Sarah McBride, the nation’s first transgender state lawmaker, has been a major force in forging the president’s worldview of LGBTQ rights.
Transgender activist Sarah McBride watches a computer screen at her watch party in Wilmington, Del., Sept. 15, 2020. | Jason Minto/AP PhotoSpeaking before the largest Pride celebration in White House history this month, President Joe Biden looked out at the crowd and marveled at the people in front of him.
McBride’s close ties with the Biden family date back over 15 years. Last week, the country’s first transgender state senator announced she’s running for Delaware’s open House seat, in a bid that could make her the first openly transgender member of the U.S. Congress. McBride’s relationship with the Biden family began in 2006. She was a high schooler when she worked for Beau Biden’s attorney general campaign, establishing a close connection to the eldest Biden son. McBride worked for Beau Biden again in 2010 as a member of his small reelection campaign team. She was his “body person” for most of that summer, driving him up and down the state to campaign events.
For McBride, these moments of acceptance, particularly from a politician she looked up to as a young kid interested in a political career, were vital. As a 10-year-old, she ran into Biden for the first time at a local pizza shop. Now the vice president stood before her, affirming his support at a time when politicians weren’t embracing transgender people.
In 2013, Beau Biden joined Democratic Delaware Gov. Jack Markell in backing marriage equality legislation. But what was seen as a bigger deal among LGBTQ advocates at the time was his support for trans people. He urged state lawmakers to pass legislation to establish protections based on gender identity, said Lisa Goodman, founding president of Equality Delaware.
Republicans have seized on transgender issues as a base motivator. In 2023 alone, nearly 500 pieces of legislation targeting LGBTQ rights have been introduced across state legislatures. Former President Donald Trump has vowed to punish doctors who provide gender-affirming care if reelected, and to reinstate his ban on transgender people in the U.S. military that Biden overturned.
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