Caitlyn Jenner's First Public Appearance & 10 More Revealing Moments From Her 'Vanity Fair' Profile

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Vanity Fair

Caitlyn Jenner is here!

Gracing the cover of Vanity
Fair
’s July issue
, Jenner opens up for the first time about her female
identity that has been shrouded in mystery following her interview as Bruce to
Diane Sawyer.

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In the profile written by Friday Night Lights author, Buzz Bissinger, Caitlyn talks about her
transition, the struggles that plagued her, and when she’ll make her first
public appearance. And it’s probably one of the most profound stories you’ll
read this year.

1. Bruce Jenner’s
transition into Caitlyn was completed on March 15, 2015.

Jenner underwent facial-feminization surgery, which includes
procedures as hairline correction, forehead contouring, and jaw and chin
contouring, and breast augmentation.

2. Caitlyn has
undergone most of the transition process without the aid of medication.

Despite the knowledge of the pain created by the procedures,
including two years of electrolysis to remove his beard, Jenner has resisted
taking any medication to alleviate it because he hated “the way it made him
feel.”

“Pain is kind of, for me, part of the pain for being me …
this is what you get for being who you are,” she told Vanity Fair. “Just take the pain.”

3. Caitlyn was
constantly plagued by "uncomfortableness" about her decision to come out as a
transgender woman.

“You wonder if you are making all the right decisions,” Caitlyn
said. “I wish I were kind of normal. It would be so much more simple.”

“The uncomfortableness of being me never leaves all day
long,” she added. “I’m not doing this to be interesting. I’m doing this to
live. I’m not doing this so I can hit it off the women’s tee.”

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4. Caitlyn wore
pantyhose and bras underneath her suits -- even when fulfilling public commitments
following her 1976 Olympic win.

“Underneath my suit I have a bra and panty hose and this and
that and thinking to myself, They know nothing about me,” she revealed.

“I walk off the stage and I’d feel like a liar,” she added. “And
I would say, ‘F--k, I can’t tell my story. There’s so much more to me than
those 48 hours in the stadium, and I can’t talk about it.’ It was frustrating.
You get mad at yourself.... Little did they know I was totally empty inside.
Totally empty inside.”

5. Caitlyn’s four
oldest kids knew about her identity as young as pre-teens.

Burt and Cassandra both learned about Caitlyn's true gender identity
when they were 13 and 11.

In the mid to late ‘80s, Brody noticed Caitlyn's body
changing after she had started taking hormones. Brody even asked his mother
about it -- though she did not tell him until he was 29.

“As soon as I heard it, it was almost a relief. Because it
just made a lot of sense growing up,” Brody told Vanity Fair. “Reasons and things like why he wasn’t there. Not
around. I finally realized he had his own issues he was dealing with at that
time.”

6. When and how much
Kris Jenner knew “is a matter of dispute.”

Even though Buzz talked to both Caitlyn and Kris, it’s
unclear just how much Caitlyn told Kris about her gender identity.

“When I met Bruce,” Kris said, “he told me that he had done
hormones back in the early '80s. This was a conversation that took place in the
early '90s. So, what he was telling me happened a decade earlier, and he never
really explained it.”

She added that “there wasn’t a gender issue. Nobody
mentioned a gender issue. Somebody mentioned that [he] at one point in his life
liked to dress up.”

Caitlyn revealed that she cross-dressed in front of her, but
Kris quickly set ground rules: “[s]he could cross-dress when he was traveling
on his own but not at home.”

7. Caitlyn is a
better, stronger person than Bruce.

Having lived a life of “telling lies,” Caitlyn is focusing
on not keeping any secrets. “[Caitlyn] doesn’t have any lies,” she said.

And her oldest son, Burt, has the same hope: “I have high hopes that Caitlyn is a better
person than Bruce. I’m very much looking forward to that.”

8. Caitlyn used a “girls’
night” to introduce her to her daughter, Cassandra.

“I was just nervous that I wouldn’t make her feel
comfortable,” Cassandra said of the small, casual gatherings Caitlyn hosted during
her transition. “I was worried I wouldn’t say the right things or act the right
way or seem relaxed… We talked more than we ever have. We could just be girls
together.”

9. Caitlyn’s four
oldest kids refuse to participate in her upcoming series documenting her
transition.

Both Caitlyn and E! executives have failed to persuade her
kids to participate, which ultimately “disappointed” Caitlyn. However, the kids
are mostly worried about how the program will be perceived and if it will educate the public.

Caitlyn assured the magazine the show will focus on preventing
suicide and other issues related to the transgender community.

The show, currently untitled, premieres on E! on July 26. 

10. Even Caitlyn
mixes up the proper pronoun usage from time to time.

“I don’t really get hung up,” Caitlyn said. “A guy came in
the other day and I was fully dressed -- it’s just habit, I said ‘Hi, Bruce here,’
and I went, Oh f--k, it ain’t Bruce, I was screwing up doing it.”

11. Caitlyn will make
her first public appearance at the ESPYs.

On July 15, Caitlyn will be awarded with the Arthur Ashe
Courage Award -- the same honor given to Michael Sam last year for becoming the
first out NFL prospect -- at ESPN’s annual awards show. According to the
magazine, all 10 children and stepchildren are expected to attend. 

Check out even more glamorous photos from the issue below: