Sarah McBride is the first openly trans person elected to Congress. The senator from Delaware has been dealing with repeated instances of misgendering by Republican colleagues over the course of the past few months.

On social media, Self later wrote “it is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.”

A fight broke out during a House Subcommittee meeting when Republican Rep. Keith Self deliberately misgendered Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride, the first transgender congresswoman. Self went out of his way to call McBride “Mr.