Caitlyn Jenner
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A judge approved Caitlyn Jenner's request to legally change her name and gender Friday. That means she can obtain legal documents like a driver's license, passport, and Social Security card with the name Caitlyn Marie Jenner, as opposed to her birth name of William Bruce Jenner, Vanity Fair reports.

The former Olympic gold medalist came out as a transgender woman earlier this year, formally unveiling her new identity in a July Vanity Fair cover story.

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.