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Caitlyn Jenner Is Heading To Cleveland For The GOP Convention

"I want to support courageous Republicans who advocate for LGBT freedom."

Caitlyn Jenner has announced she's heading to Cleveland next week for the Republican National Convention.

While the world's most famous trans woman hasn't made plans to be at Quicken Loans Arena with the 2,470 Republican delegates—not yet, anyway—she will attend a separate seminar on making the GOP more inclusive of the LGBT community.

Jenner will join other conservatives at a “big tent brunch” meeting at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, aimed at tempering or removing anti-LGBT language from the party platform.

“The party conventions are like the political Olympics, and I’m excited to be headed to Cleveland to stand with my fellow LGBT Republicans and allies,” Jenner told The Daily Beast.

“As a proud Republican and transgender woman, I want to support courageous Republicans who advocate for LGBT freedom. Our country’s nondiscrimination laws must be updated and this cannot be achieved without bipartisan support. Congress needs to act, along with almost 30 Republican states, to update our nondiscrimination laws. I want to do my part to persuade more Republicans to support freedom for millions of LGBT Americans.”

The meeting is being co-hosted by Log Cabin Republicans, Equality Ohio, the College Republican National Committee, SAGE, the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, and the Ohio College Republican Federation.

TV personality Montel Williams is expected to introduce Jenner.

“As a veteran, I put my life on the line to defend all Americans," Williams told The Daily Beast. "I’ll be there to help ensure the right of the LGBT community to serve and defend the Constitution... I’ll fight to defend [their rights] until I drop."

Jenner has previously stated that Democrats "are better than Republicans" when it comes to trans issues, but also declared Donald Trump was "very much behind the LGBT community" because he opposed North Carolina's "bathroom bill."

Since then, Trump has done an about-face and supported HB2.

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