Lurkosaurus Rex wrote:Drama wrote:I'm glad he finally came out to the public with his true gender identity but I can't be truly happy for him for a few reasons. Firstly, he killed a woman in a car accident. It's my belief that a person should be in control of his or her car at all times- there's is no excuse to rear end someone. He wasn't paying attention for whatever reason and he sent that poor woman into oncoming traffic and to an early demise. I understand accidents happen but his decision to lay low after what transpired and then give an incomplete statement seemed cold to me. He never apologized but instead sent his deepest sympathies. There is a huge difference between the two. During his interview with Dianne, Bruce said that he's being advised by his lawyers to not speak on the situation because he's still involved in litigation and his simple statement of, "I'm devastated," really rubbed me the wrong way. I understand that if he were to apologize then that would be admitting guilt, which is probably against advice from his lawyers, however it was his fault. An admission of guilt would be the right thing to do and I feel the victim's family would appreciate it but I doubt that's going to happen at this point.
Secondly, Bruce said he's not doing this for publicity yet the moment the interview was over, E! News tweeted that he's planning on doing a docu-series and it'll be released in July. I just can't with this family.
In any event, the interview was educational for me about transgender people, and the distinction between sexual desire and sexual identity. I think it's great that he's out and proud and creating more awareness about the transgender community, but just call it what it is, Bruce: another opportunity to rake in the cash.
his car accident has nothing to do with his transitioning...not sure why you would say you can't be happy for his transition because of something that has nothing to do with it? i think his docu-series will be very educational. in his interview he made it clear he wanted to be an advocate and educate people on being transgender. i'm glad he's doing documenting his transition, i hope it will be very educational for viewers. no one of his status has come out as transgender, thousands and thousands of people will be watching him during/after his transition, mostly out of curiosity, but hopefully they will all learn something along the way. who cares if he gets paid for it....everyone involved in those kinds of doumentaries and docu-series are paid whether they bruce jenner or not.
Bruce's car accident and what I interpreted as his lack of taking responsibility for ending a person's life has everything to with my perception of him, and this includes his transitioning . I simply don't see him in a good light because of how he's conducted himself thus far, so I'm not
that happy for him. I agree that his docu-series will be educational but my point was that he's using his transition for personal gain, whether it be money or fame. I feel he was previously a shadow on KUWTD. He had achieved a relatively significant amount of fame from his Olympian days, and it was previously waning more and more each day. I hadn't even heard of him until I watched KUWTD.
Bruce said himself that he doesn't want to be an advocate for the trans community. He laughed at the audacity of people thinking he's only transitioning for a show or publicity, but then he revealed that he'll be documenting his transition on a brand new show. It doesn't matter what his intention was with deciding to do the show. Saying that you're not going to do a certain thing for publicity, and then turning around and accepting a tv show to document that same thing is hypocritical. He could've just documented his transition for himself without sharing it with the rest of the world.
I'm interested in what he's doing, so I'll check his show out for sure. I was just pointing out the hypocrisy in all of it and how I feel he's using this moment for exposure/ financial reasons.
on a serious note, let's hope he puts his words into action and follows through with changing the future regarding these issues and campaigns for transgender awareness and equal rights
no one should have to life their whole life in emotional pain or fear or being ostracized, whatever their secret circumstance. I think part of the reason he waited so long was 'generational'. He didn't live in a more open society as we do now, where topics are discussed.
Like in the UK if you are a Tory 
except ours don't carry a gun so you can mock them without fearing for your life 
