Delaware's Sarah McBride prepares to become first openly transgender member of Congress, hoping for grace
U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, of Delaware, will be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress on Jan. 3.
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on Sarah McBride, the first openly trans person elected to Congress
McBride would go on to forge a trail through a rapid series of firsts. During college, she became the first openly transgender woman to intern at the White House. At a reception there, she met and later fell in love with a young lawyer, Andrew Cray, a trans man and LGBTQ+ health policy advocate.
McBride to become first openly trans member of Congress amid hostility from GOP colleagues
House Republicans responded to Sarah McBride’s election win by misgendering her and spreading anti-trans rhetoric. McBride has largely tried to steer clear of the attempts to politicize her identity.
History-making Sarah McBride sworn in as first out transgender member of Congress
Congresswoman Sarah McBride, a history-making Democrat from Delaware, was sworn in Friday afternoon as the first out transgender member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Representing Delaware’s At-Large Congressional District,
Trailblazing trans senator Sarah McBride to be sworn into US Senate today
Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride is set to be sworn in today (3 January) becoming the first-ever out trans senator. The 34-year-old is set to make history on Friday (3 January) becoming the first ever trans person to take the oath in Washington and be sworn into the US Senate.
Delaware makes history as Sarah McBride and Lisa Blunt Rochester take the oath in Washington
Taking her seat in the House will be Sarah McBride, who will officially become the first transgender person to serve in ...
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Richard ‘Mouse’ Smith remembered as ‘arbiter of justice’ after sudden death
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Longtime civil rights leader Richard "Mouse" Smith remembered
A longtime leader for civil rights in Delaware who had a lifelong friendship with President Joe Biden has died.
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Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace
Her political home of the last four years, the Delaware Senate, is small — just 21 members — much like the state itself, not even 100 miles (155 kilometers) from north to south. That proximity ...
Well-known Delawareans who died in 2024: Politicians, band director, furniture store founder
A Delaware Supreme Court Justice, co-founder of a furniture chain, a former university president and a worldwide ambassador ...