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Hey, this is Annie.

And Samantha.

And welcome to Stephon Never Told You, production by Heart Radio.

And today, let me put this date here, December 3rd, 2024.

We are talking about someone who's been on a lot of people's minds and really has had people talking, though she doesn't even know a lot of other people don't exist. Like, she doesn't know you, and yet we're talking about her. And yes, we're talking about newly elected Congresswoman, Sarah McBride. Of course,

with all of the transphobic rhetoric to happening today, she has been the topic of a lot of conversation.

Recently, she has been the main focus for some other members of Congress who've made it their biggest job, which is odd because there's a lot happening, to make sure she feels unwelcome and

about her bathroom usage, because, you know, that's the most important thing happening here.

But before we dive into that, we want to take a look at McBride's work and record as a feature of

the activist around the world.

FYI, this has become a two-parter. So, yes, we're going to kind of

split about what is happening, how she got here, and what is happening today. And then we're

going to talk about the reactions, because there's a lot of comments happening, specifically

from the trans community, rightly so. So we do want to reflect on that. For those in the trans

community, for those in the queer community, content warning, obviously we're going to talk about anti-queer rhetoric and conversation, anti-trans rhetoric and conversations. So this is a bit much, I understand. But we also do want to take moments to celebrate a woman who has worked really hard to get to where she is

and felt that it is important that she does it as her true self, which I think is a bigger

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