Source: Politics<\/p>\n
Caitlyn Jenner, a Republican candidate for California governor, said in a new interview that female transgender athletes should be barred from competing on all-girls school sports teams.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a question of fairness,\u201d Jenner told TMZ<\/a> on Saturday. \u201cThat\u2019s why I oppose biological boys who are trans competing in girls\u2019 sports in school. It just isn\u2019t fair, and we have to protect girls\u2019 sports in our schools.\u201d<\/p>\n The remarks from Jenner \u2014 one of the most high-profile transgender Americans and a former Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete \u2014 reflect the efforts of several state legislatures to restrict transgender women and girls from participation in high school and college sports.<\/p>\n The comments also come as Jenner enters the second full week of her candidacy to replace embattled Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in a recall election. State Republicans had been critical of her relative silence<\/a> in recent days since formally launching her campaign<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n Jenner, a socialite and reality television personality, revealed she was transgender in a 2015 interview with ABC News\u2019 Diane Sawyer that was widely regarded as a watershed moment for LGBTQ issues and the visibility of transgender people. But activists have frequently criticized Jenner\u2019s conservative politics and support for a Republican Party historically averse to advancing LGBTQ rights. <\/p>\n