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A political convention’s first openly transgender speaker called for further equality for LGBT individuals on Thursday night in Philadelphia._ by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 28, 2016 9:57 PM UTC 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. Read her remarks as prepared for delivery: --- > “” --- ## Transcript My name is Sarah McBride and I am a proud transgender American. i worry that my dreams and my identity were mutually exclusive. Since then, though, I've seen that change is possible. Will we be a nation where there's only one way to love, only one way to look and only one way to live? Or we be a nation where everyone has the freedom to live openly and equally. For me this struggle for equality became all the more agent when I learn that my future husband Andrew was battling cancer. His passing taught me that every day matters when it comes to building a world where every person can live their live to the fullest. Today in America LGBTQ people are still targeted by hate that lives in both laws and in hearts. Tomorrow we can be respected and and protected especially if Hillary Clinton is our President, and that's why I'm proud to stand here and say that I'm with her. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4429381/dnc-sarah-mcbride-transgender-lgbt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4429381/dnc-sarah-mcbride-transgender-lgbt/"},"headline":"Read Sarah McBride's Speech at the Democratic Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-28T21:57:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-06T09:44:33.903Z","description":"'I worried that my dreams and my identity were mutually exclusive'","url":"https://time.com/4429381/dnc-sarah-mcbride-transgender-lgbt/","keywords":["Democratic National Convention","LGBT","Transgender"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf38063d6575a620a/6988a031428a9e95eccd3ae0/sarah-mcbride.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf38063d6575a620a/6988a031428a9e95eccd3ae0/sarah-mcbride.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride waves after speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania","caption":"LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride waves after speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania","creditText":"Lucy Nicholson—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/democratic-national-convention/","name":"Democratic National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4429381/dnc-sarah-mcbride-transgender-lgbt/","name":"Read Sarah McBride's Speech at the Democratic Convention"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch Sarah McBride At The Democratic Convention","description":"A political convention’s first openly transgender speaker called for further equality for LGBT individuals on Thursday night in Philadelphia.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/qqS3FFz0/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-07-28T22:01:01.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/qqS3FFz0.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4429381/dnc-sarah-mcbride-transgender-lgbt/","duration":"PT1M7S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4429381/dnc-sarah-mcbride-transgender-lgbt/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```