Trans Gender Teacher to Caitlin Jenner: STOP, JUST STOP

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/03/11/1499768/-Open-Letter-to-Caitlyn-Jenner-from-Trans-Sister-What-we-most-need-from-you-is-silence?detail=facebook

Laura A. Jacobs is a trans and genderqueer-identified psychotherapist in the NYC area. She works with sexual/gender minority populations. And she has a mighty big problem with the antics and misused celebrity of Caitlyn Jenner (formerly Bruce Jenner). Here are excerpts from Jacob’s open letter.  You can read the entire piece via Huffington Post. Jacobs starts off cordially with a “Dear Caitlyn.”

“Much as I'm reluctant to further any infighting within the transgender and gender nonconforming community, I also have a responsibility to speak truth to power. Your visibility has gone from mildly annoying, to problematic, to atrocious, to outright detrimental, and so I ask you, politely:

Stop trying to help though the media and public appearances. Please. Stop.”

In reaching out, Jacobs explains how the trans community embraced Jenner and offered support and empathy. But as time went on Jenner’s statements have caused more damage than good. Anxiety peaked with Jenner’s announcement of a reality show. 

“At first we were teased with previews of you interacting with trans youth, trans men, genderqueer people, trans people of color, trans people rejected by their families, trans people who were desperate and had few choices other than sex work (not to suggest sex work is inherently bad), and the full diversity of the trans community -- that maybe you might gain a deeper understanding of who we are (yourself included) and that just possibly the rest of the world could be educated vicariously through you.”