History-Making Transgender Lawmaker Says Parents Were 'Incredibly Loving' but 'Scared' When She Came Out
Sarah McBridesays it was a “constant feeling of homesickness and unwavering ache in the pit of my stomach” that led her to sit down and share her truth with her parents. “I actually came out to my parents in this room right behind me,” McBride, 30, tells special contributorGretchen Carlsonin an interview airing Monday. “They were incredibly loving, but they were scared.” “They were scared that I was giving up any future,” McBride says — “any possibility that was before me to find love, to find community, to be welcomed in this community and to pursue any kind of professional fulfillment....