Record number of LGBTQ+ wins in US election
At least 35 of a record 574 LGBTQ+ candidates on the ballot are estimated to have won
04 November 2020 - 14:55
London — LGBTQ+ candidates have surfed a rainbow wave to victory in the US elections with a series of historic wins, including Sarah McBride becoming the first openly transgender person to win a state Senate seat.
At least 35 of a record 574 LGBTQ+ candidates on the ballot were estimated to have won as of early Wednesday, including Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones, respectively the first out gay Afro-Latino and black men elected to Congress...
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