Sarah McBride

Sarah McBride was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to David and Sally McBride on August 9, 1990. Her father was a lawyer for Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor; her mother was a high school guidance counselor and a founder of the Cab Calloway School of the Arts in Wilmington.{{cite web|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/opinion/contributors/2016/08/01/our-daughter-trailblazer/87926292/|title=Dave and Sally McBride: Our daughter, the trailblazer|date=3 August 2016|access-date=19 November 2024|website=The News Journal}}{{cite web|url=https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/sarah-mcbride-delaware-state-senator/|title=Delaware's Sarah McBride Makes History as First Openly Transgender Senator|date=9 December 2020|access-date=19 November 2024|website=delawaretoday.com|archive-date=July 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723081751/https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/sarah-mcbride-delaware-state-senator/|url-status=live}}

McBride graduated from Cab Calloway in 2009, and then attended American University in Washington, D.C., where she earned a bachelor's degree in 2013.{{cite web |title=Senator Sarah McBride (D) |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/151/SMcBride |website=Delaware General Assembly |access-date=28 April 2021 |location=Dover DE |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803143444/https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/151/SMcBride |url-status=live }} She 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2011/03/meet-mcbride-aus-next-student-government-prez|title=Meet McBride: AU's next Student Government prez|first=Zach C.|last=Cohen|newspaper=The Eagle|date=March 28, 2011|access-date=November 6, 2024|archive-date=March 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329044141/https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2011/03/meet-mcbride-aus-next-student-government-prez|url-status=live}} During this time she had already begun political advocacy,{{cite news |last=Blakely |first=Rhys |date=March 17, 2018 |title=Sarah McBride: is she the transgender woman to change American politics? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/sarah-mcbride-is-she-the-transgender-woman-to-change-american-politics-3jwtpr690 |work=The Times |location=London, UK |access-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613234256/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sarah-mcbride-is-she-the-transgender-woman-to-change-american-politics-3jwtpr690 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Celia |title=Only in Delaware (Excerpt) |url=http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/6-13trans.asp |date=13 June 2013 |access-date=24 June 2021 |website=Delaware Grapevine |archive-date=October 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002022520/http://www.delawaregrapevine.com/6-13trans.asp |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Zawadi |first=Lucy |title=Sarah McBride biography: parents, transition, marriage, platform |url=https://www.legit.ng/1382205-sarah-mcbride-biography-parents-transition-marriage-platform.html |date=11 November 2020 |access-date=24 June 2021 |website=Legit.ng |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624204852/https://www.legit.ng/1382205-sarah-mcbride-biography-parents-transition-marriage-platform.html |url-status=live }} including as a co-founder of Delaware's Young Democrats Movement and on the election campaigns for local Democrats, including Beau Biden, Matthew Denn, and Jack Markell. At the end of her term as president of the student government, she penned a letter in the school's newspaper in which she announced her transition.

In a 2011 interview, she cited Markell as a particular role model.

McBride has said that she has been interested in politics since she was a child.{{cite news |last1=Saksa |first1=Jim |title=On track to be first trans member, Sarah McBride has hope for Congress |url=https://rollcall.com/2024/08/15/sarah-mcbride-delaware-hope-for-congress/ |access-date=August 15, 2024 |work=Roll Call |date=August 15, 2024}} She 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.{{cite news |title=Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/transgender-trailblazer-sarah-mcbride-heads-to-congress-rcna185853 |access-date=December 31, 2024 |work=NBC News |agency=The Associated Press}} In 2011, McBride was elected student body president at American University. During her last week as student body president in 2012, McBride gained international attention when she came out as a transgender woman in her college's student newspaper, The Eagle.{{cite news|url=https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2012/05/the-real-me|title=Op-Ed: The Real Me|last=McBride|first=Sarah|newspaper=The Eagle|date=May 1, 2012|access-date=November 4, 2020|archive-date=November 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104024806/https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2012/05/the-real-me|url-status=live}}

McBride's coming out was featured on NPR, The Huffington Post, and by Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation.{{cite news|last=Landau|first=Lauren|date=June 8, 2012|title=From Tim To Sarah: AU Student Body President Unveils Big News|publisher=WAMU 88.5|url=http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/12/06/08/from_tim_to_sarah_au_student_body_president_unveils_big_news|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=November 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111141010/http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/12/06/08/from_tim_to_sarah_au_student_body_president_unveils_big_news|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=McBride|first=Sarah|date=May 9, 2012|title=The Real Me|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-mcbride/the-real-me_b_1504207.html|access-date=April 7, 2014|work=The Huffington Post|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407102507/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-mcbride/the-real-me_b_1504207.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Coming Out Ok|url=http://tumblr.bornthiswayfoundation.org/post/22268099763/coming-out-ok|access-date=April 7, 2014|website=Born This Way Foundation|archive-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103095821/http://tumblr.bornthiswayfoundation.org/post/22268099763/coming-out-ok|url-status=dead}} After coming out, McBride received a call from Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, saying, "Sarah, I just wanted you to know, I'm so proud of you. I love you, and you're still a part of the Biden family." Vice President Joe Biden expressed similar sentiments, sharing that he was proud of her and happy for her.

In 2012, McBride interned at the White House, becoming the first openly transgender woman to work there in any capacity. McBride worked in the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, where she worked on LGBTQ issues.{{cite news|date=December 1, 2015|title=Transgender White House intern reflects on Obama's historic LGBT legacy|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/transgender-white-house-intern-reflects-on-obamas-historic-lgbt-legacy/2015/12/01/3844c9e0-9796-11e5-aca6-1ae3be6f06d2_video.html|access-date=July 27, 2016|archive-date=August 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822074531/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/transgender-white-house-intern-reflects-on-obamas-historic-lgbt-legacy/2015/12/01/3844c9e0-9796-11e5-aca6-1ae3be6f06d2_video.html|url-status=live}} In a speech in May 2015, Second Lady Jill Biden told McBride's story. She added, "we believe young people should be valued for who they are, no matter what they look like, where they're from, the gender with which they identify, or who they love."{{cite web|title=Jill Biden on LGBT Rights at Human Rights Campaign Dinner|url=http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2015/05/20150504315119.html#axzz4FLvWKBuD|access-date=July 27, 2016|publisher=U.S. Embassy|archive-date=July 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714103623/http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2015/05/20150504315119.html#axzz4FLvWKBuD|url-status=live}}File:2018.03.20 Sarah McBride and Rep Joe Kennedy, Politics and Prose, Washington, DC USA 4126 (39136958250) (cropped).jpg

In January 2013, 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. McBride and her family led the lobbying effort for legislation protecting Delawareans from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression in employment, housing, insurance, and public accommodations.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlJvDi8q5k4 |title=The McBride Family Talks About Gender Identity Protections |publisher=YouTube |date=February 11, 2013 |access-date=July 27, 2016 |archive-date=December 7, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207163542/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlJvDi8q5k4 |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/06/25/au-graduate-credited-with-securing-passage-of-del-transgender-rights-bill/|title=AU graduate credited with securing passage of Del. transgender rights bill|last=Lavers|first=Michael|newspaper=The Washington Blade|date=June 25, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=August 12, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812235631/http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/06/25/au-graduate-credited-with-securing-passage-of-del-transgender-rights-bill/|url-status=live}} In addition to serving as the primary spokesperson for the legislation, McBride built on her close relationship with Governor Jack Markell and Attorney General Beau Biden to gain the vocal support of both officials behind the bill. The legislation passed the state senate by a margin of one vote and the state house by a vote of 24–17. An amended bill was re-passed by the state senate and immediately signed into law by Markell in June 2013.{{cite news|url=http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/123402-70/delaware-senate-oks-transgender-bill-markell-signs-into-law|title=Delaware Senate OKs transgender bill; Markell signs into law|last=Rini|first=Jen|newspaper=Delaware State News|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407161013/http://delaware.newszap.com/centraldelaware/123402-70/delaware-senate-oks-transgender-bill-markell-signs-into-law|url-status=dead}}

Upon signing the legislation, Markell stated:{{cite news|url=http://news.delaware.gov/2013/06/19/governor-signs-gender-identity-nondiscrimination-act/|title=Governor Signs Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Act|newspaper=State of Delaware News|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084955/http://news.delaware.gov/2013/06/19/governor-signs-gender-identity-nondiscrimination-act/|url-status=live}}

I especially want to thank my friend Sarah McBride, an intelligent and talented Delawarean who happens to be transgender. She 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. Her tireless advocacy for passage of this legislation has made a real difference for all transgender people in Delaware.

After passage of this legislation, McBride worked on the LGBT Progress team at the Center for American Progress.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/mcbride-sarah/bio/|title=Sarah McBride|publisher=Center for American Progress|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407142312/http://www.americanprogress.org/about/staff/mcbride-sarah/bio/|url-status=live}} McBride has spoken at a number of colleges and LGBTQ events, including the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner,{{cite web|last=Landau|first=Lauren|date=December 20, 2013|title=One Woman's Life After Coming Out As Transgender|url=http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/13/12/20/one_womans_life_after_coming_out_as_transgender|access-date=April 7, 2014|publisher=WAMU 88.5|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203232029/http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/13/12/20/one_womans_life_after_coming_out_as_transgender|url-status=live}} the Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Dinner,{{cite web|title = Sarah McBride in Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles Gala 2015|url = http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/_m-hzNnb-Y4/Human+Rights+Campaign+Los+Angeles+Gala+2015/j-NApyMYTfM/Sarah+McBride|website = Zimbio|access-date = November 17, 2015|archive-date = November 17, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117232244/http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/_m-hzNnb-Y4/Human+Rights+Campaign+Los+Angeles+Gala+2015/j-NApyMYTfM/Sarah+McBride|url-status = live}} the Victory Fund National Brunch,{{cite journal|url=http://victory.uberflip.com/i/130279/43|title=Victory Fund National Campaign Brunch, Washington, D.C.|journal=VICTORY Magazine|volume=1|issue=2|page=44|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092731/http://victory.uberflip.com/i/130279/43|archive-date=April 7, 2014|df=mdy-all}} the University of Pennsylvania,{{cite news|url=http://www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201402yacconfandawards|title=Statewide LGBT Youth Conference on Transgender Justice to be Held at the University of Pennsylvania February 14-16, 2014|newspaper=Erie Gay News|date=February 6, 2014|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=April 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415072517/http://www.eriegaynews.com/news/article.php?recordid=201402yacconfandawards|url-status=live}} and Gettysburg College.{{cite web|url=http://events.local21news.com/Sarah_McBride_Being_Trans_and_a_Leader/297698940.html|title=Sarah McBride: Being Trans* and a Leader|website=WHP CBS 21 News|date=March 4, 2014|access-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407103833/http://events.local21news.com/Sarah_McBride_Being_Trans_and_a_Leader/297698940.html|archive-date=April 7, 2014|df=mdy-all}} McBride was ranked the Most Valuable Progressive in Delaware by DelawareLiberal.net{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareliberal.net/2013/12/31/honoring-the-2013-mvps-most-valuable-to-the-progressive-cause/|title=Honoring the 2013 MVP's (Most Valuable to the Progressive Cause)|website=Delaware Liberal|date=December 31, 2013|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085525/http://www.delawareliberal.net/2013/12/31/honoring-the-2013-mvps-most-valuable-to-the-progressive-cause/|url-status=live}} listed in the 2014 list of the Trans 100,{{cite web|url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/trans-100-list-honors-transgender-visibility|title=Trans 100 List Honors Transgender Visibility|last=Simon|first=Carolyn|website=Human Rights Campaign|date=March 31, 2014|access-date=April 7, 2014|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407104733/http://www.hrc.org/blog/entry/trans-100-list-honors-transgender-visibility|url-status=dead}} and named one of the fifty upcoming millennials poised to make a difference in the coming years by MIC.com.{{cite web|title = Meet the Mic 50: Sarah McBride|url=http://mic50.com/sarah-mcbride|website = Mic|access-date = November 17, 2015|archive-date = November 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118015405/http://mic50.com/sarah-mcbride|url-status = dead}}

A 2015 article in the New Statesman on transgender representation in elective office predicted McBride would be the first transgender American elected to high public office.{{cite news|title = The invisibility of transgender people in electoral politics around the world|url = http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2015/11/invisibility-transgender-people-electoral-politics-around-world|website = www.newstatesman.com|publisher = The New Statesman|access-date = November 17, 2015|archive-date = November 18, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151118062855/http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2015/11/invisibility-transgender-people-electoral-politics-around-world|url-status = live}} McBride was a panelist at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's "GLOBE Pride 2016" on youth and workplace bullying. 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.

In April 2016, McBride delivered a TED Talk titled, "Gender assigned to us at birth should not dictate who we are."{{Cite web|last=McBride|first=Sarah|date=April 2016|title=Gender assigned to us at birth should not dictate who we are|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw5vyJ30djM|website=YouTube|access-date=June 4, 2020|archive-date=May 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519050354/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw5vyJ30djM|url-status=live}} She also served on the steering committee of Trans United for Hillary, an effort to educate and mobilize transgender people and their allies in support of Hillary Clinton.{{Cite web|url=https://greencardinusa.com/|title=Green Gard in USA: what is it? What kind of Benefits of Green Card you can get?|website=GreenCardinUSA.com|access-date=2019-07-08|archive-date=January 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114045818/https://greencardinusa.com/|url-status=live}}

On July 28, 2016, McBride became the first openly transgender person to speak at a national party convention when she spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. In her speech, which lasted less than four minutes, McBride paid tribute to her late husband Andrew Cray and his commitment to LGBTQ rights.{{Cite news|last=Eilperin|first=Juliet|date=July 28, 2016|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/28/who-is-sarah-mcbride-a-transgender-activist-who-broke-barriers-at-the-white-house/|title=Who is Sarah McBride? A transgender activist who broke barriers at the White House.|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-03-25|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205142523/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/28/who-is-sarah-mcbride-a-transgender-activist-who-broke-barriers-at-the-white-house|url-status=live}}

File:Sarah McBride portrait photograph.jpg

On July 9, 2019, McBride formally announced her candidacy for the Delaware Senate.Avery, Daniel (July 9, 2019). [https://www.newsweek.com/sarah-mcbride-transgender-delaware-senate-1448294 "Who Is Sarah McBride? Transgender Activist Announces Run for Delaware Senate."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313175200/https://www.newsweek.com/sarah-mcbride-transgender-delaware-senate-1448294 |date=March 13, 2021 }} Newsweek. Retrieved July 9, 2019. She stated that her focus would be health care and paid family and medical leave.{{cite web|url=https://www.delawarepublic.org/post/activist-sarah-mcbride-launches-bid-delaware-state-senate-seat|title=Activist Sarah McBride launches bid for Delaware State Senate seat|publisher=Delaware Public Media|date=9 July 2019|first=Sarah|last=Mueller|access-date=4 August 2020|archive-date=July 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710032606/https://www.delawarepublic.org/post/activist-sarah-mcbride-launches-bid-delaware-state-senate-seat|url-status=live}}

McBride won her election in November 2020, becoming the first transgender state senator in United States history. She replaced fellow Democrat Harris McDowell III, who retired at the end of his term.{{cite news |last1=Chase |first1=Randall |title=Delaware elects country's first transgender state senator |url=https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ts/news/world/us/2020/11/03/delaware-elects-countrys-first-transgender-state-senator.html |access-date=4 November 2020 |work=The Peterborough Examiner |agency=The Associated Press |date=4 November 2020 |location=Peterborough ON |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104055426/https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/ts/news/world/us/2020/11/03/delaware-elects-countrys-first-transgender-state-senator.html |url-status=live }} During her first term, she successfully sponsored the Healthy Delaware Families Act, which would allow families to take a paid 12-week family or medical leave.{{Cite web |title=Bill Detail - Delaware General Assembly |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79186 |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=legis.delaware.gov |archive-date=April 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417201650/https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=79186 |url-status=live }} The law provides for workers to receive up to 80% of their current wages or a maximum of $900 per week, with the program paid for through automatic payroll contributions.{{Cite web|last=Cherry|first=Amy|title=Lawmakers introduce paid family, medical leave program for Delaware workers|url=https://www.wdel.com/news/lawmakers-introduce-paid-family-medical-leave-program-for-delaware-workers/article_451d655a-ada2-11eb-8b48-dbe17bb24414.html|access-date=2021-06-20|website=WDEL 101.7FM|date=May 5, 2021|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201053/https://www.wdel.com/news/lawmakers-introduce-paid-family-medical-leave-program-for-delaware-workers/article_451d655a-ada2-11eb-8b48-dbe17bb24414.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Fiscal Note for SS2 to SB1 |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=469632 |access-date=April 19, 2022 |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803143439/https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GetPdfDocument?fileAttachmentId=469632 |url-status=live }}

In June 2023, 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 U.S. Senate seat left by retiring senator Tom Carper.{{Cite news |last=Huynh |first=Anjali |date=2023-06-26 |title=Delaware Lawmaker Aims to Be First Openly Transgender House Member |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/us/politics/sarah-mcbride-transgender-congress.html |access-date=2023-06-26 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626142757/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/us/politics/sarah-mcbride-transgender-congress.html |url-status=live }} Rochester endorsed McBride.{{cite web | url=https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-election-2024-sarah-mcbride-lisa-blunt-rochester/ | title=Del. State Sen. Sarah McBride could become the first trans person in Congress | website=WHYY-TV | date=13 June 2024 | access-date=5 August 2024 | archive-date=September 11, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911035414/https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-election-2024-sarah-mcbride-lisa-blunt-rochester/ | url-status=live }}

During her campaign for Congress, McBride emphasized her record of passing paid family and medical leave in Delaware, along with working to increase the minimum wage.{{Cite web |last=Talbot |first=Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, Haley |date=2024-11-19 |title=Republican introduces anti-transgender bathroom resolution at Capitol after first transgender woman elected to Congress {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/politics/nancy-mace-anti-transgender-bathroom-ban-capitol-sarah-mcbride/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119190913/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/politics/nancy-mace-anti-transgender-bathroom-ban-capitol-sarah-mcbride/index.html |archive-date=November 19, 2024 |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en}} Her key priorities also included protecting reproductive rights, expanding access to healthcare, and addressing economic insecurity.{{cite web |last1=Yurcaba |first1=Jo |title=Sarah McBride becomes the first out transgender person elected to Congress |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/sarah-mcbride-first-transgender-congress-delaware-rcna177878 |website=NBC News |language=en |date=5 November 2024}}{{cite magazine |last1=Popli |first1=Nik |title=Sarah McBride Becomes First Openly Transgender Member of Congress |url=https://time.com/7172783/sarah-mcbride-wins-delaware-congress/ |magazine=TIME |language=en |date=5 November 2024}} On September 10, 2024, McBride won the Democratic primary election for the 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, winning 80% of the votes against two other candidates, officially becoming the Democratic nominee.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/sarah-mcbride-delaware-primary-win-congress-rcna169758|title=Sarah McBride is one step closer to becoming the first trans member of Congress|date=10 September 2024|access-date=10 September 2024|website=NBC|archive-date=September 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911035419/https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/sarah-mcbride-delaware-primary-win-congress-rcna169758|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/sarah-mcbride-delaware-democratic-primary.html | title=Transgender Lawmaker Wins Democratic Primary for Delaware's Only House Seat | website=New York Times | date=10 September 2024 | access-date=10 September 2024 | archive-date=September 11, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911021028/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/us/sarah-mcbride-delaware-democratic-primary.html | url-status=live }} She won the general election in November 2024 with 58% of the vote, and became the first openly transgender member of the U.S. Congress on January 3, 2025.{{Cite web |title=Sarah McBride announces run for US House seat to become first trans member of Congress |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/26/sarah-mcbride-delaware-senator-2024-elections-us-house/70349505007/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=The News Journal |archive-date=June 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626130304/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/06/26/sarah-mcbride-delaware-senator-2024-elections-us-house/70349505007/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Yurcaba |first1=Jo |title=These three LGBTQ women just made congressional 'herstory' |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/mcbride-randall-johnson-congressional-history-speaker-vote-rcna186051 |access-date=January 3, 2025 |work=NBC News |date=January 3, 2025}}

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Two weeks after McBride's election to Congress, Republican representative Nancy Mace introduced a bill to ban transgender women from using the women's bathroom on Capitol Hill, saying that the bill specifically was meant to target McBride.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-20 |title=House speaker backs ban on trans colleague using women's bathrooms |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2pknez94o.amp |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb |archive-date=November 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121012811/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly2pknez94o.amp |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Rep. Mace Says Transgender Restroom Bill Is Response to Election of Sarah McBride |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5142527/rep-mace-transgender-restroom-bill-response-election-sarah-mcbride |access-date=23 November 2024 |publisher=C-SPAN}}{{Cite web |last1=Talbot |first1=Haley |last2=Rimmer |first2=Morgan |last3=Raju |first3=Manu |date=October 19, 2024 |title=Republican introduces anti-transgender bathroom resolution at Capitol after first transgender woman elected to Congress |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/politics/nancy-mace-anti-transgender-bathroom-ban-capitol-sarah-mcbride/index.html |access-date=November 19, 2024 |website=CNN |language=en |authorlink3=Manu Raju |archive-date=November 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119190913/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/politics/nancy-mace-anti-transgender-bathroom-ban-capitol-sarah-mcbride/index.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=November 21, 2024 |title=Rep. Nancy Mace finally mastered the right-wing media universe |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/21/mace-mcbride-transgender-congress/ |newspaper=Washington Post}} Shortly thereafter, Republican House speaker Mike Johnson enacted a ban to the same effect.{{Cite web |last=Talbot |first=Morgan Rimmer, Manu Raju, Haley |date=2024-11-19 |title=Republican introduces anti-transgender bathroom resolution at Capitol after first transgender woman elected to Congress {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/politics/nancy-mace-anti-transgender-bathroom-ban-capitol-sarah-mcbride/index.html |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=CNN |language=en |archive-date=November 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241119190913/https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/18/politics/nancy-mace-anti-transgender-bathroom-ban-capitol-sarah-mcbride/index.html |url-status=live }} McBride subsequently announced that she would comply with the ban, saying "I'm not here to fight about bathrooms, I'm here to fight for Delawareans and to bring down costs facing families."{{Cite web |title=Trans congresswoman Sarah McBride responds to Capitol Hill bathroom ban {{!}} House of Representatives {{!}} The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/20/sarah-mcbride-trans-bathroom-ban |access-date=2024-11-21 |website=amp.theguardian.com|date=November 21, 2024 }}

On February 7, 2025, Rep. Mary Miller was presiding and introduced McBride as "the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. McBride."{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republican-introduces-transgender-lawmaker-the-gentleman-mr-mcbride-floor-speech|first=Alex|last=Nitzberg|date=February 7, 2025|title=House Republican introduces transgender lawmaker as 'the gentleman ... Mr. McBride' for floor speech|work=Fox News}} Rep. McBride continued her floor speech without acknowledging the comment. This was later corrected in the congressional record to the correctly-gendered honorific.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-transgender-sarah-mcbride-2039142|title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Furious As Record 'Changed' in Transgender Dispute|date=March 4, 2025|first=Martha|last=McHardy|work=Newsweek}}

On March 11, 2025, in a hearing of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Chair Keith Self introduced McBride as "the representative from Delaware, Mr. McBride." McBride replied by thanking Self as "Madam chair". Ranking Member Bill Keating interrupted and responded to Self, "Mr. Chairman, have you no decency?" Self repeated "Mr. McBride", and attempted to continue the hearing, but Keating stated "You will not continue it with me unless you introduce a duly-elected representative the right way!" Keating's absence would deny the hearing a quorum, so Self adjourned the hearing.{{cite web|url=https://www.fox29.com/news/delaware-rep-sarah-mcbride-misgendered-gop-lawmaker-during-congressional-hearing|title=Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride misgendered by GOP lawmaker during congressional hearing|date=March 12, 2025|author=Delaware Politics|work=WTXF-TV}}{{cite news |last1=Uribe |first1=Raquel Coronell |last2=Asghar |first2=Syedah |title=House Republican adjourns hearing after exchange over misgendering Rep. Sarah McBride |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republican-adjourns-hearing-exchange-sarah-mcbride-misgendering-rcna195936 |access-date=March 13, 2025 |work=NBC News |date=March 11, 2025}} During the exchange Self said "we have set the standard on the House floor", referring to the February incident.

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In an August 2023 interview with Jewish Insider, McBride "framed herself as a staunch supporter of Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship, as well as a committed fighter against antisemitism".{{cite news |last=Rod |first=Marc |date=August 2, 2023 |title=Delaware Congressional candidate Sarah McBride casts herself as a staunch supporter of Israel |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2023/08/delaware-state-sen-sarah-mcbride-congressional-candidate-israel-transgender/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106033002/https://jewishinsider.com/2023/08/delaware-state-sen-sarah-mcbride-congressional-candidate-israel-transgender/ |archive-date=November 6, 2024 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |publisher=Jewish Insider}} She has supported A two-state solution,{{cite news |last1=Petrowich |first1=Sarah |title=McBride and Hansen take the stage for the 2024 Delaware Debates |url=https://www.delawarepublic.org/politics-government/2024-10-17/mcbride-and-hansen-take-the-stage-for-the-2024-delaware-debates |access-date=23 January 2025 |agency=Delaware Public Media |date=17 October 2024}} American aid to Israel, and the Abraham Accords.{{cite news |last1=Rod |first1=Marc |title=Delaware Congressional candidate Sarah McBride casts herself as a staunch supporter of Israel |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2023/08/delaware-state-sen-sarah-mcbride-congressional-candidate-israel-transgender/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |agency=Jewish Insider |date=2 August 2023}} She has also backed a ceasefire{{cite news |last1=Montes |first1=Olivia |title=Her opponent didn't show up. Sarah McBride made her case for Congress anyway at UD debate |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/17/takeaways-us-house-debate-sarah-mcbride-university-of-delaware/75716708007/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |agency=Delaware Online |date=17 October 2024}} in the Gaza war and praised the one reached in January 2025.{{cite web |title=Congresswoman McBride’s Statement on Israel-Hamas Ceasefire |url=https://mcbride.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-mcbrides-statement-israel-hamas-ceasefire |website=United States Congresswoman Sarah McBride Representing Delaware At Large |access-date=23 January 2025}}

McBride has supported Biden's policy on Ukraine, as well as further support to the country.

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".{{cite news |last1=Mayk |first1=Lauren |last2=Yurcaba |first2=Jo |title=Rep. Sarah McBride says Trump's executive order can't erase the LGBTQ community |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/sarah-mcbride-trump-executive-order-gender-lgbtq-trans-rights-rcna188758 |access-date=23 January 2025 |agency=NBC News |date=22 January 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Grassi |first1=Emily |title=Transgender Congresswoman Sarah McBride reacts to Pres. Trump's policy on gender |url=https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/sarah-mcbride-delaware-congress-trump-two-genders-executive-order/4084689/ |access-date=23 January 2025 |agency=NBC Philadelphia |date=21 January 2025}}

On August 24, 2014, McBride married fellow LGBTQ rights activist Andrew Cray in a small, private wedding ceremony on their apartment rooftop in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web |last=Columnist |first=John Andersen |date=2023-06-20 |title=Andrew Cray stood up for justice |url=https://lacrossetribune.com/chp/opinion/columnists/john-andersen-andrew-cray-stood-up-for-justice/article_8d3cad5e-097c-11ee-8089-0fe4d0f597a6.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=La Crosse Tribune |language=en |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329054836/https://lacrossetribune.com/chp/opinion/columnists/john-andersen-andrew-cray-stood-up-for-justice/article_8d3cad5e-097c-11ee-8089-0fe4d0f597a6.html |url-status=live }} The ceremony was officiated by Episcopal bishop Gene Robinson. Four days after their wedding, Cray died from oral cancer.{{cite news |last1=Paunil |first1=Josh |title=From 'unwavering ache' to advocacy: Sarah McBride's journey breaking barriers as a transgender woman |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gender-identity/from-unwavering-ache-to-advocacy-sarah-mcbrides-journey-breaking-barriers-as-a-transgender-woman/ |access-date=November 21, 2024 |date=January 18, 2018}}

McBride is an ordained Presbyterian elder.{{cite web |title=Religious affiliation of members of the 119th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/12/pr_2025-01-02_faith-on-the-hill_member-list.pdf |publisher=Pew Research Center |access-date=January 8, 2025}} https://religionnews.com/2024/12/30/rns-reporters-look-ahead-to-the-big-religion-stories-of-2025/

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• Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, by Sarah McBride; Foreword by Joe Biden; Crown Archetype (2018).
• Raising Kids Beyond the Binary: Celebrating God's Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children, by Jamie Bruesehoff, Foreword by Sarah McBride; Broadleaf Books (2023).

• "Op-Ed: The Real Me"; The Eagle (American University); May 1, 2012. (republished in an expanded version a week later at the HuffPost)
• "Forever and Ever: Losing My Husband at 24"; HuffPost (2015).{{cite web|title=Forever and Ever: Losing My Husband at 24|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/forever-and-ever-losing-my-husband-at-24_b_8038600|date=August 25, 2015|publisher=Huffington Post|first=Sarah|last=McBride}}

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