Josh Seiter Asks for Trans Lead on The Bachelorette

Josh Seiter it calls for a big change The Bachelorette.

“That’s good Bachelor The franchise is finally bringing together a very diverse group of people (it took long enough) but there hasn’t been real progress until they lead a trans woman,” Seiter, 37, shared on his Instagram stories on Tuesday, August 13.

Seiter, who competed Kaitlyn Bristowe‘s love on The Bachelorette season 11 in 2015, came out as transgender in May.

Earlier this week, Seiter opened up about receiving death threats since coming out.

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“I have been threatened with death, people are telling me that they will hang me, they can’t wait to see me so they can kill me,” The Bachelorette said alum in an interview with Daily Mail published on Monday, August 12. “All these messages I have in my [direct message inbox].”

“I feel like everyone always has their own opinion. Usually, it’s bad. Usually, people who express an opinion get a negative opinion,” Seiter added, explaining that he is used to dealing with negative opinions online.

“I don’t take advice about the health of people who yell at me on social media. I have never lived my life like that,” said Seiter. “When I was a stripper, people said bad things about me. When I did OnlyFans, people said bad things about me.”

Seiter said what has surprised her most since coming out is the lack of support she feels she has received from the LGBTQIA+ community.

“Ironically, I actually found that the far left and the LGBTQ community was one of the most important things to me in all of this,” she said. “So that is a difficult issue for me because I have never been accepted, tolerant and open my hands as the left likes to preach.”

Seiter came out as transgender in May with an emotional Instagram post. “I have struggled with my gender identity – and the feelings of guilt and shame that lead to it – for as long as I can remember. “I spent three decades struggling to keep this side a secret,” Seiter wrote at the time. “I felt I had nothing else to do, as long as I grew up in a strong religious and well-fed family. Growing up, I tried my best to portray the expected image of a strong, manly son and brother.”