--- title: Caitlyn Jenner: Coming Out to Family description: In a new edition of the AOL Makers series, Caitlyn Jenner discusses what it was like to come out as transgender to her family. canonical: https://time.com/4353052/caitlyn-jenner-coming-out-kardashians/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-01T13:26:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:37.548Z og:title: Caitlyn Jenner on Coming Out to Her Family og:description: The moment she knew everything would be OK og:url: https://time.com/4353052/caitlyn-jenner-coming-out-kardashians/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9775f010cf8eff03/698895b65f570fb2ebb21272/caitlyn-jenner-kids-trans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2677 og:image:height: 1506 og:image:alt: 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Caitlyn Jenner on Coming Out to Her Family twitter:description: The moment she knew everything would be OK twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9775f010cf8eff03/698895b65f570fb2ebb21272/caitlyn-jenner-kids-trans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Caitlyn Jenner on What It Was Like to Come Out to Her Kids > Sponsored content. 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Karwai Tang—WireImage/Getty Images by [Jessie Van Amburg](https://time.com/author/jessie-van-amburg/) ## Jessie Van Amburg Jun 1, 2016 1:26 PM UTC In a new [video series](http://www.makers.com/moments/we-all-know-rumors) for [AOL Makers](http://www.makers.com/), Caitlyn Jenner discusses what it was like telling her children that she was transitioning. She said she first approached Brandon Jenner, who she calls the “most tolerant” of her children. In their conversation, Brandon recalled all the times he had been recognized as the child of the Olympian. “He said, ‘Dad, I’ve always been proud to be your son,” Jenner said. “‘But I’ve never been more proud of you than I am right now.'” Jenner was floored. “I thought, ‘You know what? I think—I hope—it’s going to be OK.'” Her encounter with Brendan gave her the courage to approach the rest of her children. “My kids came over to me,” she said. “It was just good and positive.” Watch the video below, and see full coverage over at [AOL Makers](http://www.makers.com/caitlyn-jenner). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4353052/caitlyn-jenner-coming-out-kardashians/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4353052/caitlyn-jenner-coming-out-kardashians/"},"headline":"Caitlyn Jenner on What It Was Like to Come Out to Her Kids","datePublished":"2016-06-01T13:26:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:37.548Z","description":"The moment she knew everything would be OK","url":"https://time.com/4353052/caitlyn-jenner-coming-out-kardashians/","keywords":["motto","News"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9775f010cf8eff03/698895b65f570fb2ebb21272/caitlyn-jenner-kids-trans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jessie Van Amburg","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jessie-van-amburg/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9775f010cf8eff03/698895b65f570fb2ebb21272/caitlyn-jenner-kids-trans.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals","caption":"Caitlyn Jenner attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.","creditText":"Karwai Tang—WireImage/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":"https://time.com/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4353052/caitlyn-jenner-coming-out-kardashians/","name":"Caitlyn Jenner on What It Was Like to Come Out to Her Kids"}}]}] ```