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Jenner And Gender Transition
In the summer of 2015, the worlds of mainstream entertainment and news media were taken by storm by the coming out and gender transition of American celebrity and retired Olympic athlete, Caitlyn Jenner. Sparked off by an emotional tell-all interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's 20/20 (Plitt), and later crystallized by the reveal of her luxurious cover and photo spread gracing the June 2015 issue of the Vanity Fair fashion magazine, Jenner's transition in the spotlight was nothing short of a cultural phenomenon, described by news and media outlets as a “revolutionary” event (D'Addario) that, for the very first time, exposed the mass audience to the often misunderstood issue of gender identity (Griggs). Unsurprisingly, beyond the mainstream
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