The US House of Representatives looks likely to get its first openly gay black member this November – Mondaire Jones. Jones has now won the Democratic primary for New York’s 17th District.
But, while he will face a Republican opponent in the November general election, the area is a Democratic stronghold. Jones, who is a 33-year-old attorney, said in a statement: ‘Growing up poor, black and gay, I never imagined someone like me could run for Congress, let alone win. ‘Indeed, in the 244-year history of the United States, there has never been an openly gay, black member of Congress.
That changes this year, thanks to the great people of New York’s 17th Congressional District.’ The next generation of LGBT+ representation Jones was born in the