{"id":41081,"date":"2015-02-06T00:40:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=41081"},"modified":"2015-02-06T00:41:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-05T16:41:12","slug":"bruce-jenners-mom-opens-up-about-his-gender-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/06\/bruce-jenners-mom-opens-up-about-his-gender-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Jenner&#8217;s mom opens up about his gender journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"4\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/yD2g6ZOS6h\/\" target=\"_top\">Family First<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2015-01-20T03:10:48+00:00\">Jan 19, 2015 at 7:10pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK &#8212; With speculation flying, Bruce Jenner&#8217;s mother opened up Wednesday about his gender journey.<\/p>\n<p>Esther Jenner, 88, has been besieged by calls from the media in recent days, but the widow in Lewiston, Idaho, isn&#8217;t interested in fueling gossip. Instead, in a wide-ranging, nearly hour-long phone interview, she praised her Olympian son for his courage, stopping short of some details that have been floated by unnamed sources online and in tabloids.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Jenner, who won gold as a decathlete in the 1976 Summer Games, has not publicly spoken about transitioning to a woman. His appearance has gradually become more traditionally feminine. A publicist for the 65-year-old Jenner would not comment about his mother&#8217;s remarks. Nor would E! Entertainment on word that Jenner will appear in a reality series about his journey.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights from Esther Jenner&#8217;s conversation with The Associated Press:<\/p>\n<p>AP: Have you spoken to Bruce recently about his transition?<\/p>\n<p>Jenner: It was brief and I said I was proud of him and that I&#8217;ll always love him. I never thought I could be more proud of Bruce when he reached his goal in 1976, but I&#8217;m more proud of him now. It takes a lot of courage to do what he&#8217;s doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>AP: He has opened up in terms of his gender identity, which he is now owning, as opposed to hiding like so many transgender people have to do? Is that right?<\/p>\n<p>Jenner: That&#8217;s absolutely right. He said, `Mom, I&#8217;m still the same person.&#8217; He said, `I&#8217;m still going to race cars, I&#8217;m still going to fly airplanes and I&#8217;m going to get my helicopter license.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>AP: How did it feel for him to come to you and explain?<\/p>\n<p>Jenner: When I first learned about it, yes, of course it was a surprise.<\/p>\n<p>AP: In a lot of cases, families really suffer from that kind of announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Jenner: The family is close and very supportive of Bruce and we&#8217;re supportive of each other.<\/p>\n<p>AP: Was it a shock?<\/p>\n<p>Jenner: It was a shock. It&#8217;s hard to wrap your mind around it.<\/p>\n<p>AP How did he explain it to you?<\/p>\n<p>Jenner: He said, `I want to be honest about my identity and I know this is coming out in the press.&#8217; He started by saying, `We need to have a long, serious talk.&#8217; I am at peace with what he is and what he&#8217;s doing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family First A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Jan 19, 2015 at 7:10pm PST NEW YORK &#8212; &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":41132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-entertainment","mauthors-leanne-italie","mauthors-the-associated-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}