Caitlyn Jenner: I thought Trump would help the LGBTQ community. I was wrong.

[DonViejo]

By Caitlyn Jenner October 25 at 3:24 PM

Caitlyn Jenner is a transgender rights advocate and author.

These past two years under President Trump have given me the opportunity to reflect on a lot of topics that have come up in the LGBTQ community and in our nation. Some of these are thorny issues still worth discussing; many should have been settled long ago. As I’ve watched and pondered, my outlook has changed significantly from what it was during my highly publicized and glamorized early Caitlyn days, when my life as an out trans woman was just beginning.

Since then, I have learned and continue to learn about the obstacles our community faces, the politics that surround us and the places my voice can help. I have reflected on what my unique position of privilege means and how I can best use it to make a positive difference.

Following Trump’s election as president, I saw fertile ground for change within the Republican Party on LGBTQ issues. Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate to claim to support this valuable, vulnerable community, and I was encouraged by the applause he received when he said at the Republican National Convention in July 2016 that he would stand up for the LGBTQ community. Poll after poll showed that Americans’ views on LGBTQ issues were changing for the better — and that this groundswell extended even to the voter base of the Republican Party. I was optimistic that this was how I could leverage my privilege for change.

I believed I could work within the party and the Trump administration to shift the minds of those who most needed shifting. I made many trips to Washington to lobby and educate members of Congress, other Washington policymakers and powerful influencers. These meetings were generally positive and almost always led to encouraging conversations. Despite the criticism I received from segments of the LGBTQ community for engaging with this administration, I remained hopeful for positive change.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Surprise!!

[In It to Win It]

2. You were warned!

We told you so.

[lagomorph777]

21. She was warned, repeatedly, by her friends, on her own TV show.

I watched the show and they were all just flabbergasted at her stupidity for supporting Turd.

[hlthe2b]

3. She is the epitome of a FOOL

[WeekiWater]

4. I really dislike Jenner....

But so much of what she says here is very human. Based in self-reflection with the ability to not only admit error, but admit one must change.

[DonViejo]

13. Ms Jenner is a she, not a he.

[WeekiWater]

16. Thank you for the correction.

Jenner still conjures up images in my mind of her time at the Olympics. I never paid much attention to that family or her life after the Olympics.

Again, thanks for the appropriate correction.

[DonViejo]

20. You're welcome! eom

[jberryhill]

5. Tired of pieces like this

"I thought two plus two was five. I realize now I was mistaken."

Well, no shit. If you'd bothered to have paid attention in the first place, you wouldn't have made that "mistake".

[PJMcK]

11. Somehow, I doubt you expected more from Ms. Jenner

Caitlyn is a self-centered media whore. I agree with you that she cannot do simple addition. That's why she, like far too many voters, backed the idiot.

She should simply shut up and live her life quietly since few of us care what she thinks.

[jodymarie aimee]

15. agreed

I tried watching her reality show, her show, not the Kardashians....and it was so sad..she is so superficial...the real folks she had on who need help did not get any from her, she was too busy talking about designer bags and her boobs...Her wealth protects her, the other LGBT folks are not so fortunate...she DOES not represent them.

[kacekwl]

27. That's what happens when you

talk more than you listen.

[manor321]

6. What a goddamned idiot

Millions, perhaps billions of people will be adversely affected (and worse) because of jackasses like Jenner.

[RKP5637]

7. F'en idiot!!! n/t

[Mike Nelson]

8. Sorry, but...

… she's really dumb, or lying.

[Hekate]

9. He lied to you, Caitlin. You were the only person who didn't know it. nt

[PJMcK]

10. Hey, Caitlyn!

Kindly shut up. You keep exposing yourself as a foolish non-thinking person who is only interested in media attention. Sadly, you are just like Trump.

You have nothing to offer our country or society.

Just shut up.

[mucifer]

12. That's what happens when you care more about your money than your human rights

[jcgoldie]

14. Anyone who thought that is an idiot.

Painfully obvious.

[durablend]

17. "Gosh he seemed like such a WONDERFUL person"

Either you're blind or stupid, or maybe both.

[Wednesdays]

18. Facepalm

[anarch]

19. "gosh, I'm so surprised that what everyone else warned me about turned out to be true"

Hopefully that means she'll stop voting for goddamn Republicans...but I'd be reluctant to bet any significant amount of money that that's the case....

[Hortensis]

22. Foolish beyond measure was my first thought. But

perhaps if she'd taken even one political science class in college that discussed populism she'd have been less easily fooled. Not being so intensely personally involved, watching and listening from outside instead of speaking with many Republican politicians who shined her on, might well have helped also.

Trump's authoritarian populist base seethes and boils with the typical social conservative hates, which he has always fed. Even he, not just Bannon and other clever, fascistic advisers, understood that to be successful his populist movement must sacrifice other Americans to his "red in tooth and claw" base.

[Blue_Tires]

23. So everything was 100% peachy for her until Donnie started to come for the intersex?

Jenner had no problems with the Nazism and the Latino kids being snatched from their parents and rounded up like cattle??

[namahage]

24. This tweet never gets old...

Link to tweet

[VOX]

43. Hahaha somehow I missed it...until now.

Thank you! I needed a laugh BADLY.

[Stinky The Clown]

25. Better than HRC? How fucking stupid ARE you?

Never mind, no need to answer.

[hatrack]

26. Being an adult carries with it certain responsibilities

As an adult, you're responsible for developing and maintaining a certain set of skills.

These include:

Knowing the difference between lies and truth

Knowing the difference between bullshit and reality

Knowing when someone is trying to rip you off or use you


And it's not just having the skills. You're also required to deploy and use them, and to do so:

In favor of truth, not lies

In favor of reality, not bullshit

So as not to get ripped off or used

Ms. Jenner is barking up the wrong tree if she's expecting a pat on the head or an "Oh, you poor thing!" She's pleading that she was deceived. No, she couldn't be bothered to look or learn or listen or think in the first place, because it was "too hard", or it was how she "felt", or she got more attention endorsing Shitstain.

My advice? Stop feeling, start thinking and start acting like a fucking adult.

[Vogon_Glory]

60. You don't mind if I start quoting you elsewhere, do you?

What you say is the sort of truism that parents ought to tell themselves and their older children when they reach that age when they can drive, vote, and become legally responsible.

It’s not said often enough, at least not down here in the Bible Belt.

[hatrack]

61. Oh, have at it - hope it proves useful!

[Vogon_Glory]

62. Thanks n/t

[Kittycow]

28. Meh. I think it was always about the tax cuts for Jenner.

Initially, I mean. And then maybe followed by being a media whore with a popular issue.

[AJT]

29. She has always been a republican. She is a "bootstraps" person.

Her bend is a toward libertarianism. I got mine, tough for you. Money outweighs morality

[BeckyDem]

30. DUH and what was he going to do for the working poor and homeless?

[tavernier]

31. Dumb ass.

[awesomerwb1]

32. I'll get banned if I post how I feel about this person

[MagickMuffin]

33. Has Jenner never heard of Mike Pence???

That should have been a yuge red flag.

[dlk]

34. I'm Not Buying the "Sadder but Wiser Girl" Routine

Jenner knew what Trump was about. She chose greed.

[mercuryblues]

35. She got her tax cuts

now she wants her cake.

[LW1977]

36. So naive..

[milestogo]

37. Still a dumb jock who nobody should pay attention to.

[cwydro]

38. I remember those DUers who thought Caitlyn was just WONDERFUL.

I remember them well.

[Different Drummer]

39. The fable of the frog and the scorpion seems apropos in this case.

So how is it so many people don't realize Trump is the scorpion?

[nolabear]

40. I'll leave forgiveness to the LGBTQ community but if she really changes I'm happy.

I’m tired of the “fuck you forever” attitude toward people who screw up and apologize. I’m also aware some apologies are hollow and always wait to see how actions bear out. But I have no desire to heap abuse on someone who is at that moment offering an apology unless it’s an old, false pattern.

Truly she doesn’t affect my life at all but I’ll sit back and watch, wishing her no ill.

[Oneironaut]

41. I've always thought of Caitlyn Jenner as a privileged, ignorant person.

She’s the type of person who asks why people who have crappy jobs don’t just “get better jobs.”

Now that she’s seen the light, can she help the rest of us? Trump and Pence are a hair away from advocating that we be shipped away in cattle cars to death camps. Pence especially would have no problem murdering us all.

[DinahMoeHum]

42. Can't say you weren't warned, sweetie.

[nancy1942]

44. Duh. Took her long enough to see the light.

[Takket]

45. Have a nice steaming bowl of go fuck yourself, Cait

[StarryNite]

46. I have no sympathy for her.

[EricMaundry]

47. Stupid asshole

[oasis]

48. Totally apt description.

[ecstatic]

49. gmafb! nt

[Sgent]

50. I actually thought (initially)

that he would be ok (not great) with LGBTQ issues, until he nominated Mike Pence. That signal, along with the rest of his campaign between the nomination and election day, should have told you all you need to know if your a one issue voter.

I still doubt he gives a fuck personally, but is using the issue to drive his base.

[Eyeball_Kid]

51. You "thought"? Hah! It's called being asleep at the wheel. Sheesh!

Jenner missed the bus to "Intuition School."

[diane in sf]

52. Duh...

[smirkymonkey]

53. A little slow on the uptake there Caitlin, but good for you.

You're finally catching on.

[democratisphere]

54. drumpf et al only cares about one thing and one thing only!.

Themselves!

[JarOCats]

55. NOW it's "our" community.

Only when it comes down on her head is it "our" community.

Fuck you, Caitlyn.

[Terminally_Chill]

56. AWW SHE'S LEARNDING

[LibDemAlways]

57. Perfect illustration of the Repuke mindset.

They never care who's being hurt by Republicon policies until it affects them personally. What a selfish moron.

[tymorial]

58. Seriously?

[stonecutter357]

59. if you vote for a racists pos you are a racists pos !