1. In 2020, Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender person elected as a state senator in the United States.
28 Facts About Sarah McBride
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In 2018, Sarah McBride published her memoir Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, with a foreword by Joe Biden.
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Sarah McBride has been credited with shaping President Biden's personal views and political evolution on transgender issues.
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Sarah McBride was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to David and Sally McBride on August 9,1990.
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Sarah McBride graduated from Cab Calloway in 2009, and then attended American University in Washington, DC, where she earned a bachelor's degree in 2013.
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Sarah McBride was elected president of the American University Student Government in 2011, having earlier worked on "arts advocacy, the purchase of conflict-free minerals on campus and academic regulations" as a member of the undergraduate senate from 2010.
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Sarah McBride has said that she has been interested in politics since she was a child.
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Sarah McBride worked as a staffer on several campaigns in Delaware, including that of Governor Jack Markell in 2008 and of Delaware attorney general Beau Biden in 2010.
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In 2011, Sarah McBride was elected student body president at American University.
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Sarah McBride's coming out was featured on NPR, The Huffington Post, and by Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation.
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In 2012, Sarah McBride interned at the White House, becoming the first openly transgender woman to work there in any capacity.
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Sarah McBride worked in the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, where she worked on LGBTQ issues.
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In January 2013, Sarah McBride joined the board of directors of Equality Delaware and quickly became the state's leading advocate for legal protections and hate crime legislation for transgender Delawareans.
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Sarah McBride courageously stood before the General Assembly to describe her personal struggles with gender identity and communicate her desire to return home after her college graduation without fear.
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Sarah McBride was ranked the Most Valuable Progressive in Delaware by DelawareLiberal.
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Sarah McBride was a panelist at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's "GLOBE Pride 2016" on youth and workplace bullying.
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Sarah McBride has been featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Al Jazeera, PBS NewsHour, Teen Vogue, North Carolina Public Radio, The New Yorker, MSNBC, ThinkProgress, BuzzFeed, and NPR.
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On July 28,2016, Sarah McBride became the first openly transgender person to speak at a national party convention when she spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
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On July 9,2019, Sarah McBride formally announced her candidacy for the Delaware Senate.
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Sarah McBride stated that her focus would be health care and paid family and medical leave.
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Sarah McBride won her election in November 2020, becoming the first transgender state senator in United States history.
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Sarah McBride replaced fellow Democrat Harris McDowell III, who retired at the end of his term.
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In June 2023, Sarah McBride announced her candidacy to represent Delaware's at-large congressional district in the 2024 election to replace Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, who had announced she was running for the US Senate seat left by retiring senator Tom Carper.
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Jewish Insider, which interviewed Sarah McBride, described her as a "staunch supporter of Israel and the US-Israel relationship", noting her praise of the ties between the two countries.
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Sarah McBride has supported the two-state solution, American aid to Israel and the Abraham Accords.
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Sarah McBride has backed a ceasefire in the Gaza war and praised the one reached in January 2025.
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Sarah McBride has supported Biden's policy on Ukraine, as well as further support to the country.
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Sarah McBride criticized Executive Order 14168, signed by Donald Trump on his first day in the office, characterizing it as "red meat for his extreme base".