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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 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 Book of World Records]] 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, Jenner 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 19th season.<ref name="south park"/><ref name="south park ad block"/>

In April 2016 during the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016|Republican presidential primaries]], Jenner became an [[:wikt:exemplar|exemplar]] for candidate [[Donald Trump]]'s opposition to North Carolina's [[Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act]], with Trump saying that Jenner could use any restroom of her choosing at his [[Trump Tower]] property. Jenner soon posted a video showing that she had taken Trump up on his offer. She thanked Trump and assured Trump's adversary [[Ted Cruz]] that "nobody got molested".<ref name="cudgel"/><ref name="trump tower"/>

In April 2016 during the Republican presidential primaries, Jenner became an exemplar for candidate [[Donald Trump]]'s opposition to North Carolina's [[Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act]], with Trump saying that Jenner could use any restroom of her choosing at his [[Trump Tower]] property. Jenner soon posted a video showing that she had taken Trump up on his offer. She thanked Trump and assured Trump's adversary [[Ted Cruz]] that "nobody got molested".<ref name="cudgel"/><ref name="trump tower"/>

In June 2016, Jenner was one of several celebrities depicted using synthetic nude "sleeping" bodies for the video of [[Kanye West]]'s song "[[Famous (Kanye West song)|Famous]]".<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7416556/kanye-west-naked-taylor-swift-donald-trump-famous-video-premiere |title = Kanye West Nuzzles Naked Taylor Swift, Donald Trump & Bill Cosby in 'Famous' Video |work = Billboard |date = June 25, 2016 |access-date = June 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160625172715/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7416556/kanye-west-naked-taylor-swift-donald-trump-famous-video-premiere |archive-date = June 25, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> Later that month, an episode of ''[[Epic Rap Battles of History]]'' was released featuring Jenner, as Bruce (portrayed by [[Peter Shukoff]]) and then Caitlyn (portrayed by transgender rapper Jolie "NoShame" Drake), rap battling against Bruce Banner (portrayed by [[Lloyd Ahlquist]]) then [[Hulk|The Hulk]] (portrayed by [[Mike O'Hearn]]).

In June 2016, Jenner was one of several celebrities depicted using synthetic nude "sleeping" bodies for the video of [[Kanye West]]'s song "Famous".<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7416556/kanye-west-naked-taylor-swift-donald-trump-famous-video-premiere |title = Kanye West Nuzzles Naked Taylor Swift, Donald Trump & Bill Cosby in 'Famous' Video |work = Billboard |date = June 25, 2016 |access-date = June 25, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160625172715/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7416556/kanye-west-naked-taylor-swift-donald-trump-famous-video-premiere |archive-date = June 25, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> Later that month, an episode of ''Epic Rap Battles of History'' was released featuring Jenner, as Bruce (portrayed by Peter Shukoff) and then Caitlyn (portrayed by transgender rapper Jolie "NoShame" Drake), rap battling against Bruce Banner (portrayed by Lloyd Ahlquist) then [[Hulk|The Hulk]] (portrayed by Mike O'Hearn).

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