BREAKING🚨🏳️‍🌈 A gay Army Black Hawk pilot just won the Democratic primary for a Long Island seat Republicans have held for over a decade — and the man whose old seat he's fighting for now runs Trump's EPA. His name is Chris Gallant, and his resume reads like a recruiting poster. Twenty years in the Army National Guard. Black Hawk helicopter pilot with deployments to Kuwait. Former air traffic controller. Volunteer firefighter. Union president. And he's engaged to a fellow soldier who's currently stationed overseas. On Tuesday he didn't squeak by. He won 63% to 37%. A BLOWOUT. The seat he's now running for is New York's 1st District, held by Republican Nick LaLota. Before LaLota, it belonged to Lee Zeldin — the same Lee Zeldin who now runs Trump's Environmental Protection Agency. A Democrat hasn't won this district in 12 years. And here's what makes it land. This is happening while the Trump administration is trying to purge transgender troops from the military, roll back LGBTQ protections, and treat queer people as a problem to be legislated away. In the middle of all that, a gay combat pilot just convinced a Republican-leaning district to make him their nominee. Running on his service, not in spite of who he is. He didn't hide. He ran as exactly who he is — a soldier, a firefighter, a man engaged to another soldier — and won. November is the real fight and flipping this seat won't be easy. But today, something big cracked open on Long Island. A man spent twenty years defending a country that still can't agree he deserves equal rights. On Tuesday, that country's voters looked at him and said: lead us. 🏳️‍🌈 If you appreciate Gay News, it would mean the world if you followed my page. Thank you for being here. 🥹