The Advocate's editor in chief, Matthew Breen, followed up with Out100 Honoree Caitlyn Jenner for a poignant interview about transgender visibility and her privileged, highly publicized platform.
Breen writes eloquently about Jenner's well-documented learning curve:
"Caitlyn Jenner is very publicly learning what it means to be a woman, a trans woman, a trans celebrity -- all under the watchful eye of news and entertainment media fascinated with her progress. In the most magnanimous of circumstances, the media are interested in her welfare; more prurient outlets want to know if there are any major missteps in her clothes, her makeup, her presentation as a woman. And while her look may be a small part of being a woman, it's a big part of being a celebrity."
Jenner then commented on the fashion pressure she feels as a relative of the Kardashians:
"Kimberly [Kardashian West] says, 'If you do go out, you've got to rock it, baby!' " Jenner snaps in the air. "You cannot let [the paparazzi] get that picture. They'll take a picture of you with no makeup on, lousy outfit -- and they'll use it forever. You'll never get rid of it. Kim's very good at that stuff. It does take a little bit more work if you do go out. You've got to at least look good, at least the best you can."
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But she also admitted that there is certainly more to being a woman than appearences:
"There's more to life and womanhood than just that. And those are things I'm learning; I'm trying to read up on it. I'm trying to understand it because it's all new to me."
Read the full interview here.
