Sarah McBride becomes the first transgender person to address a major U.S. political convention

When she took the stage Thursday afternoon at the Democratic National Convention, Sarah McBride became the first transgender person to ever address a national convention.

The 25-year-old is a press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, and shared that she came out as transgender while serving as her college's student body president. McBride was scared, she said, but while interning at the White House, saw that change is possible. "Despite our progress, so much work remains," she said. "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 will we be a nation where everyone has the freedom to love openly and equally, a nation that's strong together?"

McBride also discussed the death of her husband from cancer, four days after they were marred in 2014. "Every day matters when it comes to building a world where every person can live their life to the fullest," she said, before imploring the audience to vote for Hillary Clinton because she "understands the urgency of our fight." Catherine Garcia

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