Caitlyn Jenner ends support for Trump

In the backdrop of a posIn the backdrop of a pos sible change in ‘gender  definition’ by the US administration, transgender activist Caitlyn Jenner has ended her support for US President Donald Trump over his record on trans rights. The ex-Olympic athlete and reality TV star said she had ‘remained hopeful’ that she could work with the Trump administration but in a column for the Washington Post on Thursday, she admitted her position had been a ‘mistake’.‘The reality is that the trans community is being relentlessly attacked by this president,’ she wrote.Trump has faced strong criticism after the New York Times reported the government was considering officially defining gender as biological and fixed, the BBC reported. The change would rescind previous policy which eased trans recognition and would instead define gender solely by the genitalia people are born with. In her column, Jenner accused Trump of using the trans community as ‘political pawns’. (IANS)