Tomorrow Will be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

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Crown Archetype, 2018 - Biography & Autobiography - 273 pages
"A brave, powerful memoir" (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country

"The energy and vigor Sarah has brought to the fight for equality is ever present in this book."--Senator Kamala Harris, New York Times bestselling author of The Truths We Hold


Foreword by Joe Biden

Before she became the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention in 2016 at the age of twenty-six, Sarah McBride struggled with the decision to come out--not just to her family but to the students of American University, where she was serving as student body president. She'd known she was a girl from her earliest memories, but it wasn't until the Facebook post announcing her truth went viral that she realized just how much impact her story could have on the country.

Four years later, McBride was one of the nation's most prominent transgender activists, walking the halls of the White House, advocating inclusive legislation, and addressing the country in the midst of a heated presidential election. She had also found her first love and future husband, Andy, a trans man and fellow activist, who complemented her in every way . . . until cancer tragically intervened.

Informative, heartbreaking, and profoundly empowering, Tomorrow Will Be Different is McBride's story of love and loss and a powerful entry point into the LGBTQ community's battle for equal rights and what it means to be openly transgender. From issues like bathroom access to health care to gender in America, McBride weaves the important political and cultural milestones into a personal journey that will open hearts and change minds.

As McBride urges: "We must never be a country that says there's only one way to love, only one way to look, and only one way to live."

The fight for equality and freedom has only just begun.

 

Contents

This is the world we will help build
1
Im transgender
9
Hi Im Andy I think wed get along pretty swimmingly
32
Sarah
52
The Peoples House
61
The political is personal
77
Please pass this bill
97
One step closer to justice
121
It hasnt taken away my voice
164
Amazing grace
187
Righteous anger
211
There was that word again History
228
Our voices matter
254
STUDIES AND RESOURCES
268
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
271
Copyright

Will you still love me?
141

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About the author (2018)

Sarah McBride is the National Press Secretary at the Human Rights Campaign, working tirelessly to advocate for LGBTQ equality. In 2016, Sarah made history when she became the first openly transgender person to address a major party convention. She has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, TIME Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Vogue, Rolling Stone, and The New Yorker, and she speaks regularly at national LGBTQ and political events. A native of Delaware, Sarah currently works in Washington, D.C.

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