Sarah McBride is set to become the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history. This is her story.
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00:00My name is Sarah McBride and I am a proud transgender American.
00:16We will demonstrate that our momentum is more powerful than any single president and any
00:20prejudice, that we will continue to move equality forward no matter the challenges we face.
00:30Some of my earliest memories are of lying in bed at night praying that I would wake
00:34up the next day and be myself, that my family would still be proud of me and that I could
00:40still dream big dreams.
00:42But by my junior year in college, that pain had become too much.
00:55They were shocked, but more than anything else, they were scared.
00:59They were scared of rejection, they were scared of discrimination, they were scared
01:02of violence.
01:03Though at the same time, despite how scared they were, they also understood that their
01:07role as parents was to love me and support me.
01:29One of the things that has been so important for our family throughout this journey is
01:44that we have felt it's important to share our story.
01:47We understand that it becomes much more difficult to hate someone or fear someone whose story
01:52you know.
01:53And so throughout this process, we've been willing to share our stories publicly.
01:59She courageously stood before the General Assembly to describe her personal struggles
02:17with gender identity and communicate her desire to return home to Delaware after graduating
02:26from college without fear.
02:40Will we be a nation where there's only one way to love, only one way to look, and only
02:45one way to live?
02:46Or will we be a nation where everyone has the freedom to live openly and equally?
02:56I am completely convinced that through all of these challenges, we will demonstrate what
03:15we have demonstrated from Stonewall to the steps of the Supreme Court.
03:19We will demonstrate that our momentum is more powerful than any single president and any
03:23prejudice, that we will continue to move equality forward no matter the challenges
03:27we face, and that we will build a world where our understanding of we the people finally
03:32includes every single one of us.