Jenner won the gold medal in the men’s decathlon, and Jennifer Bradford is claiming that because Jenner considers herself a woman, and always has, that her medal should be revoked. At the time Jenner won the event, however, she was living as a man.
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Bradford started the petition and wrote the following on the website:
Bradford is seeking 5,000 online signatures and already has reached more than half her goal.
It has recently come to light that gold medalist Bruce Jenner is in fact transgender, and therefore, identifies as a woman. We congratulate Ms. Jenner on these new developments and wish her the best. However, this creates somewhat of a problem as Ms. Jenner (as talented as she is) claims that she has always believed herself to be truly female, and therefore, was in violation of committee rules regarding women competing in men’s sports and vice versa. Therefore, it is with a heavy heart that we must ask whether or not it is proper that Ms. Jenner should retain her [O]lympic records in light of this, as we must now either claim that Bruce Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner are two entirely different people (which we know is not true), or that Bruce Jenner was, in fact, a woman participating in a men’s event. It is only fair to all involved that women receive their credit as champions of the Decathalon and that the men racing Ms. Jenner are not expected to compete with a superior, streamlined being such as herself.
We urge Ms. Jenner to support the transgender community by giving up the medals earned by competing against the wrong gender.
Thank you, and congratulations to Ms. Jenner for her courage!
#givebackthegold
Jenner announced on Monday her new name as Caitlyn when she appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair.
