Charlotte Clymer

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. She joined the United States Army in 2005, and later enrolled in the United States Military Academy. She served in the military until 2012, when she was honorably discharged. 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.

In 2017, Clymer began working at the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group and political lobbying organization in the United States. In November 2017, she came out as a transgender woman.

Clymer is an outspoken activist on issues including LGBTQ rights, feminism, and veterans' affairs. She has written articles for publications including Glamour, The Independent, NBC News, Vice,  and The Huffington Post, and has appeared as a guest commentator on CBS News Sunday Morning.