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

by Sarah McBride

Within twenty-four hours of the rally, the cheers, the excitement, the H-I-S-T-O-R-Y sign all felt like a cruel dream. As the results came in on the night of November 8, it slowly became clear that Donald Trump would win the Electoral College. Trump had run the most divisive campaign in modern American politics. He had staked his candidacy on bluster and bigotry, on fear and discrimination, and our electoral system had rewarded him with the most significant honor society can bestow on a person: the presidency of the United States.

I still cant believe this happened twice.

I know that it can feel like we’re almost lost as a country. But we must never forget that even with all of the hate and all of the challenges, no matter who is president, we can continue to change our world for the better. We’ve done it before and we can do it again. It’s the change that’s allowed a community that was once ignored and later mocked to now stand on the cusp of our chapter in history. It’s the change that’s taken a movement from Stonewall to the steps of the Supreme Court and brought marriage equality to every state in the land. It’s the change that has allowed more families and friends, coworkers and classmates, to welcome an LGBTQ loved one with broad smiles and open arms.