
In her first year in Congress, Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride says she's tried to do something that feels almost impossible in American politics: lower the temperature in a political environment built to reward outrage. As one of the most visible transgender people in the country, and the first out trans member of the U.S. House (and Congress as a whole), McBride has become a test case for a political strategy grounded in persuasion, restraint, and expansion rather than confrontation.
Source: https://www.advocate.com/politics/sarah ... ans-rights
