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American activist
Charlotte Anora Elizabeth Clymer
[1] (born October 11, 1986)
[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]
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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]
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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] Clymer is an
Episcopalian .
[12]
References
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c Charlotte Clymer [@cmclymer] (October 12, 2018).
"Well, it's past midnight, and this is my first official birthday as Charlotte Anora Elizabeth Clymer..." (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
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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 .
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f Riley, John (July 12, 2018).
"Fighting Back: Transgender Activist Charlotte Clymer" .
Metro Weekly .
Archived from the original on September 24, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
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a
b Crowley, Candy (August 10, 2007).
"Democratic hopefuls pressed on gay issues at forum" .
CNN .
Archived from the original on August 18, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
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b Clymer, Charlotte (April 12, 2019).
"The Trans Ban Is in Effect, And Service Members Are Now in Jeopardy" .
Vice .
Archived from the original on May 7, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
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"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. Vol. 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 .
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"On CBS, trans veteran Charlotte Clymer delivered a powerful monologue denouncing Trump's trans ban" .
Media Matters for America . April 8, 2019.
Archived from the original on September 24, 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 .
Archived from the original on July 23, 2019. 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 .
Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019 .
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"Twitter Post" . Twitter . Retrieved April 20, 2022 .
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