In a video posted on her YouTube channel, Caitlyn Jenner participated in a special makeup session. This beauty treatment carried out entirely by her daughter Kylie in a candy pink decor was an opportunity to recall fond memories. The two women also took advantage of this moment to discuss the transidentity and the transition of Caitlyn Jenner, started in 2015. Between two brushstrokes, they remembered the childhood of Kylie, but also the disinterest of Stormi, Kylie’s daughter, for makeup.
The 25-year-old influencer and businesswoman took the opportunity to clarify some points with her community. Faced with the incomprehension of Internet users who do not understand why she and her sister Kendall still call Caitlyn “dad”, she simply asked the principal concerned for her opinion. “Sometimes people get really confused when Kendall and I call you dad again. I know we had a conversation a few years ago, and you were okay with us continuing to call you daddy. What do you think about it now? She asked her special guest, who simply replied that it felt natural to her. “Some people say, ‘Oh, you’re the mother.’ No I’m not. I am the father, and I have always been the father. I will be their father until the day they die, when I die, ”explained the ex of Kris Jenner, convinced that everyone must approach the complex subject of pronouns in their own way.
Un long combat
During this touching father-daughter moment, Caitlyn Jenner also returned to the history of transidentity, citing figures from the LGBTQ movement. In the fifties already, Christine Jorgensen became famous for being the first woman to undergo a sexual reassignment procedure. Later in the 1970s, Caitlyn Jenner chats with trans tennis player Renee Richards at a banquet. At the time, the subject was taboo, transgender people exposed themselves very little to the rage of the media. The acceptance of her new identity has been facilitated by the dialogue with her family, whom she describes as “best friends”. After this difficult time, Caitlyn Jenner said she was grateful to finally be able to be herself: “I was in hiding for so long, lying about my identity in an attempt to survive. Today, I left all that behind me, ”she confided, moved.
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