Caitlyn Jenner: Supporting Trump 'was a mistake'
Caitlyn Jenner was one of the few prominent LGBT people to stand by President Trump as he ran for and took office. Now, she says she was "wrong."
In an op-ed published Thursday by The Washington Post, the Olympian and transgender activist describes how she thought Trump's presidency provided "fertile ground for change within the Republican Party on LGBTQ issues." It earned Jenner "criticism" from the LGBT community, but she says she still "remained hopeful for positive change."
Jenner has since learned a lot from her "highly publicized and glamorized early Caitlyn days," she writes in the op-ed. And now, with a Trump administration policy reportedly aiming to redefine one's gender by their genitalia at birth, Jenner says ever supporting the president "was a mistake." Trump has often used trans people as "political pawns" and "ignored our humanity," Jenner says, so "it’s clear these policies have come directly from Trump." And that why she "cannot support" him anymore.
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Jenner's first hint of dissidence came in a Monday tweet after the report on Trump's gender policy first broke.
And now, in this op-ed, Jenner has solidified that she'll only work with those "committed to help our community" from here on out. Read all of Jenner's op-ed at The Washington Post.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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