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Charlotte Clymer
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Nationality | American |
Education | Georgetown University (BA) |
Occupation | Activist, writer, soldier |
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Years of service | 2005–2012 |
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Charlotte Anora Elizabeth Clymer[1] is an American activist, press secretary, and writer. She was previously the press secretary for rapid response at the Human Rights Campaign and the director of communications and strategy at Catholics for Choice.[2][3][4]
Career
Clymer joined the United States Army in 2005,[5] and later enrolled in the United States Military Academy.[3] Clymer was assigned to the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), based at Arlington National Cemetery, until 2012.[5] After leaving the Army, she moved to Washington, D.C. and took a job as a visitor services representative at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. After working there for a year, Clymer enrolled at Georgetown University and finished her bachelor's degree.[3]
In 2017, Clymer began working at the Human Rights Campaign,[3] the largest LGBTQ advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States.[4] In 2020, Clymer was included in Fortune magazine's 40 Under 40 list in the "Government and Politics" category.[6] From January through May 2021, Clymer was the director of communications and strategy for Catholics for Choice,[2] an abortion rights dissenting Catholic advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.[7]
Clymer is an outspoken activist on issues including LGBTQ rights, feminism, and veterans' affairs.[8][9][10][11]
Personal life
Clymer was raised in central Texas, after moving with her mother from Utah at a young age.[3] In November 2017, she came out as a transgender woman.[3]
References
- ^ Charlotte Clymer [@cmclymer] (October 11, 2018). "Well, it's past midnight, and this is my first official birthday as Charlotte Anora Elizabeth Clymer..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lizza, Ryan; Palmeri, Tara; Daniels, Eugene; Bade, Rachael. "POLITICO Playbook: McConnell retreats as Trump dominates the GOP civil war". POLITICO. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Riley, John (July 12, 2018). "Fighting Back: Transgender Activist Charlotte Clymer". Metro Weekly. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Crowley, Candy (August 10, 2007). "Democratic hopefuls pressed on gay issues at forum". CNN. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Clymer, Charlotte (April 12, 2019). "The Trans Ban Is in Effect, And Service Members Are Now in Jeopardy". Vice. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ "Charlotte Clymer | 2020 40 under 40 in Government and Politics". Fortune. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Kretschmer, Kelsy (Winter 2009). "Contested Loyalties: Dissident Identity Organizations, Institutions, and Social Movements". Sociological Perspectives. 52 (4): 433–454. doi:10.1525/sop.2009.52.4.433. JSTOR 10.1525/sop.2009.52.4.433. S2CID 143359410.Dillon, Michele (1999). Catholic identity: balancing reason, faith, and power. Cambridge University Press.Davies, Margaret (April 27, 2011). "The future of secularism: a critique". Law and Religion in Public Life. Taylor & Francis. p. 66. ISBN 9781136725845.Byrnes, Timothy A.; Segers, Mary C. (1992). The Catholic Church and the politics of abortion: a view from the states. Westview Press. p. 171.McBrien, Richard P. (1987). Caesar's coin: religion and politics in America. Macmillan. p. 155.Paludi, Michele Antoinette (2010). Feminism and Women's Rights Worldwide. Women's Psychology. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 136. ISBN 978-0313375965."Catholics for choice protest in Rome". The Washington Times. Reuters. July 12, 1994. Retrieved June 6, 2012.(subscription required)"Stupak Like a Fox". Newsweek. November 18, 2009."Catholic group urges Harper to include abortion in G8 plan". Macleans. April 7, 2010."Hands off health care, US Catholic group tells bishops". TurkishPress.com. Agence France-Presse. March 5, 2010. Archived from the original on December 5, 2014."Events planned for World AIDS Day". USA Today. Associated Press. November 30, 2003.Tumulty, Karen; Vickers, Robert J. (November 13, 1989). "Pro-Choice Advocates Rally Coast-to-Coast". Los Angeles Times."U.S. nuns get Vatican ultimatum". The Montreal Gazette. UPI. December 19, 1984."Bishops' role in debate on abortion questioned". The Washington Times. October 26, 1990.(subscription required)Sharpe, Jerry (June 9, 1984). "Abortion up to women, Catholic group contends". The Pittsburgh Press.
- ^ Schmidt, Samantha (June 27, 2019). "At first debate, transgender issues were raised like never before — and the community noticed". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ "On CBS, trans veteran Charlotte Clymer delivered a powerful monologue denouncing Trump's trans ban". Media Matters for America. April 8, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ Bollinger, Alex (July 22, 2019). "The alt-right used a trans woman's picture to tear her down. Twitter lifted her up". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
- ^ Ioanes, Ellen (August 30, 2019). "Veterans say the Trump administration's confusing new rule may be 'targeting' immigrants who serve in war zones". Business Insider. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
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- American press secretaries
- American veterans' rights activists
- American women activists
- Georgetown University alumni
- LGBT people from Texas
- LGBT people from Utah
- LGBT people from Washington, D.C.
- LGBT rights activists from the United States
- Living people
- Transgender and transsexual military personnel
- Transgender and transsexual women
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- Transgender rights activists
- United States Army soldiers
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