Changes

In June 2015, Jenner debuted her new name and image, and began publicly using feminine pronoun self-descriptors.<ref name="introducing caitlyn"/> Jenner held a renaming ceremony in July 2015, adopting the name Caitlyn Marie Jenner.<ref name="i am cait 2015"/><ref name="renaming ceremony"/> Prior to her ''20/20'' interview, a two-part special titled ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians: About Bruce'' was filmed with the family in which she answered questions, and prepared her children for the personal and public aspects of the transition. In the special, which aired in May 2015, the point was emphasized that there is no one right way to transition. Jenner made it a priority to ensure that all her children were independent first before focusing on her transition.<ref name="MarcusStephanie"/> In September 2015, her name was legally changed to Caitlyn Marie Jenner and gender to female.<ref name="judge grants"/>

In June 2015, Jenner debuted her new name and image, and began publicly using feminine pronoun self-descriptors.<ref name="introducing caitlyn"/> Jenner held a renaming ceremony in July 2015, adopting the name Caitlyn Marie Jenner.<ref name="i am cait 2015"/><ref name="renaming ceremony"/> Prior to her ''20/20'' interview, a two-part special titled ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians: About Bruce'' was filmed with the family in which she answered questions, and prepared her children for the personal and public aspects of the transition. In the special, which aired in May 2015, the point was emphasized that there is no one right way to transition. Jenner made it a priority to ensure that all her children were independent first before focusing on her transition.<ref name="MarcusStephanie"/> In September 2015, her name was legally changed to Caitlyn Marie Jenner and gender to female.<ref name="judge grants"/>

Jenner's announcement that she is transgender came at an unprecedented time for trans visibility, including [[LGBT rights in the United States|legislative initiatives]].<ref name="Griggs"/><ref name="Helmore"/> The ''20/20'' interview had 20.7 million viewers, making it television's "highest-ever rated newsmagazine telecast among adults 18{{ndash}}49 and adults 25{{ndash}}54".<ref name="marc berman"/> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' wrote that Jenner's honesty, vulnerability, and fame may have caused "cheap jokes" about trans people to "seem mean to a mainstream audience on an unprecedented scale".<ref name="Allen"/> Noting the shift in how comedians treated Jenner's transition, ''The Daily Beast'' saw the change as the same evolution that took place in acceptance of [[LGBT]] people as a whole when "comedians finally cross the critical threshold from mockery to creativity in their joke-telling".<ref name="Allen"/>

Jenner's announcement that she is transgender came at an unprecedented time for trans visibility, including LGBT legislative initiatives.<ref name="Griggs"/><ref name="Helmore"/> The ''20/20'' interview had 20.7 million viewers, making it television's "highest-ever rated newsmagazine telecast among adults 18{{ndash}}49 and adults 25{{ndash}}54".<ref name="marc berman"/> ''[[The Daily Beast]]'' wrote that Jenner's honesty, vulnerability, and fame may have caused "cheap jokes" about trans people to "seem mean to a mainstream audience on an unprecedented scale".<ref name="Allen"/> Noting the shift in how comedians treated Jenner's transition, ''The Daily Beast'' saw the change as the same evolution that took place in acceptance of [[LGBT]] people as a whole when "comedians finally cross the critical threshold from mockery to creativity in their joke-telling".<ref name="Allen"/>

Jenner's emerging gender identity was revealed in a ''Vanity Fair'' interview written by [[Buzz Bissinger]]. [[Annie Leibovitz]] photographed the cover, the magazine's first to feature an openly transgender woman, which was captioned "Call me Caitlyn".<ref name="pose for cover"/><ref name="women of color"/> Using her [[Twitter]] handle, @Caitlyn_Jenner, she tweeted: "I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me." ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine declared this tweet the tenth most re-tweeted tweet of 2015, based on re-tweets of tweets by verified users from January 1 to November 10 of that year.<ref name="retweeted tweets"/> Jenner amassed over one million Twitter followers in four hours and three minutes, setting a new [[Guinness World Record]] and surpassing United States President [[Barack Obama]], who, a month before, accomplished the same feat in four hours and fifty-two minutes.<ref name="by the numbers"/><ref name="world record"/> Four days later Jenner was up to 2.37 million followers, with another 1.5 million followers on [[Instagram]].<ref name="graydon carter"/>

Jenner's emerging gender identity was revealed in a ''Vanity Fair'' interview written by Buzz Bissinger. Annie Leibovitz photographed the cover, the magazine's first to feature an openly transgender woman, which was captioned "Call me Caitlyn".<ref name="pose for cover"/><ref name="women of color"/> Using her [[Twitter]] handle, @Caitlyn_Jenner, she tweeted: "I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me." ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine declared this tweet the tenth most re-tweeted tweet of 2015, based on re-tweets of tweets by verified users from January 1 to November 10 of that year.<ref name="retweeted tweets"/> Jenner amassed over one million Twitter followers in four hours and three minutes, setting a new [[Guinness World Record]] and surpassing United States President [[Barack Obama]], who, a month before, accomplished the same feat in four hours and fifty-two minutes.<ref name="by the numbers"/><ref name="world record"/> Four days later Jenner was up to 2.37 million followers, with another 1.5 million followers on [[Instagram]].<ref name="graydon carter"/>

Jenner was also mocked. Beginning in September 2015, she was depicted on the satirical American animated program ''South Park'', which parodied her supporters' [[political correctness]], as well as her driving record. The Jenner-related episodes were "[[Stunning and Brave]]", "[[Where My Country Gone?]]", "[[Sponsored Content (South Park)|Sponsored Content]]", "[[Truth and Advertising]]" and "[[PC Principal Final Justice]]" from the show's [[South Park (season 19)|19th season]].<ref name="south park"/><ref name="south park ad block"/>

Jenner was also mocked. Beginning in September 2015, she was depicted on the satirical American animated program ''South Park'', which parodied her supporters' [[political correctness]], as well as her driving record. The Jenner-related episodes were "[[Stunning and Brave]]", "[[Where My Country Gone?]]", "[[Sponsored Content (South Park)|Sponsored Content]]", "[[Truth and Advertising]]" and "[[PC Principal Final Justice]]" from the show's [[South Park (season 19)|19th season]].<ref name="south park"/><ref name="south park ad block"/>