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'Vanity Fair' Cover Introduces Caitlyn Jenner to the World

She revealed her new name to the world in the magazine's June issue, which features a photo shoot by Annie Leibovitz and a profile by Pulitzer winner Buzz Bissinger.
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When a former gold medalist and current reality show star came out as trans on Diane Sawyer, the world became a little more friendly and inclusive. After watching an E! mainstay explain complex gender issues with humility and grace, moms in Middle America empathized. Similarly, any sports dads watching were forced to reconsider tired stereotypes about masculinity and strength.

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But now the person we were introduced to this past April has revealed her name. Today, Vanity Fair released the cover of an issue set for release on June 9. On it, Caitlyn Jenner poses for iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz as part of a shoot to accompany a profile by Buzz Bissinger—a Pulitzer winner best known for writing about football, who also happens to be bisexual and harbors an addiction to Gucci. The subject and writer combination makes a strange amount of sense, and the story is sure to be a killer.

"If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it," Jenner told Bissinger, "I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life.'"

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