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[–]Larmes-Du-Soleil 39 insightful - 1 fun39 insightful - 0 fun40 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Charles Clymer coming out as trans. I first met him about 2012-2013 and I was a part of his Equality For Women page on facebook from the beginning. I was friends with him and the mods and had a front row seat to that shitshow. He became known as a misogynist, a creep, an abuser and it seemed like he faded away for a while. Then a couple years later he comes out as Charlotte Clymer and all is forgiven. He's welcomed back with open arms like he isn't the same man who harassed, abused, stalked and silenced women repeatedly.

[–]Radfem_the_Hun 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wow, to have such a front-row seat to Clymer's hot mess!

I only saw it happen from the sidelines, but boy do I remember it. It was around the same time as Hugo Schwyzer's outing, and I think a few others... an avalanche of gross male feminists being outed as gross.

It's positively flabbergasting that Clymer has been welcomed back into the liberal fold just because of the trans shield. It truly proves how common it is for men to try to "erase their pasts" with a trans identity. And how much the general public seem willing to forgive - or just not care to find out? - when it comes to trans people. Reminds me of the horrific saga of Aimee Channelor.

[–]thrownawaycan 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There is a somewhat common pattern where they excuse past misogyny and abuse as "lashing out" because of "jealousy".