Caitlyn Jenner was back in prime time last night in another exclusive sit down interview with Diane Sawyer. The last time she sat down with Sawyer, she was still using male pronouns and hadn’t yet revealed to the world what name she would adopt as her own. But given that her “coming out” interview was such a ratings bonanza, no shock that they are sitting down again.
During the interview Jenner and Sawyer covered transitioning, trans-rights, same-sex marriage and her support for Trump. Jenner told Sawyer,
“Yes, I did vote for Trump but here’s the deal breaker with the Republican party. And the deal breaker is, you mess with my community, you do the wrong thing with our community, you don’t give us equality and a fair shot, I’m coming after you.
When I was at the inauguration I did say ‘hi’ at a cocktail party, and he wanted me to play golf with him. At the time I thought it was a pretty good idea, but since Title IX, it’s not a good idea, and so I won’t be playing golf with him.”
Sawyer then asks, arcanely,
“How do you really feel about gay marriage?“
To which Jenner replies,
“I am 100 percent behind gay marriage. Let’s clear that up right now.”
None of this is news and all of it is covered in her new memoir, The Secrets of My Life. Btw, it’s already a bestseller even before it hits the book shelves.
Good for her for living as her true self. Brava on that!
But voting for Trump and now being angry about his position on transgender rights is myopic and selfish. What about immigrants and women’s rights and health care and education and the arts and his incompetence as President? Your Republican ass continues to prosper as Trump and his administration roll back LGBTQ protections. This is why the community is so angry with you. And your position is REFUSING to golf with the POTUS. That’s SO white of you. That’ll teach him!
Watch.
(via LGBTQ Nation)