Charlotte Clymer Joins the LPAC Board of Directors
Charlotte Clymer
Washington, DC – LPAC, the national political organization dedicated to electing more LGBTQ women to public office, announced today that writer and activist Charlotte Clymer has joined its Board of Directors.
LPAC is the only organization in the US whose mission is to build the political power of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer women, and was founded in 2012 by LGBTQ women. LPAC endorses and invests in candidates directly and supports them through independent expenditure campaigns. The Committee has raised more than $6.8 million and endorsed more than 170 candidates. LPAC’s focus is on LGBTQ women who share our values – LGBTQ and women’s equality, women’s reproductive health, and social justice – while helping coalesce LGBTQ women as a concrete and powerful political demographic.
“Charlotte Clymer has built an influential public profile as an advocate for LGBTQ equality, and transgender rights in particular. We are excited for Charlotte to bring her communications expertise and powerful megaphone to LPAC as we continue our important work building a political action community of LGBTQ women,” said Laura Ricketts, LPAC Board Chair.
“I have long been a fan of LPAC and the extraordinary work they do to elect and mobilize LGBTQ women,” said Charlotte Clymer. “This is an organization that works tirelessly to advance the interests of all LGBTQ women, and as a proud trans woman and proud lesbian, I am particularly grateful for their investment in trans women candidates. Next year will be one of the most critical elections of our lifetime, and I am thrilled to have the honor and duty of standing beside these brilliant and dedicated women in that fight. Equality and representation are worth the struggle, and LPAC is exactly the kind of organization you want in your corner.”
“As a military veteran, transgender rights activist, and communications expert, Charlotte Clymer brings a unique and important perspective to LPAC’s Board of Directors,” said Lisa Turner, Executive Director of LPAC. “More openly queer women are running for office every election cycle, and LPAC is committed to ensuring an increasingly diverse cohort of LGBTQ women – younger women, women of color, and transgender women – win elected office. We are thrilled that Charlotte is joining us in this important mission.”
About Charlotte Clymer:
Charlotte Clymer is a writer, transgender activist, communications consultant, and military veteran. She writes “Charlotte’s Web Thoughts”, a blog/newsletter about politics, current events, and LGBTQ equality. In 2021, she signed an exclusive one-year deal with Substack to host her blog on their site.
She is currently a Fall ‘21 Political Fellow at Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service.
She was most recently the Director of Communications & Strategy at Catholics for Choice. Prior to that role, she served as the Press Secretary for Rapid Response at HRC. Her day-to-day work involved running the organization’s messaging in response to the White House and federal policy.
Charlotte’s political and social commentary has been quoted by The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and numerous other outlets. Her work has been published in USA Today, The Washington Post, NBC News, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, GQ, The Independent, and other publications. She has also been a guest commentator on MSNBC and CBS Sunday Morning.
She was named to Fortune Magazine’s 2020 40 under 40 list in the “Politics & Government” category and the 2019 40 under 40 Queer Women of D.C. by the Mayor’s Office and The Washington Blade. Charlotte is a graduate of Georgetown University and resides in Washington, D.C.
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