Hillary Clinton and Sarah McBride expose... anti-trans political attacks

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Hillary Clinton and Sarah McBride expose how weaponizing 'scarcity' drives anti-trans political attacks

https://www.advocate.com/politics/hillary-clinton-sarah-mcbride-munich-conference 🔗

Christopher Wiggins (18 Feb 2026)

The first out transgender member of the U.S. Congress took the world stage in Germany last week, warning that attacks on people like her and on LGBTQ+ rights more broadly are being weaponized in the current political climate, as she joined former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on a high-profile panel at the Munich Security Conference.

Rep. Sarah McBride, a Democrat from Delaware, participated in a town hall on Saturday titled "Girls Just Want to Have Fundamental Rights: Fighting the Global Pushback," a wide-ranging discussion that described today's battles over gender and LGBTQ+ equality as part of a deeper contest between democracy and rising authoritarianism. Clinton opened by describing a global backlash against what she called "questions of dignity and identity," one that now reaches far beyond any single country's culture wars.

In introducing McBride, Clinton praised her as a "gender rights champion" and for what her tenure in Congress means, noting that she has faced sustained attacks, including from fellow lawmakers, while maintaining what Clinton called "immense grace."

McBride told the audience that the United States is not experiencing an isolated spasm of cultural anxiety but a coordinated, well-funded campaign that has placed transgender people "at the center" of a broader effort to roll back hard-won rights. The consequences, she argued, will not stop with trans communities.

[Courtney G]

I love Sarah. She works a short distance from me in my neighboring state. I'd love to meet her and shake her hand.