Sarah McBride makes history as first openly transgender DNC speaker
Sarah McBride made history Thursday when she spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia as the first openly transgender person to address a major political convention.
McBride, 25, is an LGBT rights activist working at the Human Rights Campaign as the national press secretary. She began her speech by saying that despite all the advances in LGBT rights, a lot of work still remains.
“Will we be a nation where there’s only one way to love, only one way to look, and only one way to live?” McBride asked. “Or will we be a nation where everyone has the freedom to live openly and equally?”
While talking about the urgency of the fight for LGBT and trans rights, she also spoke of her husband, Andrew Cray, a transgender man who passed away at 28 from cancer a few days after their 2014 wedding.
McBride stated that LGBT people are targeted by “hate that lives in both laws and in hearts” in America today. She ended her speech on a hopeful note, saying she believes “tomorrow can be different.”
“Tomorrow we can be respected and protected,” she said. “Especially if Hillary Clinton is our president.”
Read her full remarks here.
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