LOS ANGELES — Caitlyn Jenner, the previous Olympic champion and actuality TV character now working for California governor, stated she opposes transgender women competing in women’ sports activities in school.
Jenner, a 1976 decathlon Olympic gold medalist who got here out as a transgender lady in 2015, told a TMZ reporter on Saturday that it is “a query of equity.”
“That is why I oppose organic boys who’re trans competing in women’ sports activities in class. It simply is not honest. And we’ve got to guard women’ sports activities in our faculties,” Jenner stated Saturday throughout a short interview in a Malibu car parking zone.
It was Jenner’s first touch upon the problem since saying her candidacy to interchange Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recall election. 5 states have handed legal guidelines or carried out government orders this 12 months limiting the power of transgender youths to play sports activities or obtain sure medical remedy. There’s been a vehement outcry from supporters of transgender rights.
Jenner, 71, a Republican, supported Donald Trump within the 2016 presidential election however later criticized his administration for some discriminatory actions towards transgender individuals.
Many transgender rights advocates have criticized Jenner, saying she has didn’t persuade them that she is a serious asset to their trigger.