Transgender Candidate Runs for Congress in Delaware

Sarah McBride, a Delaware state senator and the first openly transgender legislator in the US, has announced her candidacy for Delaware’s at-large US House seat. If successful, she would become the first openly transgender member of Congress. McBride plans to prioritize policies like paid family and medical leave, affordable early childhood education, elder care, gun safety, reproductive rights, and climate change. She is likely to face a primary challenge in her solidly blue district but holds ample political capital in the state, helped by her relationship with President Biden. McBride is concerned about Republican-led policies that target LGBTQ+ people, including bills directed at gender-affirming care for transgender youth and discussions to ban LGBTQ+-related information for K-12 students.