When I interviewed Sarah McBride in 2013, she was a young talented woman with a great interest in politics but I never suspected that I would be talking to a future Deleware senator!
This is what she told me when asked about the situation of transgender women in the US: "I think America is at a turning point in how we view and treat transgender women. We still face a good deal of caricatures, stereotypes, and mockery from the media to day-to-day life, but we do see more positive examples in the media, less tokenism, and, at long last, real and complex portrayals of transgender women in art and pop culture. During our push for transgender rights in Delaware, we were certainly confronted with a lot of negative and unfounded beliefs that transgender women face. The opponents had no problem with transgender men in the men’s restrooms but treated transgender women in women’s restrooms as potential predators, abusers, and liars. Luckily in Delaware, enough legislators saw through those offensive arguments."
In July 2016, she made history by being the first openly transgender person to address a major party convention in American history when she spoke at the Democratic National Convention. McBride authored the book *Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality. She was a candidate for Delaware's at-large congressional district in the 2024 election, aiming to become the first openly transgender member of Congress.
Sarah McBride's journey has been marked by courage, advocacy, and breaking barriers. Her work continues to inspire and create positive change for the transgender community and beyond.
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