Tag: #OpenlyGay
NYC Councilman Could Be First Gay Latinx Elected To Congress • Instinct Magazine
New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres (image via Facebook)
New York City Councilman Ritchie Torres, the first LGBTQ official elected in the Bronx, has announced he will run to represent New York’s 15th Congressional District in 2020.
The seat is being vacated by Democrat Rep. José E. Serrano, the longest serving Hispanic congressman in the country, who is retiring because he has Parkinson’s disease.
Torres, currently the youngest member of the City Council, would be the first openly gay member of Congress...
