State Senator Sarah McBride On Trans Inclusion: Diversity Is A Necessity iheart.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iheart.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
As per her episode in Logo s
Rainbow Wave series, the LGBTQ activist, who made history in November 2020 when she was elected to Delaware’s state senate, hit on the importance of seeing other members of the trans community be embraced within the world of politics. Diversity in government isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity, she told the outlet in a video, which was shared on Trans Day of Visibility. We cannot craft effective solutions for diverse communities if we don’t have the diversity of those communities represented at the table.
Elsewhere in the installment, McBride opened up about losing her husband,
WILMINGTON, Delaware (WPVI) Delaware Senator Sarah McBride became a first on Tuesday when she took the oath in Claymont. She s the country s first openly transgender state senator and the highest-ranking transgender elected official in the nation. As I reflect on the journey till today I am reminded of the change that it reflects: that we are a community and a country that has continuously opened our hearts and changed our minds and increasingly judged people on their skills and talents not on their identities, McBride said.
McBride s swearing-in ceremony sheds light that while 4.5% of adults identify as LGBTQ in the US, according to the Victory Institute, less than 1% are elected officials.