On Monday, Vanity Fair released the cover for its July issue featuring Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce.
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After months of rumors and speculation from the tabloids, Jenner came out as transgender back in April during a sit-down interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC’s “20/20.” Following the interview, the E! series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” drew its largest audience in three years when the 65-year-old former Olympian shared the story of the difficult and often emotional conversations she had with her family during a special two-part episode of the reality show, which aired in mid-May.
Now, after a stunning Vanity Fair photo shoot shot by Annie Leibovitz, the reality star has said goodbye to Bruce Jenner and is ready to introduce herself to the world as Caitlyn.
“This shoot was about my life and who I am as a person,” she tells the magazine. “It’s not about the fanfare, it’s not about the people cheering in the stadium, it’s not about going down the street and everybody giving you ‘that a boy, Bruce,’ pat on the back, O.K. This is about your life.”
Along with being on the cover of the magazine, she also opens up about her female identity inside the pages.
“If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, ‘You just blew your entire life.'”
Jenner’s continuing journey will be documented in an eight-part docuseries set to premiere on E! in late July.