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Chris Bruce, Transgender Bodybuilder, Competes As A Woman 20 Years After Doing It As A Man
By David Moye
A transgender bodybuilder who competed as a man 20 years ago is now coming back to the sport as a woman.
Back in the early 1990s, Chris Gary Bruce competed in male bodybuilding contests. He was good, but only up to a point.
"To compete at a high level, you need to dedicate yourself to training three months before a competition in order to get your bodyfat down to 2 or 3 percent," Bruce told HuffPost Weird News. "That's hard to do if you're trying to raise a family and run a business."
Bruce, a 42-year-old personal trainer living in San Diego, will get another chance to go for the gold on Oct. 29 at the Border States Classic Bodybuilding competition -- but this time, it will be as Chris Tina Bruce, and she will be competing as a woman.
It's the culmination of a long journey that included divorce and surgery, but gave Bruce inner peace.
"I had to come to terms with the transgendered issue," admitted Bruce. "I tried to get away from the things I did as a guy, but I decided I had to be me."
"I am perfectly fine that a typical male-to-female transgender wants to be girly, but don't put me in that bag," said Bruce, who speaks with a voice that's anything but "girly." "This is me. I race cars and I love football. I may be a third hybrid."
Growing up, few people were aware that the 6-foot, 3-inch Bruce secretly identified as a female -- and she didn't make any attempt to let friends or family in on the secret.
Instead, Bruce tried to satisfy her feminine side by cross-dressing. Working in sales allowed Bruce to wear dresses while away from the family.
However, Bruce's cross-dressing helped lead to a divorce in 2007, though her ex-wife didn't find out she was transgender until earlier this year, according to the Dallas Voice.
"She hates it," Bruce told the publication.
Although his ex-wife was worried about how their kids -- a son, 12, and a daughter, 8 -- would react, Bruce says that so far, their children have adjusted well.
"I think they'd rather see Dad being honest and be happier as a result," Bruce told HuffPost Weird News.
In 2008, Bruce began taking hormones, testosterone blockers and undergoing plastic surgery. By 2009, the transformation was complete.
In order to compete in her debut bodybuilding competition as a woman, Bruce had to slim down from 230 pounds to 190 and, obviously, lift a lot of weights. But the most important thing she lifted was the pencil she picked up to write the contest organizers.
"I explained who I was and my story and they were fine with letting me compete as a woman," Bruce said.
Event promoter Jon Lindsay told Fox 5 San Diego that his organization conducts neither drug nor gender tests at the event, and welcomed Bruce into the ladies' competition.
But competitors like Laurie Delaney aren't happy to share a spot on the podium with Bruce.
"This just isn't a normal man walking the street who has now decided to become a female," former bodybuilder Delaney told Fox 5 San Diego. "This is a bodybuilding male."
Delaney, who will be competing in the fitness division, added that Bruce has a decided advantage . . . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/28/transgender-bodybuilder-chris-bruce_n_1062737.html
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CONFUSED ATTENTION WHORE !!
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CONFUSED ATTENTION WHORE !!
As opposed to everyone else on stage? ::)
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As opposed to everyone else on stage? ::)
Good point. ;D
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what a discuting being!!! THey dont gender test ????? wtf is that soppost to mean??? So jay cuttler could go there with a wig and a bra and jump on stage claiming hes a chick???? :D :D :D :D
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This is a disgrace!!! This whole Transgender crap!!!Him and Chasity Bono, are sick and lost souls.There is no way this guy should be able to compete against women,His is a man, and still is!!!
This whole B.S. I was born this way is a crock of sh@#@!! If he was born that way he would be able to bear children.Like a woman can!!!Why cant he bear children?, because in gods eyes he is a man, with boobs now, lol.
If I was a woman competing in the show, I would be really pissed.....I would be like WTF????.Its not fair.
Men are physically superior, always were, always will be
I saw a clip on TV of dancing with stars, and they call Chasity Bono a "HE",lol.Since when is Chasity Bono a "HE"...Not now not ever.Chasity Bono is a woman!!!!Always was always will be.
She is just a fat woman now,lol.Its not over until the fat lady sings...Sing Chasity Bono Sing, lol
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He's less manly than some of the she-beats competing , it's a level playing field for the other women.
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i was choosing between 2 posts to make. wasnt sure which one to go for...
1. "she'll" fit right in to womens bodybuilding
2. transgender bodybuilding has existed for years. its called "womens bodybuilding"
:D
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6'1"
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Great idea for you guys if your genes are not good enough to earn a pro card as a man you could turn into a woman and try to earn a female pro card.
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9 posts and no one stepping up to say they'd hit it? You guys are slipping.
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shouldn't this guy at least be required to have the actual sex change before being allowed to compete as a woman
he'll be the only "woman" on stage with a schvantz
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9 posts and no one stepping up to say they'd hit it? You guys are slipping.
I can't decide! ;D
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And now for the real thread title: WYHI ?
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9 posts and no one stepping up to say they'd hit it? You guys are slipping.
So I am guessing that you tapped that ass, tell us how was it.
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shouldn't this guy at least be required to have the actual sex change before being allowed to complete as a woman
he'll be the only "woman" on stage with a schvantz
Is Renee Toney transgendered? Anyone know? I have seen her on stage competing with women and her frame looks very much like that of a man.
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Is Renee Toney transgendered? Anyone know? I have seen her on stage competing with women and her frame looks very much like that of a man.
I thought she was a bio woman, albeit a freak
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gross!
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Is Renee Toney transgendered? Anyone know? I have seen her on stage competing with women and her frame looks very much like that of a man.
She's a woman, if you look at her frame, she has a woman's frame...she has that "look" to her frame---like a freaky big version of Lenda Murray.
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Thats quite unfair to the real women competitors, it should not be allowed.
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Maybe she got the odd chromosome here and there ?
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A transgender bodybuilder who competed as a man 20 years ago is now coming back to the sport as a woman.
Back in the early 1990s, Chris Gary Bruce competed in male bodybuilding contests. He was good, but only up to a point.
"To compete at a high level, you need to dedicate yourself to training three months before a competition in order to get your bodyfat down to 2 or 3 percent," Bruce told HuffPost Weird News. "That's hard to do if you're trying to raise a family and run a business."
Bruce, a 42-year-old personal trainer living in San Diego, will get another chance to go for the gold on Oct. 29 at the Border States Classic Bodybuilding competition -- but this time, it will be as Chris Tina Bruce, and she will be competing as a woman.
It's the culmination of a long journey that included divorce and surgery, but gave Bruce inner peace.
"I had to come to terms with the transgendered issue," admitted Bruce. "I tried to get away from the things I did as a guy, but I decided I had to be me."
"I am perfectly fine that a typical male-to-female transgender wants to be girly, but don't put me in that bag," said Bruce, who speaks with a voice that's anything but "girly." "This is me. I race cars and I love football. I may be a third hybrid."
Growing up, few people were aware that the 6-foot, 3-inch Bruce secretly identified as a female -- and she didn't make any attempt to let friends or family in on the secret.
Instead, Bruce tried to satisfy her feminine side by cross-dressing. Working in sales allowed Bruce to wear dresses while away from the family.
However, Bruce's cross-dressing helped lead to a divorce in 2007, though her ex-wife didn't find out she was transgender until earlier this year, according to the Dallas Voice.
"She hates it," Bruce told the publication.
Although his ex-wife was worried about how their kids -- a son, 12, and a daughter, 8 -- would react, Bruce says that so far, their children have adjusted well.
"I think they'd rather see Dad being honest and be happier as a result," Bruce told HuffPost Weird News.
In 2008, Bruce began taking hormones, testosterone blockers and undergoing plastic surgery. By 2009, the transformation was complete.
In order to compete in her debut bodybuilding competition as a woman, Bruce had to slim down from 230 pounds to 190 and, obviously, lift a lot of weights. But the most important thing she lifted was the pencil she picked up to write the contest organizers.
"I explained who I was and my story and they were fine with letting me compete as a woman," Bruce said.
Event promoter Jon Lindsay told Fox 5 San Diego that his organization conducts neither drug nor gender tests at the event, and welcomed Bruce into the ladies' competition.
WATCH: CHRIS TINA BRUCE EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE BODYBUILDING (Story continues below)
But competitors like Laurie Delaney aren't happy to share a spot on the podium with Bruce.
"This just isn't a normal man walking the street who has now decided to become a female," former bodybuilder Delaney told Fox 5 San Diego. "This is a bodybuilding male."
Delaney, who will be competing in the fitness division, added that Bruce has a decided advantage.
"Chris has had the opportunity to descend, if you will, while other females have had to ascend to that same level," Delaney said. "So they've had [to] up or boost their testosterone levels to get to the same levels. Where Chris has had the opportunity to build muscle as a man."
Bruce doesn't give Delaney's comments much weight and points out that his situation presents disadvantages as well.
"I could be at a disadvantage because they may not like a transgender person competing," she told Fox 5 San Diego.
Even if Bruce doesn't win the competition, her presence -- and the growing visibility of transgender activists like Chaz Bono, of "Dancing With The Stars" fame -- is already having a positive effect on other transgender people, like Lana Moore, a fire captain in Columbus, Ohio, who underwent male-to-female transition.
"By putting themselves in the public eye, people like Chis and Chaz show people that, like any other segment of the population, we are not all the same," Moore said. "We come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life. Once you've met one transgender person, you've met ... one transgender person. By telling their stories and living their lives with dignity Chaz and Chris help bring down the walls of misunderstanding so that more and more people see us as human beings."
Bruce is hoping to have that effect, and she says she's already benefitted from Bono's appearances on the hit ABC series.
"One of my friends has a very conservative mom who, five years ago, wouldn't have accepted this, but now she sees Chaz and says, 'He looks so happy.'"
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Its not fair.
Men are physically superior, always were, always will be
Shhh...
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9 posts and no one stepping up to say they'd hit it? You guys are slipping.
It was the understood 'hit that'. ;D
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More feminine then some fbb.... :D
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Is Renee Toney transgendered? Anyone know? I have seen her on stage competing with women and her frame and face looks very much like that of a man.
Ask Noel
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Penis or it didn't happen
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She's a woman, if you look at her frame, she has a woman's frame...she has that "look" to her frame---like a freaky big version of Lenda Murray.
Really? Really?!?!?
I'm not a hater, but I do not see three female frames in this photo. I see one male and two women.
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Really? Really?!?!?
I'm not a hater, but I do not see three female frames in this photo. I see one male and two women.
Two more than I see. :-\
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There was a thread on rxmuscle months ago about this transgender. He/she actually posted in the thread.
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I can't decide! ;D
Riiiiiiight. If it still has its "Q-Tip of Love", you'll suck it. It's still a man.
FTN.
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To the tune of the old cartoon show, "Transformers"...
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=400430.0;attach=438718)
"Transgendered! Homos in disguise!"
Fuck that noise and all of the Ms. Olesbia bodydoper crowd as well, schmoes included.
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Looked better as a man. Still looks like a man regardless, of the makeup and breast implants.
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Will be there taking pics tomorrow at the San Diego Border States contest - NPC Bodybuilding, Figure, Bikini and IFBB Figure.
See some of you there...
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Will be there taking pics tomorrow at the San Diego Border States contest - NPC Bodybuilding, Figure, Bikini and IFBB Figure.
See some of you there...
Cockspeed, Ronaldo! You're the man!
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yikes...
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Really? Really?!?!?
I'm not a hater, but I do not see three female frames in this photo. I see one male and two women.
you need glasses cause I see at least 2 men, if not 3 8)
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Props to promoter Jon Lindsay for doing the right thing.
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Apparently he is still into women sexually - lesbians mostly. Weird you'd think he'd want some Wiggs mandigo cock up his peachka after going though all that trouble of chopping off his wink. But no,he still likes girls. May just as well have stayed a man. Oh I get what he is trying to do the sneaky bugger. He figures he can shag more lesbian chicks as a girl now thereby satisfying his craving for pussy! Smart guy actually!
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Apparently he is still into women sexually - lesbians mostly. Weird you'd think he'd want some Wiggs mandigo cock up his peachka after going though all that trouble of chopping off his wink. But no,he still likes girls. May just as well have stayed a man. Oh I get what he is trying to do the sneaky bugger. He figures he can shag more lesbian chicks as a girl now thereby satisfying his craving for pussy! Smart guy actually!
Hard to understand these people.
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Looked better as a man. Still looks like a man regardless, of the makeup and breast implants.
LOL yes!
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I heard she placed 2nd out of 2.
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I heard she placed 2nd out of 2.
Understandable! Good thing the judges still have eyes!
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Exactly what Bbing needs to becomemore mainstream. ::)
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Exactly what Bbing needs to becomemore mainstream. ::)
Give up the pipe dream. If it was going to happen it would have happened already.
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Gotta love "Gender", who ever came up with that owes a lot of plastic surgeons fuckin' cash.
You have a "sex" either you are male or female.
Cock or no cock.
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Really? Really?!?!?
I'm not a hater, but I do not see three female frames in this photo. I see one male and two women.
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=400430.0;attach=438783;image)
Nadal obviously feels he needs the muscle to beat Djokovic
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i guess gloria isn't the only transgen in town.
(http://www.girlswithmuscle.com/images/full/949871.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O9ldOwMTlm0/TCT4gvLI8vI/AAAAAAAAAGk/C4eaJT56ejY/s1600/9332_101093249913492_100000384536398_27921_576908_n%5B1%5D.jpg)
package is gone. :o
would you hit it?
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i guess gloria isn't the only transgen in town.
(http://www.girlswithmuscle.com/images/full/949871.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_O9ldOwMTlm0/TCT4gvLI8vI/AAAAAAAAAGk/C4eaJT56ejY/s1600/9332_101093249913492_100000384536398_27921_576908_n%5B1%5D.jpg)
The shit on your hardrive, man! Do you ever open some random pic and go "WTF?".
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The shit on your hardrive, man! Do you ever open some random pic and go "WTF?".
are you out your fucking mind? on my hard-drive, bitch please! how about linking, stupid mtherfucker? sorry getbiggers,i had to go off on this one.
Relaxation time.
(http://surf.transworld.net/files/2009/01/21/_mg_3588.jpg)
Diego :-*
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are you out your fucking mind? on my hard-drive, bitch please! how about linking, stupid mtherfucker? sorry getbiggers,i had to go off on this one.
Relaxation time.
(http://surf.transworld.net/files/2009/01/21/_mg_3588.jpg)
Diego :-*
Easy, mongrel! So I figure you know where to find those links. I've got my answer.
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Spot the female! ???
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Easy, mongrel! So I figure you know where to find those links. I've got my answer.
no bitch, gloria has been posted on getbig and interviewed by palumbo at rxmuscle. know your shit and people before you type.
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no bitch, gloria has been posted on getbig and interviewed by palumbo at rxmuscle. know your shit and people before you type.
Sorry I don't record all that shit about trannies when it passes by. Specially if Palumbo and RXmuscle are involved.