Bruce Jenner: My brain is more female than male
By Associated Press
Apr 24, 2015 8:41 PM CDT
FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2013 file photo, former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner arrives at the Annual Charity Day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC Partners, in New York. ABC 's Diane Sawyer will interview the former Olympic champion and patriarch of the Kardashian television clan in a two-hour interview...   (Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) — Former Olympic champion Bruce Jenner says that "for all intents and purposes, I am a woman."

Jenner spoke in a long-awaited interview televised Friday with ABC's Diane Sawyer about his gender identity, saying that he has always been confused about his gender identity. Early in the interview, Jenner took out his ponytail to let his long hair flow behind him.

"My brain is more female than it is male," says Jenner, the 1976 Olympic decathlon champion who has been better known in recent years as part of television's omnipresent Kardashian family.

Jenner, who fought back tears, said it was hard for him to talk about his gender issues because he didn't want to disappoint people.