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Ordinary Equality

Charlotte Clymer on Trans Rights and the ERA

Ordinary Equality

Acast Creative Studios

Suffrage, Era, Women's Rights, Politics, Society & Culture, Abortion, Equal Rights Amendment, News, Reproductive Rights, History, Equal Rights

4.0614 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Follow us on Twitter at @OrdEquality for everything you need to know about the ERA as we watch history in the making. 

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0:00.0

You must remember that when the Constitution was written, that women were regarded as property.

0:11.3

The struggle for an equal rights amendment traces back to 1923 when feminist Alice Paul wrote the words that became ERA.

0:19.4

Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.

0:27.8

So as we warned today, remember, forward together, backward, never.

0:33.5

If you could change one thing about the Constitution, what would it be?

0:37.4

I would add an equal rights amendment to my second. If you could change one thing about the Constitution, what would it be?

0:40.8

I would add an equal rights amendment. Thank you.

0:43.4

We all right.

0:44.8

When do we want us?

0:46.1

No!

0:47.3

Yesterday, all these years later, Virginia's legislature voted to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, making it the 38th state to do so.

0:56.0

That means three-quarters of all states have ratified as the Constitution requires.

1:04.2

Hi, I'm Kate Kelly, human rights attorney, feminist, and advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment.

1:11.1

And this is ordinaryinary Equality.

1:13.8

First off, if you missed our season finale, make sure to go back and check it out.

1:19.0

We decided that some of our guests throughout the season were just too good not to share their entire interview in full.

1:25.7

So you don't miss ordinary equality too much.

1:28.8

Keep an eye out for more bonus content on the way.

1:31.9

In the meantime, enjoy my chat with Ryder and LGBTQ advocate, Charlotte Clymer.

1:37.5

My name is Charlotte Clymer.

1:39.2

I am the press secretary for rapid response at the Human Rights Campaign,

1:43.4

the nation's largest LGBTQ

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