scared and frightened, he gave up the idea of gender reassignment surgery
In 1990, he met another girl, who had formed a family with Chris Jenner, the World-Famous American television personality of the Kardashian family, and they had two daughters.
On the surface, they are a happy family, but behind the scenes, only Caitlin knows that his marriage with his wife can no longer last.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Caitlin told reporters that every time he tried to mention to his wife the idea of wanting to be a woman, the other person was startled and thought that she had been subjected to cold violence.
However, Caitlin believes that their subsequent divorce was not only due to gender issues, but the other party's desire to control too much, and in the whole marriage, he was hardly given a chance to breathe.
In 2015, the two divorced, and Caitlin also broke away from the Kardashian family to become a real woman.
Prior to this, he underwent a laryngeal knot removal, and in November of the same year, he appeared on various occasions, and also put on nail polish, wearing a sports bra and bodysuit to tell everyone that "he" was a gentle and lovely woman.
Three months after the divorce, he went to undergo a ten-hour long female plastic surgery, but he was also exposed by the media, and since then, he has become what people call a "transgender freak". However, he didn't stop there, and a month later, he had another breast implant.
Since then, the sex reassignment surgery has been completely completed, and the girl "Caitlin" has been completely born.
In a conversation with Diane Sawyer, a female anchor of ABC Television in the United States, Caitlin talked about the journey of these years, wet her eyes several times, she said: "I know that I look weird, and I am not understood by many people, but when I saw my girl's name appear on the driver's license, I still thanked myself for making that brave decision, from this moment on, I can finally be myself and enjoy a good time." 」 ”
In this way, the 66-year-old Kettering once again shocked the world.
After Putting on all the clothes she wanted to wear, the first thing Caitlin did was share her good news on Twitter. It took just 4 hours and 3 minutes for the update to garner 1 million followers, breaking the previous record held by former U.S. President Barack Obama.
In July 2015, Caitlin appeared on the cover of vanity fair magazine's July issue, with wavy brown hair, a low-cut white dress, and a feminine and determined look in her eyes. "Call me Caitlyn," she introduces herself to the photographer.
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Today, Caitlin, who is over 70 years old, has become an American Internet celebrity like the women of the Cardassia family, endorsing and appearing on TV shows, and seems to have returned to the heat he had after winning the championship at the age of 26.
The difference is that this time, he is the object of the people of the country to eat melons, in addition, as early as 2015, she announced that she came out, the object is 24 years younger than her, and she is also a transgender person. After the two were together, the relationship has been very stable, until this year, there are also media photos of them shopping together.
From the Olympic champion to the controversial "female star" today, although Caitlin's life is full of controversy, it is undeniable that she has lived her own wonderful life to bless her to continue to be her truest self in the time to come.