It' s official: Caitlyn Jenner gets judge ' s approval to change gender, name
A judge has approved Caitlyn Jenner's request
to make her name and gender change official.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald
Rosenberg approved Jenner's petition to legally
change her name and gender during a hearing
Friday in Santa Monica, California.
The 65-year-old Olympic gold medalist, who was
born William Bruce Jenner, didn't attend the
brief hearing. The approval means she can now
get government documents, such as a driver's
license and Social Security card, under her new
identity.
Jenner has publicly transitioned to a woman in
recent months after revealing her intentions to
journalist Diane Sawyer in a televised special
and debuting her new name and look on the
cover of Vanity Fair magazine. She also
documented the change on the E! series, "I Am
Cait." There's talk that the series could return
for another season.
Some details that accompanied her petition
were redacted after Jenner cited privacy
concerns and threats she says she has received
during her transition.
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