Sarah McBride
American politician and activist (born 1990)
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Key Takeaways
- Sarah Elizabeth McBride (born August 9, 1990) is an American politician, serving as the U.
- A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Delaware Senate from January 2021 to January 2025, representing the state's 1st senate district.
- McBride is the nation's highest ranking openly transgender elected official and the first openly transgender member of the United States Congress.
- Prior to her election, McBride lobbied for the successful passage of legislation in Delaware banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, insurance, and public accommodations.
- In 2018, McBride published her memoir Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality , with a foreword by then-former vice president and later U.
Sarah Elizabeth McBride (born August 9, 1990) is an American politician, serving as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district, author, and LGBTQ rights activist. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Delaware Senate from January 2021 to January 2025, representing the state's 1st senate district. Prior, she was the national press secretary of the Human Rights Campaign from 2016 to 2021. McBride is the nation's highest ranking openly transgender elected official and the first openly transgender member of the United States Congress.
In 2020, McBride became the first openly transgender person elected as a state senator in the United States. Prior to her election, McBride lobbied for the successful passage of legislation in Delaware banning discrimination on the basis of gender identity in employment, housing, insurance, and public accommodations. 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. In 2018, McBride published her memoir Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, with a foreword by then-former vice president and later U.S. president Joe Biden. McBride has been credited with shaping Biden's personal views and political evolution on transgender issues.
Early life
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.
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