Congresswoman Sarah McBride, a history-making Democrat from Delaware, was sworn in Friday afternoon as the first out transgender member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Representing Delaware’s At-Large Congressional District,

House Republicans responded to Sarah McBride’s election win by misgendering her and spreading anti-trans rhetoric. McBride has largely tried to steer clear of the attempts to politicize her identity.

McBride would go on to forge a trail through a rapid series of firsts. During college, she became the first openly transgender woman to intern at the White House. At a reception there, she met and later fell in love with a young lawyer, Andrew Cray, a trans man and LGBTQ+ health policy advocate.

Sarah McBride, who built a reputation as a pragmatist in the Delaware state Senate, will be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress on Friday.

Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride is set to be sworn in today (3 January) becoming the first-ever out trans senator. The 34-year-old is set to make history on Friday (3 January) becoming the first ever trans person to take the oath in Washington and be sworn into the US Senate.

Sarah McBride, speaking on the eve of taking her place as Delaware's lone representative in Congress, said some members of the Republican Caucus who have exploited "bathrooms and trans rights" have undermined their own capacity to do their job,