For the first time in America, a 'transgender' senator has been elected

For the first time in history of America, a transgender candidate has won the Senate election.

According to the international news agency, a transgender named Sarah McBride has won the state Senate race from Delaware. Following this success, she became the first and only transgender senator in the United States to openly acknowledge being transgender.

"I hope tonight a LGBT kid will show how open American democracy is to transgender people," said Sarah McBride, 30, who easily defeated Republican Steve Washington in Delaware.

McBride has a reputation for social work in her area; previously a former spokeswoman for the LGBTQ advocacy group Human Rights Campaign and she rose to prominence in 2012 when she resigned as president of the American University Student Body.

She also appeared as a transgender during her school days and later interviewed the Obama administration, becoming the first transgender woman to work in the White House.

McBride became known as the first transgender political speaker to speak at the Democrats' major political convention in Philadelphia in 2016 and has now won the Senate battle in 2020.

A report by the LGBTQ Victory Fund revealed that there are currently four transgender members of the US state parliament; the first being was Danica Rome, who won a seat in the Virginia House in 2017.

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