| Charlotte Clymer | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Charlotte Clymer | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
United States Military Academy Georgetown University (BA) |
| Occupation | Press secretary, activist, writer |
Charlotte Clymer is an American activist, writer, and the press secretary for rapid response at the Human Rights Campaign, an American LGBTQ civil rights organization.
Life and career[]
Clymer was raised in central Texas, after moving with her mother from Utah at a young age.[1] She joined the United States Army in 2005,[2] and later enrolled in the United States Military Academy.[1][3] She served in the military until 2012, when she was honorably discharged.[2] 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, she enrolled at Georgetown University and finished her bachelor's degree.[1]
In 2017, Clymer began working at the Human Rights Campaign,[1] the largest LGBTQ advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States.[4] In November 2017, she came out as a transgender woman.[1]
Clymer is an outspoken activist on issues including LGBTQ rights, feminism, and veterans' affairs.[5][6][7][8] She has written articles for publications including Glamour,[9] The Independent,[10] NBC News,[11] Vice,[2] and The Huffington Post,[1] and has appeared as a guest commentator on CBS News Sunday Morning.[12]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Riley, John (July 12, 2018). "Fighting Back: Transgender Activist Charlotte Clymer" (in en-US). https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/07/fighting-back-transgender-activist-charlotte-clymer/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Clymer, Charlotte (April 12, 2019). "The Trans Ban Is in Effect, And Service Members Are Now in Jeopardy" (in en). https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bj98nq/trans-military-ban-2019-trump-dont-ask-dont-tell.
- ↑ Clymer, Charlotte (May 26, 2016). "The Living, Racist Ghosts of West Point" (in en). https://medium.com/@cmclymer/the-living-racist-ghosts-of-west-point-963cc1300e1d.
- ↑ Crowley, Candy (August 10, 2007). "Democratic hopefuls pressed on gay issues at forum". http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/10/gay.forum/.
- ↑ Schmidt, Samantha (June 27, 2019). "At first debate, transgender issues were raised like never before — and the community noticed" (in en). https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2019/06/27/first-debate-transgender-issues-came-up-like-never-before/.
- ↑ "On CBS, trans veteran Charlotte Clymer delivered a powerful monologue denouncing Trump's trans ban" (in en). April 8, 2019. https://www.mediamatters.org/cbs/cbs-trans-veteran-charlotte-clymer-delivered-powerful-monologue-denouncing-trumps-trans-ban.
- ↑ Bollinger, Alex (July 22, 2019). "The alt-right used a trans woman’s picture to tear her down. Twitter lifted her up.". https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/07/alt-right-used-trans-womans-picture-tear-twitter-lifted/.
- ↑ Ioanes, Ellen (August 30, 2019). "Veterans say the Trump administration's confusing new rule may be 'targeting' immigrants who serve in war zones". https://www.businessinsider.com/vets-say-trump-admins-new-rule-may-target-immigrants-serve-2019-8.
- ↑ "Charlotte Clymer" (in en). https://www.glamour.com/contributor/charlotte-clymer.
- ↑ "Charlotte Clymer" (in en). https://www.independent.co.uk/author/charlotte-clymer.
- ↑ Clymer, Charlotte (November 19, 2017). "The myth of the "good guy with a gun," debunked by a veteran" (in en). https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/i-m-army-veteran-gun-owner-good-guy-gun-theory-ncna821976.
- ↑ Clymer, Charlotte (April 7, 2019). "Charlotte Clymer: Being transgender shouldn't matter in the military" (in en). https://www.cbsnews.com/news/charlotte-clymer-on-transgender-ban-in-military/.
External links[]
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