Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride, who in 2020 became the nation’s first openly transgender state senator, is setting out to make history again — this time as the first out transgender person elected to Congress. In a Monday campaign video, McBride announced her bid for Delaware’s sole House seat. She said, “Everyone deserves a member of Congress who sees them and who respects them.” Although McBride, 32, is not the first openly transgender person to run for Congress, she could be the first with a fighting chance. She’s been widely viewed as the front-runner in the race for Delaware’s at-large congressional district, which Lisa Rochester won last year with more than 55 percent of the vote. In an interview with The News Journal, McBride said she’s cognizant of the uniqueness of her candidacy. McBride came out publicly as transgender at age 21, while entering her senior year at American University in Washington, where she studied political science. In an op-ed published in the university’s student newspaper titled “The Real Me,” McBride, then the university’s outgoing student body president, wrote that she had spent her entire life struggling with her gender identity. A native of Wilmington, McBride previously served on the board of directors of Equality Delaware, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, and helped lead a successful effort to add gender identity and expression to the state’s nondiscrimination laws.
Sarah McBride Launches Campaign To Become First Transgender Member Of Congress
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