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Queer Power Hour
Queer Power Hour

POLITICS: Ritchie​​ Torres + Barney Frank

By David Boyer
Published October 17, 2024 at 6:24 PM PDT

On this episode: Election Season continues with two pioneering gay politicos:We’ll hear from Ritchie Torres, one of the first gay people of color to serve in the United State House of Representative who’s currently running for re-election. And we’ll talk with retired Representative Barney Frank, who was one of the first people in Congress to come out.

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David Boyer
David Boyer is KALW's Executive Producer of New Programming and former Managing Editor of KALW News. He is also the producer/host of the Murrow Award winning podcast THE INTERSECTION, which looks at our changing cities, one street corner at a time.
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