Trans Model Geena Rocero: We Need To Stop Looking At Bruce Jenner 'From The Conversation Of This Victim Mentality'

Geena Rocero is eager for the conversation surrounding Bruce Jenner to evolve past a lamentation of the 65 years the former Olympian spent hiding his gender and into a celebration of the promising future he now has as an out and proud transgender woman.

"We have to move on from the conversation of this victim mentality," said the trans model and activist. "We need to start from this conversation of healing and thriving."

Rocero, who came out as trans publicly while delivering a 2014 TED talk, affirmed that the process of declaring her true identity was a "healing moment," and she argues the same is likely true for Jenner.

"I freed myself," she said. "The moment you completely show your true authentic self, your world has changed. We all have our own little version of truth, so the more we live in our truth, it's a much healthier world."

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