US Olympic hero Bruce Jenner says "For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman."

Published: Saturday April 25, 2015 MYT 10:25:00 AM
Updated: Saturday April 25, 2015 MYT 10:28:14 AM

'I'm a woman': US Olympic hero Bruce Jenner comes out as transgender

Bruce Jenner arriving at the 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards in Las Vegas on April 5, 2009. Jenner came out as transgender on Friday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS.

LOS ANGELES (AFP): US Olympic champion turned reality TV star Bruce Jenner came out as transgender on Friday, saying: "For all intents and purposes, I'm a woman."

In a highly-anticipated TV interview the 65-year-old said he had wrestled with his sexual identity since he was small.

"I've always been confused about my gender identity since I was this big," he told ABC's celebrity interviewer Diane Sawyer.

"Here I am, stuck - and I hate the word - (a) girl stuck in a guy's body. I hate that terminology."