The Democratic National Convention will house more than two dozen transgender delegates

As we gear up for the Democratic National Convention, there’s no shock that the crowd will look a bit different than the audience that flocked to the Republican National Convention. While the GOP had white people holding signs that incorrectly read “Hispanics Para Trump,” the DNC’s delegates represent a wide swath of Americans.

This year, the transgender representation has jumped up 93 percent, with 27 openly trans delegates at the convention. In 2012, there were a reported 14 openly trans delegates.

This is so awesome. We’ve identified 27 out transgender delegates at the #DemConvention so far, a 93% increase from 2012.

— Raymond Braun (@raymondbraun) July 23, 2016

Oregon is sending four trans delegates, while California has three and New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas and the host state, Pennsylvania, each have two transgender delegates. The remainder are coming from California, Montana, Florida and Nevada.

Two of these queer people will serve as superdelegates: Laura Calvo of Oregon, who is the vice-chair of the LGBT Caucus, and Barbra Casbar Siperstein of New Jersey, a member of the DNC Executive Committee who will be attending her fourth convention.

“Although the overwhelming majority are first-time delegates, and come from states who are sending trans delegates for the first time, it is a very diverse group reflecting the overall demographics in the Democratic Party’s umbrella,” Siperstein wrote in the Huffington Post.

“Youth, seniors, people of faith, labor leaders, progressive activists, educators, small-business entrepreneurs, veterans, NGO employees [and] long-term Democratic Party officials.”

In addition to the increase in trans delegates, Sarah McBride, a trans woman and the National Press Secretary of the Human Rights Campaign’s Foundation, will speak on the final day of the convention.

McBride is a volunteer for the committee Trans United for Hillary, a political group throwing their support behind the Democratic presumptive nominee.

“People must understand that even as we face daily harassment, tragic violence and an onslaught of anti-LGBTQ political attacks across the country, we are real people merely seeking to be treated with the dignity and respect every person deserves,” McBride said. “I’m so proud to stand with the LGBT Caucus and speak out in support of Hillary Clinton, because we know she stands with us.”

The percentage of LGBT delegates overall in Philadelphia is expected to be the largest ever.