Posted on 03/05/2016 11:44:19 AM PST by Impala64ssa
Reality star Caitlyn Jenner's offer to be a "trans ambassador" to U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz drew criticism on Friday from some members of the LGBT community, but major transgender rights organizations stayed out of the fray.
Jenner told gay and lesbian publication The Advocate in an interview posted this week that she admired Cruz despite the social conservative's stance on transgender issues.
The 66-year-old Olympic gold medalist turned television personality called Cruz a "great constitutionalist" and said she would like to advise him on questions relating to her community.
"Yes, trans ambassador to the president of the United States, so we can say, 'Ted, love what you're doing but here's what's going on,'" Jenner, who last year became the most high-profile American to transition to a different gender, told The Advocate.
The muted reaction to Jenner's support for Cruz appeared to show the high level of esteem she enjoys in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. But that did not stop some of its members speaking out.
"Doing my best to not send tweets to a woman I respect for her courage, but dang it, @Caitlyn_Jenner you're killing me with Cruz support!" Chely Wright, the first country music star to come out as gay, wrote in a post on Twitter.
Some in the LGBT community took a more pointed stand, citing Cruz's opposition to same-sex marriage and his criticism of government efforts to allow students to use a bathroom that conforms to their gender identity.
In January, at a campaign stop in Iowa, Cruz said "inflicting" transgender students on teachers by allowing them to use a faculty restroom in line with their gender identity was better than having them share a bathroom with other students, according to video from NBC News.
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Interesting...somebody makes a Pontiac front end kit for the new Camaro?
Not charged in criminal court, being sued in civil court.
Apparently there are some things Wheaties won’t fix...........Bruce.
The language does change, doesn’t it :-)
It must mean ... that he welcomes it! Remember, he got CPAC’s nod. Cruz is a tranny enabler?
Or ... does this mean that Ted likes to prance about at home to bossa nova music dressed up like Carmen Miranda?
It is a perfect endorsement for Cruz. Cruz is the one that loves going to gay parties in New York so of course Jenner fits in to Cruz’s lifestyle. Nobody should be surprised by this endorsement. Cruz is probably loving the endorsement. It will get him even more invitations to gay parties that he enjoys.
Into what kind of cultural compost heap have we descended that a mentally ill man can dress like a woman and become an admired celebrity by much of the population?
It’s going to take a great deal more than ANY man (of 10 times the character we are being offered now) on a white horse to ride into Washington to alter the fate of the Republic. Winston Churchill would probably throw his hat in the fireplace and say eff it. These people aren’t worth the effort.
Man, o man o man..... First Beck, and now Bruce Jenner?
Say no, Ted, just say no. Please!
Our society “pays” people with sex-related pathologies by giving them attention and sympathy. You get more of what you subsidize. There will be ever more people who just want attention choosing this particular way of getting it.
True, but it’s vote for Cruz holds the same weight as yours and mine. Go Ted Go!
I wonder how “Ambassador” Brucie Jenner and at-large nut job Glenn Beck would get along in a Cruz administration?
F-Bodies. Most parts were interchangeable. The front a rear fascia were different of course, and interior amenities. The Pontiac always had the better handling IMHO.
I’ve owned and driven both.
” What do they call the LGBT/fubar equivalent of an “Uncle Tom”?”
Cousin It.
That pic is a Gen 5 Camaro.
There was no Pontiac equivalent.
That is all this is. This freak of a man isn’t hogging the headlines lately, so he needed another attention-getting vanity event.
Actually the person has to wait a year after announcing before they can have it chopped off.
When reading this and the pronouns “he” and “she” come up I have to go back to see which person the writer is talking about.
No kidding. Since Pontiac doesn’t exist anymore.
But they did put a 78’ era Firebird nose on it. Didn’t see the back, but I can imagine, if they were faithful, what it would like. I owned a 78 bird. The only automatic Bird I ever owned.
For that matter, Ted is probably glad that he'll never meet his biggest fan and supporter.
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