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.

Democrat Sarah McBride to become first openly transgender member in Congress after winning Delaware race With her victory over Republican John Whalen III, McBride is poised to become the first ...

When you talk to Delaware’s Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender ... a devoted adherent of the all-but-lost art of political dealmaking. But she is also a trailblazer.