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Announcing the next step in her gender transition Monday, Caitlyn Jenner, formerly known as Bruce Jenner, posed for the cover of Vanity Fair._ by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jun 1, 2015 6:59 PM UTC by [Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Christopher Rosen / Entertainment Weekly Jun 1, 2015 6:59 PM UTC Caitlyn Jenner will receive the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at this year’s ESPY awards, [ESPN confirmed on Monday](https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/605426503661305860). Jenner, who came out as transgender in an interview with Diane Sawyer back in April, [made her first appearance on the July cover of_Vanity Fair_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/01/caitlyn-jenner-vanity-fair-cover). (Jenner, who was formerly known as Bruce Jenner, won the gold medal in the men’s decathlon at the 1976 Olympics.) “It’s not about the fanfare, it’s not about people cheering in the stadium, it’s not about going down the street and everybody giving you ‘that a boy, Bruce,’ pat on the back, O.K. This is about your life,”[the former Olympian told _Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/caitlyn-jenner-bruce-cover-annie-leibovitz). Jenner will be joined by her family on stage at the ESPY awards, which take place on July 15\. ESPN is calling the event Jenner’s [“first major public appearance.”](http://espn.go.com/espn/story/%5F/id/12991570/caitlyn-jenner-appear-vanity-fair-cover) ### See The Life of Caitlyn Jenner  At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Bruce Jenner won the gold medal in the decathlon, setting the world record at 8,616 points. Getty Images  Jenner became a national hero following his Olympic win and was later inducted into the Olympic Hall of Fame in 1986. Tony Duffy—Getty Images  Jenner became an NBC Sportscaster in the late 1970s following his Olympic performance in Montreal. NBC/Getty Images  Jenner married actress Linda Thompson, above, on Jan. 5, 1981, following his divorce with Chrystie Crownover. Getty Images  Jenner was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. In October of 1985, he received the Outstanding Learning Disabled Achiever Award from then-First Lady Nancy Reagan alongside stars such as Cher and Tom Cruise. Getty Images  Jenner was a successful race car driver in the 1980s, though in a 2013 interview he said, "I was a lot more badass runner than I was a driver.” Ann Clifford—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images  In 1991, Jenner married Kris Jenner, previously Kris Kardashian, just one month after she finalized her divorce from Robert Kardashian. The two had dated for only five months. Maureen Donaldson—Getty Images  Their marriage merged two already large families, evident here in this 1991 portrait. Donaldson Collection/Getty Images  After his sports career, Jenner, seen here at a celebrity golf event in 1993, had a number of small acting jobs and television appearances. Stephen Dunn—Getty Images  The family poses at an event in 1995, the year Jenner and Kris welcomed the first of their two children together, Kendall Jenner. Ron Galella—WireImage  Kylie Jenner was born two years later in 1997\. The girls can be seen here on the red carpet in 2000, long before they covered magazines and appeared on TIME's Most Influential Teens list. Scott Nelson—AFP/Getty Images  Jenner, seen here in 2005, would re-enter the spotlight thanks to Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which first premiered in 2007. Steve Granitz—WireImage  Jenner spoofed his reality-star fame with a commercial for Tropicana Juicy Rewards in 2010. AP  Jenner and Kris, here at The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2011, announced their separation in 2013\. She filed for divorce the following year. Kevin Winter—Getty Images  Jenner poses with a box of Wheaties in 2012\. He appeared on the front of the box first in 1977 after his Olympic gold-medal win, then in 2012 when Wheaties rolled out a retro series. Noel Vasquez—Getty Images  Jenner appears with two of his sons, TV personality Brody Jenner and musician Brandon Jenner, who records with his wife as Brandon & Leah, at an April 2013 release party. Chelsea Lauren—WireImage  Jenner walks with step-daughter Kim Kardashian in October of 2014 — about five months after rapper Kanye West became his son-in-law. Bauer-Griffin—GC Images  Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce Jenner, appeared as a woman for the first time on the cover of Vanity Fair's June 2015 issue, photographed by Annie Leibovitz. Annie Leibovitz—Vanity Fair  Caitlyn Jenner accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage Award onstage during The 2015 ESPYS at Microsoft Theater on July 15, 2015 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter—Getty Images _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/01/caitlyn-jenner-espys) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)_._ ## Transcript Monday we finally got to see Bruce Jenner as Jenner sees herself. Meet Caitlyn. Bruce always had to tell a lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. Soon as the Vanity Fair cover comes out I'm free. Jenner is featured on the cover of Vanity Fair's July issue. She was photographed by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. This seems like a brand new beginning for Jenner. Caitlyn even has a new Twitter account and followers are rolling in quickly. The consensus seems to be that Jenner looks great, US weekly called her " beautiful ". And USA Today said, she looks like an attractive middle- aged woman. It was the first time I saw Bruce as her. Really really pretty. Jenner is reportedly preparing for facial feminization surgery as the next step in her transition process, and for the record, she spells Caitlin with a C. 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