Bruce Jenner’s transition from male sex symbol to a comely female named Caitlyn has elevated her back to her public profile as a gold-medal decathlete at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
They are characters in popular television shows. President Obama was hailed just for saying the word “transgender” in his State of the Union address this year, in a list of people who should not be discriminated against. Bruce Jenner’s transition from male sex symbol to a comely female named Caitlyn has elevated him back to his public profile as a gold-medal decathlete at the 1976 Summer Olympics. President Obama was hailed just for saying the word “transgender” in his State of the Union speech this year, in a list of people who should not be discriminated against. Kat, whose side-parted hair was dyed fire engine red, is just 18, and about to graduate from high school. Her childlike reaction was, perhaps, not surprising. Emma is her black and white cat, at home outside Syracuse, N.Y., 200 miles away. “I just want to hold Emma,” she said in her darkened room at the bed and breakfast in New Hope, Pa., run by the doctor who performed the surgery in a hospital nearby. She did not seem empowered she seemed regressed. She lost weight from her already frail frame. Transcript Rebirth of a Transgender Teenager As Katherine Boone, 18, recovered from gender reassignment surgery, she and her family talked about what they went through.