U.S. Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, of Delaware, will be sworn in as the first openly transgender member of Congress on Jan. 3.

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,

Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride is set to be sworn in Friday to the House, where she’ll be the first openly transgender member of Congress amid a climate of heightened anti-trans animosity among Republicans.

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, 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,

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.