WASHINGTON — You’ve heard of twofers. Kenya Hutton is a “threefer.”
His parents are immigrants, he’s a Black man and he’s gay — at a moment in history when anti-immigrant fervor, racism and anti-LGBTQ feelings are rampant and amplified by Trump administration policies.
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