Posted on 05/10/2018 4:58:00 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Caitlyn Jenner has claimed that Donald Trump has set the transgender community in the U.S. “back 20 years” in an address to the British Parliament.
The I Am Cait star, a registered Republican, urged the UK “not to go down the same road” in her address in the House of Commons. The address was the featured speech at Channel 4’s annual diversity lecture.
Jenner reportedly voted for Trump but subsequently revealed a case of buyer’s remorse after branding his decision to end federal protections allowing transgender students to use bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity a “disaster.”
Introduced by Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon, Jenner also called London possibly the “most culturally diverse city in the world.”
Jenner, who transitioned in 2015, discussed the first few years of her experience. “When I came out the first year was very good, everything was going along great and then all of a sudden I became this person of privilege. I didn’t ‘get it’ when it came to the trans community, we have a very marginalized community and I didn’t get it and I got so much of this for so long. I will never apologize for everything I’ve been able to do because I’ve worked very hard and I’m not going to apologize for working hard and being successful. But what that does is gives me a sense of privilege but it also gives me a platform.”
“I always suggest to every trans person out there, everybody has a platform that they can utilize to make it just a little bit better for the next generation coming up,” she added.
Jenner’s comments come after the move to feature her in the lecture was criticized by a number of people. RuPaul’s Drag Race star Carmen Carrera said that Jenner’s “number one mission was to be the Mother Theresa of this community”, while transgender comedian Shon Faye said Jenner’s life story is “far removed from what British politicians need to be hearing and considering on this issue”.
I would like to be pragmatic. What specifically did President Trump do to set ANY one American back? Everything directed to our president are ad hominem attacks with never one specific substantiated charge. These mentally ill people just pass BS through their brain dead social media and equally mentally ill news media.
The fact that this person has a TV show and is addressing British Parliament proves “her” claim is wrong..
This is why I’m glad I live in flyover country. The transgender community here is about the same as 220 years ago. Or 2,220 years ago.
20 years ago we called them “transvestites,” and ridiculed them in show after show. Prior to that there was Corporal Klinger and Rocky Horror. It was understood to be a joke. Only recently have we become so deranged as to take it seriously.
Scum pervert...
Great point.
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