Sarah McBride is beautiful. And it has nothing to do with how she looks, thought she is very much beautiful to look at too. But no, I mean she is beautiful down deep in her soul, the inner being she lays open and vulnerable on the page for the reader of her book. You can feel her pain and her worry. You can feel her torment leading up to and in the early days after she came out as she struggles to live as her authentic self. But you feel it most in the love and pain at finding and losing her beloved Andy.
Yes, this is her story about the fight for equal rights and protection for Transgender people (who are at the end of the day, as she bluntly reminds us, HUMANS) and the LGBTQ population. But it is also her story, her love of politics starting in childhood, I love the image in my head of a young Sarah building a replica of the set of the DNC convention and saying Obama's keynote speech over and over. It is her experience learning to use her skills to advocate for causes she believes in and how to interact with elected officials, even those working cross purpose to her.
I sobbed at some points and cheered at others. And I felt a sweet of love for Sarah and Andy that will stay with forever. I hope to someday get to hug her and thank her and introduce my politically smitten 12 year old Bi son to her.
(Finished June 24, 2018)
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