Sarah McBride

There is no one-size-fits-all narrative; everyone's path winds in different ways.

— Sarah McBride

Living authentically isn't an act of courage as much as an act of survival.

— Sarah McBride

For my entire life, I've wrestled with my gender identity.

— Sarah McBride

LGBTQ people are still targeted by hate that lives in both laws and in hearts.

— Sarah McBride

When you know someone's story, it becomes much harder to hate them.

— Sarah McBride

The harassment and the bullying that students face is a learned behavior.

— Sarah McBride

Change always seems impossible until it's inevitable.

— Sarah McBride

No one should be forced to not dream anymore.

— Sarah McBride

We certainly hope that Secretary DeVos will work on behalf of every student and ensure equal access to a safe and quality…

— Sarah McBride

Every single day matters when it comes to building a world where every person can live their life to the fullest.

— Sarah McBride

It's OK to be talking to one another about what it means to be transgender. We don't have to shield everyone from…

— Sarah McBride

I'm so proud to stand with the LGBT Caucus and speak out in support of Hillary Clinton, because we know she stands…

— Sarah McBride

When I came out, I wondered whether I had a future not just professionally but romantically. Would I be able to find…

— Sarah McBride

I love politics, love government, and I definitely want to stay involved. But I don't know if I'd ever want to run…

— Sarah McBride

Everyone's journey to coming out as transgender is different. For me, I've know that I'm transgender my entire life.

— Sarah McBride

Transgender people frequently face bias in court and are assigned unsupportive public defenders, factors which lead to more extreme sentences and longer…

— Sarah McBride

I would take issue with the assertion that President Trump has reached out to a diverse group for his cabinet secretaries. In…

— Sarah McBride

Too often, when transgender people die, family members or funeral homes will end up dressing a body of a transgender person in…

— Sarah McBride

Since taking office, Donald Trump and Mike Pence have governed the exact same way they campaigned, which is with bigotry and with…

— Sarah McBride

Trump's campaign is not a collection of ignorant statements. It is a candidacy of hate and fear that poses serious risks to…

— Sarah McBride

When gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals come out, their friends and families, for the most part, understand what it feels like to…

— Sarah McBride

My whiteness, economic privilege, able-bodied privilege, family support, and so many other factors shield me from some of the worst possible consequences…

— Sarah McBride

I've always been Sarah. My gender identity has always existed. I've always been a woman. Gay people aren't straight before they come…

— Sarah McBride

I remember, as a child, lying in my bed at night praying that I would wake up the next day and be…

— Sarah McBride

I now know that my dreams and my identity are only mutually exclusive if I don't try.

— Sarah McBride

My name is Sarah McBride, and I am a proud transgender American.

— Sarah McBride

A life in pursuit of position or power is not a life well-lived or in service to others.

— Sarah McBride

There's no question that the political is personal.

— Sarah McBride

I grew up in an upper-income household, in an accepting environment, and with incredible educational opportunities.

— Sarah McBride

I think that someday we will live in a world where transgender people will be viewed as the multidimensional people that we…

— Sarah McBride

It was easier to forget, or be dismissive about, transgender issues when there weren't transgender staffers or interns walking the halls of…

— Sarah McBride

There's no question that the best way to get people to care about an issue is to humanize it.

— Sarah McBride

My gratitude is great to my family and friends for accepting me as the person who they now know me to be…

— Sarah McBride

Discomfort isn't grounds for discrimination. We have a big country with a lot of different kinds of people in it.

— Sarah McBride

The Trump-Pence administration has truly become one of the most explicitly anti-LGBTQ administrations in history.

— Sarah McBride

We have to open hearts and change minds while at the same time pushing for laws that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination.

— Sarah McBride

When a person finally has the courage to say, 'This is who I am,' and society is not there to welcome them…

— Sarah McBride

“Hope can be limitless. Inspiration can always be found. Ideas are endless. But time, that is the one resource that none of…

— Sarah McBride

When the boys and girls would line up separately in kindergarten, I'd find myself longing to be in the other line.

— Sarah McBride

Efforts to bar transgender people from restrooms are nothing more than an attempt to codify discrimination before our country advances any further…

— Sarah McBride