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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:04 PM Mar 2016

Caitlyn Jenner shaken after trans protesters blast her for being a “disgrace to our community”

http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/caitlyn-jenner-left-shaken-after-7638898

In scenes filmed last November and seen on the latest episode of I Am Cait, the former Olympian is speaking at a charity launch in Chicago when the incident took place.

Standing outside the venue, one protester with their face shielded shouts: "Caitlyn Jenner you are an insult to all trans people, you don’t represent us. You’re a disgrace to our community. You have no right to speak for us. You get those awards and you dress up but you have no idea what it’s really like.

Becoming increasingly angry, they continued: “Caitlyn Jenner get away from us! We don’t get jobs, we don’t get any money. But you get all these awards - this isn’t all fun and games.

"You don’t care about the real transwomen of America - all you care about is what you look like on TV. We don’t need you, we don’t want you here. You don’t speak for us. We didn’t ask for your help!"
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Caitlyn Jenner shaken after trans protesters blast her for being a “disgrace to our community” (Original Post) KamaAina Mar 2016 OP
Oh my. I don't know what to say. yeoman6987 Mar 2016 #1
The biggest issue I have with Jenner, is Jenner's support of the republicans still_one Mar 2016 #2
Plus, Caitlyn Jenner is about Caitlyn Jenner. alp227 Mar 2016 #4
I think the biggest issue is her privileged lifestyle. 21st Century Poet Mar 2016 #7
her money, cultural privilege, political views & irisblue Mar 2016 #3
Maybe everyone shouldn't have been falling all over themselves to anoint Jenner as a hero last year Ex Lurker Mar 2016 #5
Agree. cwydro Mar 2016 #8
I might get killed for this leftyladyfrommo Mar 2016 #6
so how many other transgenered people does Jenner associate with and have as actual friends? nt msongs Mar 2016 #9
 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
1. Oh my. I don't know what to say.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:09 PM
Mar 2016

I guess I see both sides but perhaps talking to Caitlyn would be beneficial then yelling at her. It's all new to her right now. The feelings were forever but the transition is still a progress.

still_one

(92,331 posts)
2. The biggest issue I have with Jenner, is Jenner's support of the republicans
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:10 PM
Mar 2016

I think that is what the protester were saying, "you are a hypocrite"

This in light of what happened in North Carolina and Kansas, speaks volumes

alp227

(32,047 posts)
4. Plus, Caitlyn Jenner is about Caitlyn Jenner.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:12 PM
Mar 2016

These protesters are right. Jenner is nothing but a privileged, well-connected show-off.

21st Century Poet

(254 posts)
7. I think the biggest issue is her privileged lifestyle.
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:32 PM
Mar 2016

She has been lucky in that respect, of course. Compared to others who struggle to find accepting family members and then struggle even more to find the money and resources to make the transition, Mrs Jenner's transition was a doddle, so much so that she's even making money off it.

Regarding her political affiliation, I don't think that transgendered individuals lose their right to make free political choices just because they transition. Surely that would be absurd. Transgendered individuals are not a monolith group, after all.

irisblue

(33,018 posts)
3. her money, cultural privilege, political views &
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:12 PM
Mar 2016

long time in a brainless Hollywood bubble do limit her ability to understand many of the issues most Transgender people do face , in my opinion.

Ex Lurker

(3,815 posts)
5. Maybe everyone shouldn't have been falling all over themselves to anoint Jenner as a hero last year
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:13 PM
Mar 2016

I said it then, there's not much about her that's admirable. Nor any of her extended family.

leftyladyfrommo

(18,869 posts)
6. I might get killed for this
Tue Mar 29, 2016, 01:26 PM
Mar 2016

but I had the feeling that she mostly just liked to get all dressed up in fancy clothes. Being female is a whole lot more complicated than being a fashion statement. Most women don't spend their days getting all decked out in designer duds.

But I wish her well. I hope she finds who she is and can be at peace with herself.

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