The 'I Am Cait' star admits she still has 'so much to learn' but insists that she never meant to hurt anyone with her remarks.
- Dec 16, 2015
AceShowbiz - Caitlyn Jenner stirred controversy yet again for her recent remarks about transgender issues in an interview on TIME magazine. "What I call my presentation, I try to take that seriously. I think it puts people at ease. If you look like a man in a dress, it makes people uncomfortable," she said. In response, she penned an open letter on her blog, "I think I caused a lot of hurt with this comment, and I'm truly sorry."
"Since I told the world my truth six months ago, I've tried to be a force for good," she explained. "I've met and listened to many people in the transgender community, from trans women of color, to the parents of trans kids who've taken their own lives, to people working in the courts and legislatures and media to make the world a better, safer place for trans people. I've spent a lot of time listening to people tell me their stories. Even now, at the end of this whirlwind year, I still feel like I have so much to learn."
"I guess it's true that there are some things that I have not gotten right. Sometimes this is because I'm still finding out about the issues. Sometimes this is because something that is true for me isn't true for other people in our community. And sometimes I've said things that just come out the wrong way," she added. "And sometimes the media takes one comment out of context - or interprets it to mean something other than what I meant."
She went on, "In the last week many people have pointed out some mistakes I've made. My first reaction was to feel hurt, to wish people would give me more credit for having a big heart, and to know I don't have a mean bone in my body. But as I've thought about it, I guess I've come to understand that maybe I have made some mistakes, and I need to make my real feelings more clear."
It's indeed not the first time Caitlyn Jenner was criticized. She was slammed for her lukewarm views on same-sex marriage during a sit-down with Ellen DeGeneres and again faced backlash for saying during Glamour's Woman of the Year Awards that the "hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear."
