History-making Sarah McBride sworn in

Transgender trailblazer Sarah McBride heads to her debut in Congress, hoping for a touch of grace
U.S.-Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, D-Del., laughs with fellow lawmakers after her farewell speech on the Senate floor during a special session, her last day as a Delaware state senator, at the Delaware Legislative Hall in Dover, Del., Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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,
McBride to become first openly trans member of Congress amid hostility from GOP colleagues
Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride is set to be sworn in Friday to the House, where she’ll be the first openly transgender member of Congress amid a climate of heightened anti-trans animosity among Republicans.
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.
History-making LGBTQ legislators to be sworn in to 119th Congress
Three history-making, newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will be sworn in to the 119th Congress Friday.
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.
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.
Speaker Mike Johnson quietly enacts ‘cruel’ anti-transgender bathroom ban in U.S. House of Representatives
After South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace made a spectacle of transgender people’s access to bathrooms in the U.S.
Delaware makes history as Sarah McBride and Lisa Blunt Rochester take the oath in Washington
Taking her seat in the House is Sarah McBride, who officially became the first transgender person to serve in Congress upon ...
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The newest LGBTQ+ members of Congress are fired up & ready to serve
The 119th Congress officially began on January 3 and included among the new members are three history-making LGBTQ+ ...
House Democratic rising stars to watch in 2025
Eight new and current Democrats will be the voices and faces of the party with the weight of a GOP trifecta on their ...
Incoming LGBTQ+ members of Congress celebrated on the night before officially taking office
Here's what Sarah McBride, Emily Randall, and Julie Johnson have to say about what they are up against in the House.
These three LGBTQ women just made congressional 'herstory'
Delaware’s Sarah McBride, Washington’s Emily Randall and Texas’ Julie Johnson made LGBTQ history when they were sworn in to ...
Nancy Mace’s Bathroom Ban Excluded from House Rules Package
The GOP-controlled House approved several amendments that ax rights for transgender people and other vulnerable communities, ...
Trans rights to be marquee fight for House Republicans
How the GOP is responding to Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender House member, is a preview of what’s to ...