Ritchie Torres is young, gay, Afro-Latino, and heading to Congress. After being sworn in January, he'll make history as one of the first LGBTQ+ people of color to serve in the United States Congress.
Torres, the youngest person to ever be elected to the New York City Council, defeated a fiercely anti-LGBTQ+ candidate in the primary for New York's 15th district.
His victory in the heavily blue district all but assures that he will go on to win in the general election. A record number of LGBTQ+ candidates are running for office in 2020 (a full list can be viewed here) and as Torres says on the LGBTQ&A podcast this week, "You're about to have the gayest Congress in the history of the United States."Torres also speaks on the podcast about.