Caitlyn Jenner donates thousands of dollars to LGBT+ charities supporting trans people
Caitlyn Jenner (Greg Doherty/Getty)
Caitlyn Jenner has made donations worth more than $50,000Ā to four LGBT+ charities in Arizona.
The charitable contributions are the latest philanthropic activityĀ of the former athlete and reality TV star-turned advocate, who set up the Caitlyn Jenner Foundation 18 months ago.
“I had a great time today distributing four grants to extremely deserving organizations in the Phoenix area. I am blessed to be a part of this community,” JennerĀ wrote on Twitter on Friday (November 2).
According to USA Today‘s AZ Central news outlet,Ā a $20,000 grant was awarded to Phoenix’sĀ Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS towards theirĀ programme calledĀ Transgender Resource and Navigation ServiceĀ (TRANS), which aims to help transgender and gender non-conforming people to better navigate the health system, and to better access services such as hormone therapy.
Caitlyn Jenner donated $20,000 to GLSEN Phoenix. (Caitlyn Jenner/Twitter)
AnotherĀ $20,000 were given to GLSEN Phoenix, an organisationĀ working to ensure safe and affirming schools for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioningĀ (LGBTQ) students, while the volunteer groupĀ Arizona Trans Youth and Parent Organization, AZTYPO, was awarded $15,000 to continue supporting transgender children and their familiesāwork which for which GLSEN Phoenix recently awarded the organisationĀ aĀ Phoenix Ally Award.
An undisclosed amount also went to Mulligan’s Manor, a Phoenix-area group homeĀ dedicated to at-risk gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, andĀ heterosexual adolescents 12 to 17 years old.
“I want to concentrate on this next generation coming up, the ones that are 5 to 15 to 20 years old, this next generation coming up to make it easier for them. Don’t put all of these challenges out in front of them. Make it more normal,” Jenner told Fox10 Phoenix.
Jenner, who saidĀ in a recent interview to Paper magazine said the transgender community was “the most misunderstood and the most underfunded” of the LGBT+ spectrum, was accompanied to Arizona by Sophia Hutchins, who is the foundation’s executive director.
The foundation’s executive director Sophia Hutchins said she and Caitlyn Jenner are “partners.” (Greg Doherty/Getty)
Hutchins, long rumoured to be dating Jenner, recently clarified that the two do notĀ have a “romantic relationships,” but that theyĀ “share a life together.”
“We’re partners in everything we do, we’re inseparable, we’re business partners, we live together, we share a dog, we share family, we share a life together,” she said inĀ an interview onĀ The Hidden Truth with Jim BresloĀ in October, adding: “I would not use the word ‘girlfriend,’ I would not use the word ‘dating.’ We’re partners.”
Jenner, a longtime Republican, finally renouncedĀ her support for President Donald TrumpĀ and launched a stinging attack on his administrationās policies towards transgender peopleĀ in an opinion piece published onĀ The Washington PostĀ on October 25.
