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

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

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

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

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Overview

“A brave, powerful memoir” (People) that will change the way we look at identity and equality in this country, from the activist elected as the first openly transgender state senator in U.S. history

“The energy and vigor Sarah has brought to the fight for equality is ever present in this book.”—Vice President Kamala Harris


“If you’re living your own internal struggle, this book can help you find a way to live authentically, fully, and freely. . . . Let it show that we are all created equal and entitled to be treated with dignity and respect.”—President Joe Biden, from the foreword

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781524761486
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 03/05/2019
Pages: 304
Sales rank: 138,370
Product dimensions: 5.10(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Sarah McBride is a Delaware state senator and the national press secretary at the Human Rights Campaign, working tirelessly to advocate for LGBTQ equality. She has been featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Cosmopolitan, Elle, Vogue, Rolling Stone, and The New Yorker, and she speaks regularly at national LGBTQ and political events. A native of Delaware, McBride is on the front lines of the progressive movement.

Read an Excerpt

It’s rare to know in real time that what you are about to do will define the course of the rest of your life. But as I sat at my laptop in the small office I had been given as student body president at American University, I knew that my world was about to turn upside down.  I was about to reveal my deepest secret and take a step that just a few months before would have seemed impossible and unimaginable.
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Table of Contents

Foreword Joe Biden xiii

Introduction. This is the world we will help build 1

Chapter 1 "I'm transgender." 9

Chapter 2 "Hi, I'm Andy. … I think we'd get along pretty swimmingly." 32

Chapter 3 "Sarah." 52

Chapter 4 The People's House 61

Chapter 5 The political is personal 77

Chapter 6 "Please pass this bill." 97

Chapter 7 One step closer to justice 121

Chapter 8 "Will you still love me?" 141

Chapter 9 "It hasn't taken away my voice." 164

Chapter 10 "Amazing grace." 187

Chapter 11 Righteous anger 211

Chapter 12 There was that word again. "History." 228

Chapter 13 Our voices matter 254

Studies and Resources 268

Acknowledgments 271

Reading Group Guide

1. Sarah knew she was transgender at a very young age but struggled for years to accept her identity because she didn’t see herself represented in the media (unless a trans person was the butt of a mean joke on a sitcom). How have things changed since then? What factors do you feel have enabled this shift?

2. What was your experience reading Tomorrow Will Be Different? What surprised you most while reading the book and in what you learned?

3. Many people don’t know where to begin when they start learning about LGBTQ issues and are often overwhelmed with information. Did you feel this way before reading Tomorrow Will Be Different? Why or why not? Did your opinions change after reading the book? If so, how?

4. Which part of Sarah’s story were you most drawn to and why?

5. Sarah writes about the nearly universal desire to be seen. When were some times you felt unseen, unheard, or marginalized, and how did you go about handling those situations?

6. Sarah’s experiences are the main focus of her memoir, but she points out that trans issues are closely linked with many other issues. For example: Transwomen of color are more likely to experience violence, assault, and even homelessness. What other major issues can you think of that affect transgender people, whether in this book or in the world in general?

7. Throughout Sarah’s life, she has sought to bring about change. What do you think of her strategies for making progress? What do you think are the most effective ways to bring about change?

8. Did reading Sarah’s story inspire you to join the fight for equality? If so, how do you think you might get involved? (Hint: Visit HRC.org to learn more about how to fight the good fight!)

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