Talking LGBT Rights & The Midterms W/ Special Guest Charlotte Clymer

Charlotte Clymer, a military veteran based in Washington DC, has
come out as trans in a lengthy series of tweets. We’re reprinting
the text from the tweets below so you can read her entire story.
She also has advice for others on a similar journey, or those who
want to know more about trans issues.
https://twitter.com/cmclymer/status/936075166072950784 ‘Well, I’m
not sure there’s a “right” time to announce something like this,
but I’ve reached a point in my life where I finally feel
comfortable, for various reasons, to be my true self, and were the
world to end tomorrow, I don’t want that truth being buried with
me. ‘I’m transgender, which means that although I was assigned
“male” at birth based on anatomy, I’ve always felt that, at least
on the inside, I’m female. Your “sex” is your designation at birth
based on some biological factors; “gender” is how you express your
identity. ‘I would love to live in a society that doesn’t have the
concept of gender. Sounds like heaven. Be whoever you are, and
that’s how people will acknowledge you. But we don’t. We’re given a
binary: male or female, boy or girl, man or woman. It’s a system
and chosen for you. ‘I want that system to change but in the
meantime, for the purposes of navigating it with a sound heart +
mind, I have arrived at a place where I can no longer attempt to
bend myself into a pre-fabricated shape that looks nothing like who
I really am.
http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/military-veteran-trans-twitter/#gs.7r67aXc