Sarah McBride Urges Dems to Embrace Dialogue on Trans Rights

metroweekly.com:

NOTUS about how Democrats should approach people with reservations or genuine questions about transgender inclusion. “If, for instance, we want to have a majoritarian coalition — not just electorally, but specifically on issues around trans rights — that, by necessity, is going to have to include people who have a range of thoughts.“A binary choice between being all-on or all-off is not constructive for anyone,” McBride added. “It impedes the very needed path toward winning electorally, winning hearts and minds and, most importantly, winning progress.”McBride’s comments come at a time when Democrats are torn about their perceived proximity to the transgender community, which many believe helped fuel Donald Trump’s return to the presidency and bolstered Republican victories in Congress and further down the ballot.There has also been a backlash against LGBTQ visibility more broadly — especially against transgender figures or those who refuse to adhere to traditional gender norms — in American society.The increase in anti-transgender sentiment, coupled with the fact that Donald Trump has advised Republicans to campaign on their opposition to transgender rights in next year’s congressional elections, has left Democrats uncertain of how to respond to anti-transgender political attacks.Former Vice President Kamala Harris received harsh criticism for failing to adequately push back against an ad run by Trump touting her previously stated support for allowing transgender inmates to receive gender-affirming care in last year’s election.But other Democrats, like U.S.