Caitlyn Jenner confronted a cast of protesters in Chicago on Thursday
who claimed she was a bad representation of the transgender community.
Caitlyn Jenner |
In a video posted on Facebook, Jenner is seen jawing back and forth
with one of the protesters before being ushered away security.
"You are an insult to trans people," the protester yells in a loudspeaker as Jenner walks away. "You are an insult to women."
The confrontation happened soon after Jenner finished giving an address
as the keynote speaker at the "Miss Representation” luncheon on behalf
of the Chicago House, which helps people with HIV/AIDS, as well as other
LGBT issues.
Jenner is mostly composed in the video and appears to try to calm the
protester, but she is whisked away when things begin to escalate. It's
unclear what Jenner said to the group of protesters.
At least one of the women in the protest held up a sign that read "We
Ain't Cait" - a play on Jenner's E! Network documentary series "I Am
Cait."
The protest itself was billed on Facebook as "I Ain't Cait," with the event page calling into question why Chicago House selected Caitlyn Jenner as its keynote speaker.
"Caitlyn Jenner, who lives in a mansion and has a net worth of millions
of dollars, while the average trans person has a 41 percent chance of
experienceing homelesness (sic) and a nearly 50 percent chance of living
off less than $10k per year," the page's description reads.
The event page also bashed Jenner for saying people shouldn't get too
dependent on social services, then invited similarly outraged people to
join the protest.
A source told Entertainment Tonight
that a camera crew accompanied Jenner at the event to film the second
season of "I Am Cait," and they said the protesters were on hand when
they arrived and were still outside the venue when they left.
"The group was outside when we showed up with Caitlyn," the source told
ET. "They weren't as aggressive when we got there like they were when
we left.
"We didn't know Caitlyn was going to talk back to the protesters," the insider added. "None of it was staged."
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