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The 119th Congress will have several members whose elections made history. One of them is Representative-elect Sarah McBride, a state senator who won Delaware’s at-large seat in the House. She will become the first openly transgender member of the United States Congress. McBride joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more.
Democrat Sarah McBride won election to a U.S. House seat representing Delaware on Tuesday. With her victory over Republican John Whalen III, McBride is poised to become the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress. She was elected to the Delaware state Senate in 2020. McBride has built ...
... that might be part of why this messaging campaign might be falling short. Laura Baron-Lopez: These ads make pretty specific claims about surgery for transgender inmates and undocumented immigrants. Let's take a listen. Man: Under liberal border czar Kamala Harris, illegal aliens are pouring into our country, including ...
... nomination. Clips show Harris affirming her support for federal policies that allow federal prisoners access to medical care including gender-affirming hormone treatments and, potentially, transgender surgery. "It sounds insane because it is insane," the announcer states in an ad that, as of Thursday, had aired almost 28,000 times ...
... because we’re making history, but it’s sad because our candidacy highlights the entire history of exclusion, violence and alienation of the transvestite and transgender community from electoral processes in Brazil and Latin America,” she said in a video call. Positive changes accompany the violence and fearIndianarae Siqueira, a ...
... than a woman.” Petrillo referred to a study funded by the IOC — and published in April in the British Journal of Sports Medicine — showing that transgender women were actually at a physical disadvantage compared to cisgender women across several areas, including lung function and lower body strength. “This means rather ...
... for either scenario. Jay Warona, the deputy executive director and general counsel for the New York State School Boards Association, said his state already offers transgender students some similar protections, but not all of the other components of the new regulation are addressed in state policy. Warona said he's ...
... 2024 presidential election, that's front and center right now for a lot of Americans. How are you viewing this election from the perspective of transgender rights and rights for LGBTQ people? State Rep. Leigh Finke: Yes, I mean, in terms of trans rights, the work that I do on ...
In arguments before the high court in March, an attorney for the state insisted the combined abortion- and transgender-care measures did not violate the state's single subject rule, because both fall under the subject of health care. But an attorney for Planned Parenthood argued that the Legislature recognized ...
As more states move to enforce health care restrictions, families of transgender youths are increasingly forced to travel out of state for the care they need at clinics with growing waiting lists. At least 13 states have laws protecting care for transgender minors. Most of the states that have passed ...
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