Trump misses a step with supporter Caitlyn over loos

THE strange relationship between Caitlyn Jenner and US President Donald Trump is now officially strained.

Jenner, a Republican who was one of the relatively few celebrities to attend Trump’s inauguration, and who backed him against Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, is not too happy with the president she has long defended.

Jenner, an Olympic legend and reality TV star who documented her life after her gender transition in the series I Am Cait, took to Twitter on Thursday night to chide Trump for revoking an Barack Obama-era order requiring states to allow transgender pupils to use the school toilets of their choosing.

“I have a message for President Trump from, well, one Republican to another,” she said.

“This is a disaster. And you can still fix it. You made a promise to protect the LGBTQ community.”

Jenner’s support has been good for Trump. He told NBC’s Matt Lauer last year that Jenner was welcome to use whatever toilet she wanted at Trump Tower, in an interview in which he said a North Carolina bill requiring people to use toilets corresponding to the gender on their birth certificates “had a lot of problems”.

Jenner’s support of Trump has often put her in an awkward spot. In an episode of Am Cait, she said the Republican primary candidates were not so terrible. “None of them are ‘I hate trans people’ or ‘I hate gays’,” she said.

Her friend Jenny Boylan, a trans activist who appeared with her on the show, however, disagreed. “Kill me now,” Boylan said, fleeing the room. “Someone kill me now.” – The Washington Post

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