EXCLUSIVE: After Sarah McBride won election in 2024 to represent Delaware in the U.S. House of Representatives, she became the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress. How did some members of the Republican majority greet her? By deliberately misgendering her and, under orders from House Speaker Mike Johnson, banning McBride from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol and House Office Building.
If GOP leaders thought that would make McBride crumble, they were in for a surprise. The 35-year-old Democrat displays her mettle in the documentary State of Firsts, directed by Chase Joynt. The film opens theatrically on June
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