Rolling Stone Why Sarah McBride Might Be the Most Inspiring Elected Official in America
The 30-year-old Delaware state senator became the highest-ranking openly trans official in the country in November. But it’s how she speaks about the broader fight for equality that really sets her apart
By Morgan Levy for Rolling Stone
It’s early January, and Sarah McBride is sitting at a desk in her parents’ house in Delaware. A “Sarah McBride for State Senate” yard sign is wedged between a bookshelf and the wall already a relic from the election she won two months earlier. “It’s been a whirlwind,” she says, leaning forward and taking off her glasses to rub her eyes. And not just because it’s her first time holding public office: When she won her election for state senator of Delaware’s 1st District with an overwhelming 73 percent of the vote, she became the highest-ranking openly trans elected official in U.S. history.