Conservative Transgender Personality Caitlyn Jenner and Gay Republican Charles Moran Unite Against “Rainbow Mafia”
Caitlyn Jenner, a conservative transgender media personality, and Charles Moran, a gay Republican, have joined forces to take on what they call “the Rainbow mafia”. They claim, in a video posted to Twitter, to be fighting against the section of the LGBTQIA+ community that Jenner has previously referred to as “domestic terrorists”.
According to Jenner, this group is “destroying the entire LGBT community”.
Jenner’s stance against the “Rainbow mafia” comes after a Nashville elementary school shooting, where the shooter was considered transgender. This event, along with the national debate about transgender athletes, has sparked intense discussions about transgender rights in America.
Jenner recently launched a political action committee dedicated to fighting “radical gender extremists”. The organisation is against transgender females participating in youth sports that fit their gender identity and “extreme gender ideology in our schools”.
Jenner’s repeated use of the phrase “Rainbow mafia” has drawn criticism from many in the LGBTQIA+ community. RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, Bianca Del Rio was one of the most vocal critics, tweeting, “The only TERRORIST is YOU behind the wheel of a car” referring to an incident from 2015 in which she was involved in a car accident that resulted in the death of a woman; Jenner was never charged in relation to the accident.
Jenner, a former Olympian, has made several unsuccessful attempts to run for political office, including a failed Republican gubernatorial campaign in California.
Jenner and Moran claim to be fighting against domestic terrorism and protecting the rights of all Americans but their specific policy stances have been met with criticism and scrutiny.
Read the Twitter thread here.
