Caitlyn Jenner faced angry protesters at a charity event — and the crowd was made up of her fellow transsexuals!
“You are an insult to trans people,” chanted the activists. “You are an insult to women!”
The former Olympian had traveled to Chicago to attend an event for gay charities in Chicago, and was accompanied by her “I Am Cait” castmates, Candis Cayne, Jenny Boylan and Kate Bornstein.
The reality show, however, is one of the reasons that the transsexual activists were angry at the woman who’s become the face (and body) of their cause!
“The average trans person has a 41 percent chance of experiencing homelessness, and a nearly 50 percent chance of living off less than $10k a year,” claimed the protest group that called itself I Ain’t Cait.
The protesters official statement further declared that Caitlyn is “a clueless rich white woman who thinks disenfranchised trans women of color should just pluck themselves up off the street and stop being so lazy.”
Caitlyn showed some fighting spirit, though, as the 66-year-old reality-show star confronted the protesters — with one sceaming: “Don’t touch me!” as Caitlyn got closer.
Many gay activists were offended when Caitlyn outed herself as a Republican during the August interview with Diane Sawyer when the former Bruce Jenner announced his transition.
The production crew for “I Am Cait” was present for the protests, but insists that they weren’t expecting the activists, or for Caitlyn to be willing to confront them.
This kind of confrontation seems likely to be more routine for Caitlyn, as well, with pioneering feminist Germaine Greer recently declaring that “misogyny played a big part” in Glamour magazine recently presenting Caitlyn with an award as Woman of the Year.
