Caitlyn Jenner touches on trans issues, immigration in first interview since announcing run for governor

Caitlyn Jenner, the transgender former Olympian and Kardashian family reality TV star running for governor of California, told Fox News’s Sean Hannity on Wednesday that trans kids need good “role models” but shouldn’t be allowed to play in sports leagues matching their true gender.

"For me as a trans woman, I think role models are extremely important for young people," Ms Jenner said on Fox News in her first televised interview since announcing she would take on Democratic governor Gavin Newsom in a recall election. "Trans issues, people struggle with big time. Our suicide rate is nine times higher than the general public. And for me to be a role model, for them, to be out there, I am running for governor of the state of California, who would ever thunk that? We’ve never even had a woman governor.”

During the interview, she reiterated her position that trans girls shouldn’t be allowed to play women’s sports, and brushed off additional questions from Mr Hannity on the subject, saying there are “more problems in the state of California than that.”