C. A. Tripp, Ph. D. (1919-2003) was a psychologist, writer, gay activist, and researcher for Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey. Born Clarence Arthur Tripp on October 4, 1919 in Denton, Texas, USA, Tripp studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology, and was a Naval Veteran. Tripp worked with Alfred Kinsey at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction in Bloomington, Indiana from 1948 to 1956. He earned a Ph.D. in Clinical psychology from New York University.