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Caitlyn Jenner Denounces Trump’s Attacks on Trans Rights in Op-ed

HeadlineOct 26, 2018

Olympic gold medalist and reality TV show star Caitlyn Jenner has revoked her support for President Trump after the Trump administration announced plans to narrow the legal definition of gender to an individual’s biological sex at birth. Jenner had previously supported President Trump. But in a new op-ed for The Washington Post, titled “I thought Trump would help trans people. I was wrong,” she wrote, “The reality is that the trans community is being relentlessly attacked by this president. … He has made trans people into political pawns as he whips up animus against us in an attempt to energize the most right-wing segment of his party, claiming his anti-transgender policies are meant to 'protect the country.'”

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