"Jenner�s interview will be so widely watched it could prove a tipping point, further normalizing Americans' perceptions of the nation's transgender population."

"But there are risks for the community in so much attention going to a celebrity whose early 21st century notoriety came with his comical role as the befuddled husband on 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians.' Many worry that perceptions will be dragged back into the sensational. As history suggests, it�s a slippery slope."