American politician and transgender rights activist (born 1990)
Sarah McBride
Member of the Delaware Senate from the 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office November 4, 2020
Preceded by
Harris McDowell III
Personal details
Born
(1990-08-09) August 9, 1990 (age 33) Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Andrew Cray
(m. 2014; died 2014)
Education
American University (BA)
Website
Official website State Assembly website
Sarah Elizabeth McBride (born August 9, 1990) is an American activist and politician who has been a Democratic member of the Delaware Senate since January 2021. She was previously the National Press Secretary of the Human Rights Campaign.[1][2][3] She won in the November 2020 election in the safely Democratic 1st Delaware State Senate district. As the first openly transgender state senator in the country, she is the highest-ranking transgender elected official in United States history.[4][5]
McBride is largely credited with having earlier gained passage of legislation in Delaware banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, insurance, and public accommodations.[6] In July 2016, she was a speaker at the Democratic National Convention, becoming the first openly transgender person to address a major party convention in American history.[7][8][9][10] In 2018, McBride published her book Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, with a foreword by Joe Biden. McBride has been credited with shaping President Biden's personal views and political evolution on transgender issues.[11]
McBride is a candidate for Delaware's at-large congressional district in the 2024 election to succeed Lisa Blunt Rochester. If elected, she would be the first openly transgender member of Congress.[12]
^"Staff". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^"Sarah McBride". Human Rights Campaign. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^"Human Rights Campaign on Sarah McBride's History-Making Campaign". September 16, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
^Epstein, Reid J. (September 15, 2020). "Sarah McBride Is Set to Be the Nation's Highest-Ranking Transgender Official". The New York Times.
^Johnson, Chris (November 3, 2020). "Sarah McBride Is Set to Be the Nation's Highest-Ranking Transgender Official". Washington Blade. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
^Karlan, Sarah (June 20, 2013). "Delaware Passes Trans Protections, With Help From A Young Advocate". BuzzFeed. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
^"HRC's Sarah McBride, Chad Griffin to Speak at DNC". Human Rights Campaign. Archived from the original on July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^"At This Week's DNC Sarah McBride Will Become First Openly-Transgender Speaker to Address Major Party". The New Civil Rights Movement. July 24, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^"Dems add first transgender speaker to convention lineup". The Hill. July 14, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^"HRC's Sarah McBride to become first openly trans person to speak at a major party convention". Gay Times. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
^"The Delaware senator who transformed Joe Biden's view of transgender rights". Politico. July 4, 2024.
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