This entire story is so damned odd, so odd that they haven’t made a movie about it. Perhaps, in part, because it’s still so unbelievable so as to have people shaking their heads. And, in part, because there are not a lot of people who like Caitlyn Jenner these days.

Amazing. “Bruce Jenner” won the gold as a decathlete, supposed to be the world’s greatest all-around athlete, how many men thought of him as a man’s man? Lots. But then, wonderfully, she came out. Amidst all this, she had a very strange car accident for which she was never charged. And then instead of becoming the country’s biggest supporter of kids and adults struggling to find their identity, she has had several incidents where she appears to be looking down on those who came behind her, and it looks like she might be ready to do it again.

She is running for the Republican nomination for governor of California with no special aptitude or experience other than her life experience. But again, she is running on the Republican side. She is going to scare a lot of Republicans. So, is that what this “commission is about”? From LGTBQ Nation:

“What I would do as governor, I would put together a commission,” she said on Fox News yesterday. “And trans women, who are truly trans, who at a very young age, you know, started proper medical treatment, they’ve grown up as girls, of course, they should be able to compete in girls’ sports.”

We are desperate to know how they define “grown up as girls” and the criteria for such a label. We certainly understand that it should be fair to all athletes. It is a tricky question, no doubt. At the same time, we wonder. How big an issue is it? The governor of West Virginia was unable to name a single athlete that had participated as a trans.

She appears to have taken her third position on the question of whether transgender girls should be treated equally in school sports. Jenner was for it when she gave a speech in 2015, but then came out against trans girls participating in school sports earlier this year after she announced that she was running in the recall election to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).

Yes, she will need Republican votes. We still aren’t sure a commission is the answer, and not sure that it’s a terrible idea, either. A lot of it depends upon the numbers that compete and how many are truly taking unfair advantage of the system. Only then will we know what kind of criteria a commission might use, and the appeal process.

This makes sense at first blush, but the problems always arise in the details and how one appeals their grievance:

“Trans women who are truly trans, who at a very young age, you know, started medical treatment, they’ve grown up as girls, of course, they should be able to compete in girls’ sports.”

“But some guy who hasn’t done any therapy, who hasn’t done anything, there has to be a review board,” she continued. She was referring to trans girls who have not received gender-affirming medical care like puberty blockers or hormone replacement therapy as “guys.”

Perhaps she means well. Perhaps she means to keep her political standing well. Perhaps it would even work well. But we have our doubts. It’s Caitlyn.

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Peace, y’all
jason
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