Caitlyn Jenner Files Petition to Legally Change Her Name and Gender

The former Olympian filed a petition to legally change her name and gender in the L.A. County Superior Court on Tuesday. According to the papers, Jenner has requested the name change in order "to better match my identity."

The I Am Cait star was born William Bruce Jenner and was listed as a male on her birth certificate. She has requested to legally have her name become Caitlyn Marie Jenner and her gender changed from male to female.

Jenner, 65, will also be required to show the court a documented declaration of the gender change, which includes clinically-approved treatments.

She has also filed a motion to seal portions of the petition in order to protect her privacy, as well as a request for a private hearing. In the filing, Jenner's lawyer, John Krieger, explained that the "Petitioner is transgender, making her privacy and safety of particular concern."

"California lawmakers recently acknowledged the heightened need for protecting the change," Krieger continued. "The public nature of the name and gender change process exposes transgender individuals to potential discrimination, harassment or even violence because of being transgender."

The concern for privacy is clear for Jenner, and not only because she is in the public eye. The reality star has also witnessed first-hand the awkward responses she's faced as she publicly lives as a transgender woman. Recently, she admitted to Today show co-anchor Matt Lauer that she initially had a "massive panic attack" after her surgery to transition to a woman but now has "no regrets whatsoever."