--- description: A California judge granted Caitlyn Jenner's request to legally change her name and gender on Friday. title: Judge Approves Caitlyn Jenner's Name and Gender Change image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt481e329fe0a260da/698865753c16399f1f459ecc/caitlyn.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Judge Approves Caitlyn Jenner's Name and Gender Change by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2015 5:08 PM CUT  Caitlyn Jenner in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Sept. 12, 2015. Caitlyn Jenner in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Sept. 12, 2015.Michael Bezjian—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 25, 2015 5:08 PM CUT A California judge [granted](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/judge-grants-jenners-request-legally-change-gender-34041731 "undefined") Caitlyn Jenner’s request to legally change her name and gender on Friday. The decision from Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg means Jenner can now obtain government documents, such as a driver’s license, under her new name with the gender designated as female, the Associated Press reports. The decision comes about five months after Jenner first spoke publicly about her gender identity in a _20/20_ interview with Diane Sawyer. The first season of her reality show _I Am Cait_ ended earlier this month. \[[_AP_](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/judge-grants-jenners-request-legally-change-gender-34041731 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4050280/caitlyn-jenner-legal-name-gender-change/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4050280/caitlyn-jenner-legal-name-gender-change/"},"headline":"Judge Approves Caitlyn Jenner's Name and Gender Change","datePublished":"2015-09-25T17:08:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:16:51.863Z","description":"It's official","url":"https://time.com/4050280/caitlyn-jenner-legal-name-gender-change/","keywords":["celebrities","Caitlyn Jenner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt481e329fe0a260da/698865753c16399f1f459ecc/caitlyn.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt481e329fe0a260da/698865753c16399f1f459ecc/caitlyn.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"8th Annual Safety Harbor Kids Polo Classic Fundraiser","caption":"Caitlyn Jenner","creditText":"Michael Bezjian—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4050280/caitlyn-jenner-legal-name-gender-change/","name":"Judge Approves Caitlyn Jenner's Name and Gender Change"}}]}] ```