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Getty Images January 12, 2021, was a historic day not just for activist and politician Sarah McBride but also for the United States. McBride was sworn in as a Delaware senator, making her the country's first openly transgender senator and the highest-ranking elected transgender official. While the momentous occasion stood in stark contrast to the very different kind of history that was made less than one week earlier, when then president Donald Trump incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Wilmington native—who is often credited with the passage of legislation in Delaware banning...

[Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival] advertisement advertisement Sarah McBride won’t officially be sworn in as senator of Delaware’s 1st district until January 2021, but she hit the ground full sprint right after her win in November. advertisement advertisement “Senators assume the office here in Delaware at midnight on election night, so you get dropped into the deep end pretty quickly and have very little time to catch your breath,” McBride says. “In some ways, you don’t have the time and space to reflect and fully process.” There’s a lot to reflect ...