5 Transgender Celebrities Who Are Breaking Barriers and Making History

After months of candidness about her transition, Caitlyn made her “official” debut on the cover of Vanity Fair in June 2015. “If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, ‘You just blew your entire life,’” she said in the accompanying article. 

After her debut, Caitlyn broke President Obama’s Twitter record by nabbing more than one million followers in four hours. Caitlyn also starred in the reality series I Am Cait, which focused on transgender issues. She received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award during the 2015 ESPY Awards, making her the third consecutive LGBT person to receive the award after Michael Sam and Robin Roberts.

This year, she created a lipstick with MAC called “Finally Free.” The lipstick went on to earn $1.3 million, which was donated to transgender organizations in the U.S.