Sarah McBride Is Used to the Hate
The first openly trans member of the House has been purposely misgendered before. But “it is a different thing when it’s in the congressional record.”
April 17, 2025
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Sarah McBride Is Used to the Hate
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Summary
Sarah McBride made models of the White House when she was 6. Her childhood dream, as a Delawarean, was to meet Joe Biden.
Then last November, one of her ambitions came true when was elected to the House of Representatives. She became the first openly trans member of Congress, a historic achievement that also happened to coincide with a rise in anti-trans sentiment and the election of Donald Trump.
We talk with McBride about how she navigates Congress, personally and politically, and how she thinks Democrats can make it through the minefield of the culture wars.
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