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Caitlyn Jenner on Trump’s ‘half-baked’ transgender ban: ‘Every American should be outraged’ - The Boston Globe

posted onJuly 27, 2017
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Article snippet: Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Caitlyn Jenner, one of the most prominent transgender figures in America, slammed President Trump on Wednesday for barring transgender people from serving in the military. First, Jenner retweeted a Trump post from June 2016 in which he promised to fight for the LGBT community. On Wednesday night, she followed up with a tweet linking to a more thorough statement on the matter, saying, “Every American should be outraged by the disrespect shown to those people wearing our country’s uniform.” Jenner, who said her father served in the military during World War II, also called Trump’s idea “half-baked” and said the president’s directive “puts all of our service members in harm’s way.” “Over the past two years I have met the most inspiring trans people, and I can testify to the trans community’s incredible resilience and perseverance in the face of enormous discrimination and hate. We are strong, we are beautiful, and we will win,” Jenner wrote. “The president must ask himself which side of history he will be on — and reverse his position immediately.” This isn’t the first time Jenner has taken Trump to task over his policies affecting transgender people. In February, after the Trump administration’s reversal of a directive on transgender access to public school bathrooms, Jenner posted a video to Twitter, saying, ‘‘From one Republican to another, th... Link to the full article to read more

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