Bruce started hormone therapy and had plastic surgery to look more feminine in the late 1980s . He was inspired by the story of transgender tennis player Renee Richards who was born a man and in 1976 won the right to compete as a woman . Olympic decathlete reveals he halted the gender transition process after meeting Kris Kardashian in late 1990 . Comment:
Bruce started hormone therapy and had plastic surgery to look more feminine in the late 1980s . He was inspired by the story of transgender tennis player Renee Richards who was born a man and in 1976 won the right to compete as a woman . Olympic decathlete reveals he halted the gender transition process after meeting Kris Kardashian in late 1990 . Bruce and Kris married in April 1991 and had two daughters before their divorce last December .