Charlotte Clymer
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] [ 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]
As of October 2024, Clymer is the spokesperson for progressive organization AllVote, which has distributed false or misleading election-related information on multiple occasions and has been flagged as a scam by state officials across the country.[ 12]
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 .[ 13]
References
^ a b c 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 .
^ 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 .
^ a b c d e 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 .
^ 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 .
^ a 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 .
^ "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 .
^ "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 .
^ Kamp, Majlie de Puy; Tolan, Casey (October 30, 2024). "Misleading text messages from 'voter mobilization' group create confusion in key swing states" . CNN . Retrieved November 1, 2024 . It's the latest case of misleading or incorrect election-related information being disseminated by the group, which has been flagged by officials from across the country – including in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Arizona – as a scam.
^ "Twitter Post" . Twitter . Retrieved April 20, 2022 .
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