--- title: DNC: Read Sarah McBride's Speech at the Convention description: "I worried that my dreams and my identity were mutually exclusive." canonical: https://time.com/4429381/dnc-sarah-mcbride-transgender-lgbt/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-28T21:57:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:38:25.094Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Sarah McBride's Speech at the Democratic Convention og:description: "I worried that my dreams and my identity were mutually exclusive." og:url: https://time.com/4429381/dnc-sarah-mcbride-transgender-lgbt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf38063d6575a620a/6988a031428a9e95eccd3ae0/sarah-mcbride.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride waves after speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Sarah McBride's Speech at the Democratic Convention twitter:description: "I worried that my dreams and my identity were mutually exclusive." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf38063d6575a620a/6988a031428a9e95eccd3ae0/sarah-mcbride.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Sarah McBride's Speech at the Democratic Convention by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 28, 2016 9:57 PM UTC  Sarah McBride waves after speaking at the DNC in Philadelphia, PA, on July 28, 2016. Sarah McBride waves after speaking at the DNC in Philadelphia, PA, on July 28, 2016.Lucy Nicholson—Reuters by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 28, 2016 9:57 PM UTC The [first openly transgender speaker](http://time.com/4422613/democratic-convention-first-transgender-sarah-mcbride/) at a major political party convention lauded the country’s progress on LGBT issues but warned that more needed to be done during brief remarks Thursday night in Philadelphia. McBride noted that when she first came out as transgender she worried how it would affect her. “I worried that my dreams and my identity were mutually exclusive,” she said. “Since then, I’ve seen change.” **Read More:** [_The First Openly Transgender Convention Speaker Talks to TIME_](http://time.com/4423025/dnc-democratic-convention-transgender-speaker/) Since then, McBride has interned at the White House and now works for the Human Rights Campaign. “Today in America, LGBTQ people are still targeted by hate that lives in both laws and hearts,” she said. 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