January 4, 2025 at 12:02AM

In reply to: The Advocate: History-making Sarah McBride sworn in as first out transgender member of Congress

I’ve been following the career of Congresswoman McBride for a number of years. She’s a remarkable person, and I think someone who will be a positive force in DC. I highly recommend her book, which is so much more than a conventional political memoir.

The coming months will show us all, once again, the extraordinary pressure put on trailblazers. McBride’s election is a huge milestone for trans rights in the middle of a vicious backlash against trans people. She’s a talented legislator with goals and ambitions to help her constituents, she’ll have good ideas and she’ll make mistakes, like anyone else. But everything she says and does will be viewed through the lens of “the first trans member of Congress.” It’s unfair.

But tomorrow will be different.