Sarah McBride leads bipartisan coalition to secure ‘freedom and dignity’ for LGBTQ+ people globally
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November 20 2025 4:13 PM
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The Global Respect Act has 119 cosponsors.
“I recognize that it’s not viscerally comforting for some people in my own community who feel the indignities that I am facing vicariously,” Delaware U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride told The Advocate.
The Democratic congresswoman from Delaware told an audience at Crooked Con, "You can’t build a diverse working class coalition if people don’t feel like you like them."
“The high of orientation was met with probably the deepest low of my life outside of losing my husband to cancer," the first trans member of Congress told The Advocate in an exclusive interview.
“Standing up for health care and keeping the government open should never be partisan,” Sarah McBride added.
Hours ahead of the third government shutdown under Donald Trump's watch, the Democratic congresswoman posted a video looking for her GOP colleagues.
“Since we filed this lawsuit, Ms. Owens has only strengthened our case by doubling down on, and escalating, her knowingly false and defamatory rhetoric against the Macrons,” counsel for the couple said.
The Delaware congresswoman said lawmakers were "betraying" those who volunteer to wear the uniforms of the U.S. military.
Emmanuel Macron and his wife sought the information before suing the far-right media figure in Delaware
As the party’s favorability collapses, the transgender congresswoman says the path forward begins with humility, not purity tests.
“Owens told some of the dumbest, obvious lies one can tell,” Robert Barnes claimed.
While some Republicans stage political stunts to erase her, the first out trans member of Congress is quietly reshaping economic opportunity, with bipartisan backing.
“These are Americans who have served with honor, with distinction, and with unshakable patriotism,” the Delaware Democrat said
In a time of rising anti-trans sentiment in Republican states, Democratic-led Delaware responds with progressive policies and inclusive representation.
The new documentary premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival on Saturday.
The EqualityPAC fundraiser will be held on June 4 at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
She delivered for her constituents regardless of whether Donald Trump believes she exists.
“I won’t sit and watch him lie,” Vermont Democratic Congresswoman Becca Balint said.
The first trans member of Congress is speaking out against the president’s attempt to erase Americans.
The anti-trans Republican from Georgia took objection to a video posted by Libs of TikTok showing McBride reading to children from the book I Am Jazz.