California gubernatorial candidate and Olympic gold medalist Caitlyn Jenner stopped in to (where else) Fox News this week to lodge a public complaint. Jenner claims it’s easier to come out as transgender than it is to be a Republican.
In a characteristically weird and meandering interview, Jenner told Fox Across America host Jimmy Failla about her perceived difficulties in coming out while a celebrity, and the blowback she’s received for advocating for the anti-LGBTQ policies of the GOP.
When asking a question bout NFL player Carl Nassib coming out as gay, host Failla alleged that support had “dried up” for Nassib after he came out as a Republican. He further alleged that “the left” turns on its heroes easily, and that Jenner has also been the victim of that effect.
“Yes, I am,” Jenner agreed. “To be honest with you, it was easier to come out as trans than it was to come out as a Republican. Isn’t that sad? I think both should be easy to come out with a lot. You know, the Republicans, they need a lot of help, and to be honest with you, I want to help that process. The perception of what a Republican is has got to change. And it’s sad to see that. I look at it this way, I’m inclusive. So obviously, I like I have no problem with everybody. I want to hear everybody’s opinions. Tell it to me, I’m an intelligent human being. I have great common sense. I think we’re lacking common sense.”
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Jenner then went on to advocate including transgender women in sporting events, including Laurel Hubbard, the New Zealand-based weightlifter slated to compete in the Olympics later this year.
“You just saw the first transgender weightlifter is going to be competing for New Zealand,” Jenner said. At first I go, OK, well honestly, let’s see how this works. But over the last four years has passed all the requirements as far as hormone levels and everything and became eligible to be able to compete as a as a female trans athlete. And you know what? That’s good. Let’s see how it works out. But when it goes down and there’s no rules and regulations as it gets into the high school level, we have to protect women’s sports. We’ve got to protect Title IX. I think that’s extremely important. And there are no rules and regulations at that level. Maybe in the future we do something like that. But for right now there isn’t. So let’s protect women’s sports.”
For the record, Carl Nassib did not come out as a Republican. Rather, it was revealed he is registered as a Republican in two states, Florida and Nevada, since 2019. That does not, however, portray his beliefs on individual issues. It appears he had no party affiliation prior to 2018.
As for Jenner, the former reality TV star has endured wide criticism for her run for California governor in a recall election later this year. Queer rights advocates have attacked Jenner for her often contradictory stands on LGBTQ issues, including transgender rights. Others in the political sphere have criticized Jenner for a lack of expertise, in particular, after a disastrous appearance on the talk show The View.
Cam
Another white multi-millionaire crying about how hard life is because they get called out for supporting politicians who want to steal from the taxpayers to line billionaires pockets.
Republican victimhood.
Dick Mayhem
Thank you
Donston
One of my patented longer posts:
If anything, Caitlyn is upset that there is more trans representation nowadays and she is no longer the focal point. That’s probably the main reason she started trying to get into politics. Gotta find some other way to differentiate herself and get attention. From the get-go Caitlyn was never a “hero”. As soon as she presented herself as trans she talked about disapproving same-sex/“gay” marriage and never made any effort to reach out to or support trans people or “queers” in general. Everything she has done has been driven by selfishness, resentments, a need for attention and an “I’m not like them” mentality.
As far as Carl, we don’t know the specifics of his current political beliefs. However, he’s a white guy who grew up playing football in Pennsylvania, probably grew up religious and didn’t “come out” until around 30. Him being a Republican shouldn’t be a shock. In fact, anybody aligning with any political view or party shouldn’t be a surprise nowadays. He’s probably a product of his upbringing more than someone akin to the genuinely hateful, bitter troll-like queers we see posting here. But this also why automatically hyping up people “coming out” and calling people “heroes” and shit is an incredibly naive and frequently problematic thing to do nowadays. While people saying that folks shouldn’t discuss his politics just want folks to be quiet. He “came out” while playing in the NFL and donated $100,000 to a “queer” organization. That was a very political move. Therefore, his politics are open for discussion. While I think it’s important to feel like you can be free and be yourself, I know better than to look at identities, sexualities, where someone is in the gender, sexual, romantic, emotional investment, relationship contentment/commitment spectrum, or even someone’s political alignments as the main reasons to look up to someone.
“Coming out” or embracing whatever identities is not the be-all of everything. It doesn’t absolve confusions, contractions, or fluidity. It doesn’t get rid of ideologies or religious beliefs or privilege. It doesn’t get rid of past traumas, current mental health struggles, insecurities or superiority/inferiority complexes. It doesn’t eradicate resentments, internalized phobias, queer insecurities, gay shame. Coming out/embracing whatever identities is an important thing for a lot of folks. But there’s a lot more to people and their journeys than that. That is something we need to understand.
barryaksarben
BOY, you always have to go there dont you. You start out making some valid points about how a guy could be a republican then immediately insult all gay people as hate filled. You are a pathetic troll yourself so you paint yourself with that brush ms thing. YOu are a bitter queen and need to open your eyes to why you hate gay people? Jenner is a lying pig and the reason I can say that is because they have PROVEN IT over and over so it isnt my hate filled gayness it is their dishonesty. Now about the ball player I have no problem with someone being a republican if they are a republican and not a trumper or a vicious homophobe hiding behind that label. He has made a large donation which will help some people so I thank him for that and hope he does some research on where the GOP has stood on gay rights since the dawn of time which is against them and perhaps change his affiliation
Ronbo
Barry isn’t wrong. Edit. Edit. Edit. Your drivel is only fun in small bursts.
lord.krath
If that is so then it is because you have bad policy positions and/or are a bigot and/or are a racist and/or are closed off from reality and/or only care about power and/or don’t care about the world or its people from a human point of view. It isn’t society’s fault you seem a fool and out of touch. If you’re going to be any of those things, then own it and accept that there are people that simply won’t agree with you. But don’t blame society if your choices are stuck in time and don’t align with the general forward momentum of equity and equality, concern for our world and brethren, etc.
As for coming out as trans, well that is a personal choice and an expression of their physical truth. It isn’t a perspective or political point of view.
garmo98
Perhaps she is seeing that people can empathize with the struggle for personal identity but can’t fathom why anyone in their right mind thinks the Republican party gives spit about anyone other than wealthy old white men.
Cam
Notice the insidiousness of Cailtlyn the Republican?
Somebody is getting accolades and underlining the fact that Major League football had no other out Queer players, so Caitlyn’s major agenda was to torpedo his coming out.
Typical Republican.
Fahd
It was easier for Jenner to come out as Trans because she’s super rich and didn’t have to worry about her daily bread or anyone’s approval. I personally perceive a distinction between trans and transvestism. To me, she seems more like a transvestite who had the money to go full time and fund all the niceties.
Her “reflections” on Republicanism are just a bunch of babble available any day on AM radio. She is just like every other Republican who has no interest in social justice or any of these other ideas that involve her having to pay taxes, and as for the less fortunate, she just wishes they’d go away or at least keep quiet.
I think it would be great if California had a trans governor, but I could not support her.
ciasteczek
ok, so now a question to you all:
why are you denying her a right to talk about her experience. maybe for her it was easier to come out as trans than rep??
Kangol2
No one is denying her her “right” to babble about these topics. But she can be criticized and should be. You do realize that criticism and critique are different from denying and silencing. She’s on FoxNews, she’s on The View, she’s all over the media and airwaves, so her dizzy rich @ss is anything but silenced or canceled. It is telling that right-wingers love to go on about liberal “snowflakes” but the least bit of criticism or challenge show how weeping, whiny, and fragile they can be.
BaltoSteve
Ok, I guess I will play.
No One here can deny her the right to speak. As she has already spoken and her words are out in the world, she has exercised that right. What many are doing is questioning the validity and veracity of those words. And everyone here has said that given her position in the social pecking order prior to transitioning, they can see why she would say such a thing. The problem is that giving her privilege, she is the exception and her failure to recognize that is what should be called out. After watching her performance on the masked singer, I have come to realize that she is tone deaf in ALL aspects of life.
Cam
LOL!!!!
Just stop troll.
I love it when right wing trolls try the “If you disagree with her you aren’t allowing her to speak”.
Jenner is on TV saying whatever she wants. And that has included attacking Transwomen playing sports and supporting politicians whose stated goals are to attack and harm the LGBTQ community.
Let me ask you this, why are you trying to prevent the rest of us from using our rights to speak?
BoomerMyles
I’m bummed that Nassib is a registered republican.
Maybe he’ll see the light now that he’s out.
Fahd
Don’t be bummed – he’s not perfect in other ways too. He’s also not a star player who can make excessive demands, he’s not a person of color, etc. .
He is an NFL player in the middle of a multimillion dollar contract who is on the active roster of an NFL team. He comes off as an engaging person who seems free of baggage like drug/domestic violence histories,etc.
The team, the NFL, southern football fans, the whole world is going to have to process and accept him being part of the f*ing NFL. It’s remarkable and should be celebrated.
Ryan99
Caitlyn has never been a hero of the left. She’s a whack-a-doodle, self-entitled asshole.
The fact that she’s trans doesn’t make her a hero to us any more than Herman Cain was.
She’s both pathetic and dangerous.
Kangol2
This rich White woman Caitlin’s excessive privilege and entitlement always show through. I won’t restate what others have said, but it’s hardly big news that it’s often quite brutal for young people and even adults, of all races and especially those who are not rich, to come out as trans and live as trans people. There is tremendous hatred and disapproval of trans people in this society, including from many major religions; there’s an active legislative assault by the GOP on trans people; the last president banned trans service people from serving in the military; poor Black and Latinx trans women in particular are among the most vulnerable to murder in our society; and trans people who are not rich and White like Caitlyn Jenner face higher social, political and economic hurdles (getting jobs, securing housing, raising children, etc.) than most people in this society.
On the other hand, anyone can be a Republican, and many gay and trans people are, as we’ve seen on Queerty more than once. It’s a minority, but they exist. Many cheered as the rest of us witnessed four years of a Republican President who, at one point, had a Republican House and Republican Senate, and drove the country and economy into an abyss, committed a slew of crime, engaged in rampant corruption, created a mess all over the globe, and then essentially launched a failed coup against his own VP and the US Congress. Also, these gay Republicans on here were repeatedly ad utterly silent as that ex-president’s nominees and appointees, as well as others in the GOP, expressed or pushed anti-gay and anti-trans views. Clearly, such things don’t bother them. Caitlin is full of caviar-style caca, to put it kindly.
Andrew
Yes everyone is killing people that they find out are Republican.
cuteguy
Lgbtq comes out as a Republican =
Jewish person comes out as a Nazi =
Black person comes out as a KKK member.
All three make no sense bc the individual is supporting a group that hates them
Andrew
What happens is that gay republicans are trying to say to their parents “see I’m not gay like those other queer people. I’m just like you.” Note: Your parents aren’t impressed.
barryaksarben
the number of trans people killed in this country every single day far outnumbers the people killed for being republican
Max
Caitlyn, go away. you were an entitled privileged Republican man that had the luxury of surgeries and pain killers to become the moronic woman you are today.
dhmonarch89
Nassib registering as a Republican AFTER 2018, when it Firmly became the Trump Party, is VERY concerning! On one hand- it’s great what he’s done for our community, but if true- with the other, he’s stabbing us in the back- like the other 12% of LGBT community that votes for Trump/Republican in 2020.
dhmonarch89
‘…votes…’ should be voted… if you edit, your post tends to end up in moderation limbo.
LumpyPillows
She’s right for once. Nothing wrong with being trans. Everything wrong with being a republican.
Openminded
Are you really that narrow minded? It gets real old to continually hear the sheep around here following their leader and claiming ALL Republicans are the devil. That’s as stupid as the narrow minded claims that ALL Gays are sinners and scum of the earth or that ALL Black people are free loading off government programs. NONE of the above is true and if you think it is, you are just stupid. For a site that “has no agenda, except that gay one” there is more political agenda here than gay agenda.
Harley
Can we please stop giving this thing anymore attention? I taste vomit every time I read or hear it’s name.
Beekerman
You have no choice to be trans, it is who you are….you DO have a choice to be a republican. But, in the end, she’s a Kardashian. If there is a camera they will find it!
IWantAFullBeard
Someone’s whose ugliness on the outside is matched by the inside.