Delaware’s newest member of Congress is its first-ever openly transgender member. Why doesn’t she talk about it more?

Her gender identity is central to her story but doesn’t define how the diligent, curious U.S. representative works to improve constituents’ lives.

Representative Sarah McBride did not run for Congress emphasizing L.G.B.T.Q. issues. But since her arrival in Washington, her identity has come under attack from newly empowered Republicans.