Let me start this review by saying I like Bruce Jenner and I like Caitlyn. It's too easy to criticise and hate but we all have to play with the cards that life deals us, and in a way this programme invites you to look deeper into the human psyche and the struggles human souls face and how we relate to one another. That said, I feel really sorry for Caitlyn. Bruce was unhappy and I'm sorry to say that Caitlyn looks unhappy. Compared to the trans women on the show (candace, chandi..) who appear so relaxed, Cait sticks out like the odd one out. I think Bruce was always a loner and as he says in his own words, he didn't fit in with the boys and didn't fit in with the girls. I'm sorry to say that he doesn't look like he fits in with trans women either. It's interesting in the show when he keeps referring to the trans women as "they" and compliments that "they've achieved so much", at which point his trans friend embarrassingly has to remind him again that it's "we". I believe Bruce was struggling and chose transgenderism as an escape to the boundaries in his own psyche. But since he never really dealt with why he had the inner turmoil to begin with, it seems the problems have just passed onto Cait. The irony is that as transgenderism is accepted more into the mainstream, Cait becomes less of the outcast and has to deal with relating to people as normal again which is what her real struggle was to start with. As an aside, what is the big deal with gender? So Bruce hasn't changed his genitalia, dresses as a woman, likes male activities and likes women, yet it's so important that the world calls him a woman. It seems he's gone from being a very masculine man to being a masculine "tomboy" lesbian trans woman. Surely it would have been easier to just call himself a transvestite man. Anyway I wish Caitlyn all the best. I hope she finds herself and can be truly happy.

I decided to watch I Am Cait because I just finished reading Jennifer Boylan's wonderful memoir, She's Not There, which details her journey to self acceptance and her transition from male to female. Boylan went on a road trip with Caitlyn Jenner this fall for Caitlyn's reality show, so I decided to watch episode 2 (The Road trip part 1), which features 5-6 trans women traveling from LA to the headquarters of Human Rights Campaign in San Francisco. The entire point of this episode is to expose Caitlyn to other trans women who are not living in a privileged socio-economic bubble and to educate her about the important issues facing the trans community. Boylan and the other trans women in this episode make a series of considerate, well informed observations about the ways that Caitlyn might be able to make a real difference for the trans community. This is not fluffy or mindless entertainment, and I plan to watch episode 3, The Road Trip part 2, to continue my own education.

While not technically accurate, this is the first episode of any "Kardashian" reality programming I have ever seen and at that, there is only one episode of I Am Cait on which to base my review. For the purposes of this review it may be of value to note that I am a heterosexual female but a huge believer in LGBT rights. The reality for most members of the LGBT are likely to be different, sometimes drastically, than the overwhelmingly exciting reception Caitlyn has experienced. The show briefly mentions that not everyone is as accepted or with the financial capabilities of Caitlyn. I applaud this acknowledgment and believe they're going to address the disparate experiences in later episodes. The reality is that Caitlyn is a celebrity and perhaps this serious-but-campy show is a comfortable, fun way to get people discussing LGBT issues and rights. So for the ends, I'm okay with the means of mixing in a little more fashion and hijinx than is typical for your average American. I am concerned, however, that the show will stray from a documentary approach and digress into utter reality trash (TMZ has reported a custom Lamborghini was being delivered as a prop). So yes, Caitlyn's life is atypical even by LGBT standards and yes, the show is as flirty as it is serious but I think it makes for an entertaining, yet educational, program style. But, that's based off only one episode and I fear I Am Cait won't be able to juggle that for long. If they lose sight and lose balance, it puts the LGBT community at risk of being made a mockery of. Tread lightly in those high heels Caitlyn. We're rooting for you, but counting on you as well.

ha, what more could we say... ladies n gentlemen, if it ain't for money its not right, so here we go, again, big papa Bruce huh, im speechless, we all have been thru this typical TV shows, or perhaps a little bit of false American dream alike drama, with all of these somehow we get tired, we need some real stuff, positive ones, not some old guy who has lost his popularity like half a century ago while do something internally 'graceful', or just say natural?? like come out of the closet or literally make himself a she, to regain some public attention n eye sights. absolutely wrong, and inappropriate n misleading. yep i know you should claim that, he(or likely she currently) just try to use the media to tell all the people who have some differences in their hearts, minds, inside their bodies, which by all means should be extracted or expressed by themselves, meanwhile make some money by it. while, we really some actual role models, like those who started from the bottom, by their efforts, they made their achievements, earn their general respect. NOT like this.. come on, just stop.