Bruce Jenner Photographed Wearing a Dress: Shocking Image Sparks Controversy

Yesterday, we reported that Bruce Jenner called the cops on paparazzi who were breaking the law by trying to photograph him inside his Malibu home.

Today, it looks like the paps not only succeeded in capturing the first pics of Jenner dressed as a woman, but managed to sell them to a major publication.

In what many are calling a reprehensible invasion of privacy, The N.Y. Daily News featured photos of Bruce wearing a dress on today’s morning edition.

The images, which are guaranteed to cause controversy, appear to show Bruce smoking a cigarette and wearing a full-length, black-and-white striped dress.

Fitting attire for a man who’s clearly been made a prisoner in his own home.

Jenner had previously been photographed wearing nail polish and rumors of Bruce’s breast implants are what reportedly attracted the paparazzi in the first place.

Public signs that he has begun the process of becoming a woman, and images of him looking more and more like one, have become increasingly common.

Never before has he been spotted dressed in feminine clothing, however.

29 Photos of Bruce Jenner’s Transition to Caitlyn Jenner

Discussions of what it means to be transgender have been everywhere from the pages of tabloid rags to network evening news broadcasts thanks to Jenner.

While the 65-year-old athletic legend has remained at the center of all of this controversy, he has yet to publicly confirm the news of his transition.

Bruce’s interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC – in which he is expected to reveal that he is living as a woman these days – is scheduled to air on Friday.

Until then, the matter of how much of his gender identity and transition he chooses to share with the world should be left up to Jenner himself.

Hence why you can almost guarantee The New York Daily News will come under heavy scrutiny and issue a half-hearted apology at some point today.

UPDATE, 6/1/15: Bruce has since gone public as a woman, of course, in an interview with ABC News, and now on the new cover of Vanity Fair.

Follow the link to meet Caitlyn Jenner!

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