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'Hard pass': LGBTQ activists shun steroid-induced-queer Bruse Jenner over Trump support
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Apr 25, 2021, 2:55:20 PM4/25/21
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Though Caitlyn Jenner is one of the most famous transgender people in
America, the announcement of her candidacy for California governor was
greeted hostilely by one of the state’s largest LGBTQ-rights groups and by
many trans activists around the country.
“Make no mistake: we can’t wait to elect a #trans governor of California,”
tweeted the group, Equality California. “But @Caitlyn_Jenner spent years
telling the #LGBTQ+ community to trust Donald Trump. We saw how that
turned out. Now she wants us to trust her? Hard pass.”
Jenner – the former Olympic gold medalist and reality TV personality — is
a Republican and supported Trump in 2016. She later criticized his
administration for some discriminatory actions against transgender people,
but has failed to convince many trans-rights advocates that she is a major
asset to their cause.
“Caitlyn Jenner is a deeply unqualified hack who doesn’t care about anyone
but herself,” tweeted trans activist Charlotte Clymer. “Her views are
terrible. She is a horrible candidate.”
Jennifer Finney Boylan, a transgender writer and professor at Barnard
College, appeared on multiple episodes of Jenner’s TV show, “I Am Cait”
and considers her a friend. But she’s not an admirer of Jenner’s politics.
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“I wish her well personally,” Boylan said via email. “But I can’t see how
the conservative policies she is likely to embrace will help
Californians.”
Wyatt Ronan of the Human Rights Campaign, a major national LGBTQ-rights
organization, said Jenner “is not the leader California needs.”
“Her support of Donald Trump, the most virulent and vocal anti-LGBTQ
president in American history, and her decision to hire Trump’s inner
circle for her campaign are just two examples why,” he said.
David Badash, editor of an LGBTQ-oriented news and opinion site called The
New Civil Rights Movement, noted that Jenner’s campaign website outlined
no policy positions and offered two options to those visiting the site:
“Shop” and “Donate.”
Badash questioned why Jenner would run as a Republican at a time when GOP
legislators in more than 20 states have been pushing bills aimed at
curtailing transgender youths’ ability to play school sports and receive
gender-affirming medical care.
Some activists found reason to welcome Jenner’s announcement, saying it
was further evidence that transgender Americans are running for office
more frequently.
Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen of the National Center for Transgender Equality
Action Fund noted that in the 2020 election, Sarah McBride of Maryland
became the first openly trans person elected to a state Senate seat and
Stephanie Byers of Kansas became the first openly trans Native American
elected to a state legislature.
In Vermont, Christine Hallquist won the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in 2018, but lost the general election to incumbent Republican
Phil Scott.
“Voters want leaders who will deliver results for their communities, no
matter who they are,” Heng-Lehtinen said.
Attorney Sasha Buchert, co-director of the Transgender Rights Project at
the LGBTQ-rights group Lambda Legal, said when the public sees transgender
people in public life it “serves to expand public awareness of the reality
and diversity of trans lives.”
“It matters to us what policies candidates support - and what their track
record might be - on a full range of issues, not just trans rights and
inclusion,” Buchert added. “That is the lens one should always use in
evaluating any candidate, including Caitlyn Jenner.”
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recover with no after effects.
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ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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Though Caitlyn Jenner is one of the most famous transgender people in
America, the announcement of her candidacy for California governor was
greeted hostilely by one of the state’s largest LGBTQ-rights groups and by
many trans activists around the country.
“Make no mistake: we can’t wait to elect a #trans governor of California,”
tweeted the group, Equality California. “But @Caitlyn_Jenner spent years
telling the #LGBTQ+ community to trust Donald Trump. We saw how that
turned out. Now she wants us to trust her? Hard pass.”
Jenner – the former Olympic gold medalist and reality TV personality — is
a Republican and supported Trump in 2016. She later criticized his
administration for some discriminatory actions against transgender people,
but has failed to convince many trans-rights advocates that she is a major
asset to their cause.
“Caitlyn Jenner is a deeply unqualified hack who doesn’t care about anyone
but herself,” tweeted trans activist Charlotte Clymer. “Her views are
terrible. She is a horrible candidate.”
Jennifer Finney Boylan, a transgender writer and professor at Barnard
College, appeared on multiple episodes of Jenner’s TV show, “I Am Cait”
and considers her a friend. But she’s not an admirer of Jenner’s politics.
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emergency eye surgery
“I wish her well personally,” Boylan said via email. “But I can’t see how
the conservative policies she is likely to embrace will help
Californians.”
Wyatt Ronan of the Human Rights Campaign, a major national LGBTQ-rights
organization, said Jenner “is not the leader California needs.”
“Her support of Donald Trump, the most virulent and vocal anti-LGBTQ
president in American history, and her decision to hire Trump’s inner
circle for her campaign are just two examples why,” he said.
David Badash, editor of an LGBTQ-oriented news and opinion site called The
New Civil Rights Movement, noted that Jenner’s campaign website outlined
no policy positions and offered two options to those visiting the site:
“Shop” and “Donate.”
Badash questioned why Jenner would run as a Republican at a time when GOP
legislators in more than 20 states have been pushing bills aimed at
curtailing transgender youths’ ability to play school sports and receive
gender-affirming medical care.
Some activists found reason to welcome Jenner’s announcement, saying it
was further evidence that transgender Americans are running for office
more frequently.
Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen of the National Center for Transgender Equality
Action Fund noted that in the 2020 election, Sarah McBride of Maryland
became the first openly trans person elected to a state Senate seat and
Stephanie Byers of Kansas became the first openly trans Native American
elected to a state legislature.
In Vermont, Christine Hallquist won the Democratic gubernatorial
nomination in 2018, but lost the general election to incumbent Republican
Phil Scott.
“Voters want leaders who will deliver results for their communities, no
matter who they are,” Heng-Lehtinen said.
Attorney Sasha Buchert, co-director of the Transgender Rights Project at
the LGBTQ-rights group Lambda Legal, said when the public sees transgender
people in public life it “serves to expand public awareness of the reality
and diversity of trans lives.”
“It matters to us what policies candidates support - and what their track
record might be - on a full range of issues, not just trans rights and
inclusion,” Buchert added. “That is the lens one should always use in
evaluating any candidate, including Caitlyn Jenner.”
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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