This was shocking: Bruce Jenner is a Republican.
That revelation on Friday night actually was a little surprising, given that the G.O.P. is not known for embracing transgender equality. But otherwise, there wasn’t much suspense to what Mr. Jenner told Diane Sawyer in his long-awaited television interview with ABC News – it has been pretty clear for some time that he identifies as a woman and has begun the transitioning process.
The doubts were not about that, but about his credibility as a champion of the transgender cause. Mr. Jenner has been such a standout in the transactional exhibitionism that is reality television that there was a risk that the coming out would seem as crass and contrived as an episode of “Keeping Up with The Kardashians.