Updated 04:07 PM EDT, Thu, Mar 28, 2024

Bruce Jenner Already a 'She'? The Latest Details on Ex-Olympian's Transition Here!

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Despite revealing that he is already transitioning into a woman, Bruce Jenner still prefers to be addressed as a "he" rather than a "she." But that might soon change.

Some are still confused on what pronoun to use on Jenner, but to clear things up, The Advocate received an advice from Jenner's writer, professor, consultant and confidante, Jennifer Finney Boylan, who said that Jenner still prefers to be called "Bruce," therefore, "he" and "him" should be used at the moment.

"New name and pronouns [are] coming, but not in the next week or two I don't think," added Boylan.

The New York Times, which referred to Bruce as "he" in one of its stories, had to explain why the news outlet is still using the male pronoun to refer to the former Olympian after the company received letters of concern from readers.

"In this case, the answer was simple. That was the pronoun he said he preferred in his appearance last week on national television in which he disclosed that he was becoming a woman," the New York Times explained.

The report added that this one depends on the preferred pronoun of the subject, noting that some people even reject labels.

"The New York Times, for one, defers to the individual's choice, although we avoid new alternatives not widely familiar to readers. For Mr. Jenner, as of last week, that choice was still 'he,'" it added.

The Advocate, on the other hand, is following a policy of using the preferred pronoun or identity expressed by an individual.

"In the case of Jenner, until he or a representative informs us or otherwise issues a notice, The Advocate will continue to use 'Bruce' and the male pronouns 'he' and 'him,' as expressed by Jenner himself through Boylan and GLAAD," The Advocate wrote.

During the tell-all interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, Jenner finally admitted that he is transitioning into a woman though many people admitted that it did not come as a shock to them anymore.

"For all intents and purposes, I am a woman. People look at me differently, they see you as this 'macho' male, but my heart and soul and everything I do in life, it is part of me. That female side is part of me, that's who I am. I was not genetically born that way and as of now I have all the male parts and all that kind of stuff so, in a lot of ways, we're different, but we still identify as female. And that's very hard for Bruce Jenner to say. 'Cause why? Because I don't want to disappoint people," he told Sawyer during the interview.

After his public admission, TMZ said two of his ex-wives, Linda Thompson and Chrystie Crownover Scott, expressed their support on his decision.

Jenner's interview was all over the news that even Oprah Winfrey was tuned in to ABC, and she marveled at how "stunning" the interview was while commending Sawyer via Twitter.

"The problem is, and even now, because I started doing this with 'Next Chapter,' there's nobody - try to think of somebody ... that you can't go and Google and find out what has happened to them in the past week. ... There are only a few. I wanted Bruce Jenner. Diane (Sawyer) got it," Oprah was quoted in the Entertain This article as saying.

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