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Sarah McBride Becomes First Openly Transgender Person Elected To Congress
Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride won the state’s only House seat making her the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.
McBride’s goals in her congressional campaign were affordable health care, upping the minimum wage and protection of reproductive rights. Prior to her state senate election, McBride propelled the passage of legislation in Delaware banning gender identity discrimination in employment, housing, insurance, and public accommodations. President Joe Biden wrote the forward to McBride’s 2018 memoir Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality.
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