New York's record-breaking LGBTQ+ lawmakers are about to become a political force. Now they want a caucus

New York's record-breaking LGBTQ+ lawmakers are about to become a political force. Now they want a caucus

For Tony Simone, being gay in the New York State Legislature has occasionally carried a strange contradiction.He represents a district that includes Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, neighborhoods inseparable from generations of LGBTQ+ life in New York City. He serves in one of the most Democratic legislatures in the country. And yet, Simone said, being one of relatively few openly LGBTQ+ lawmakers in Albany can still feel solitary.“It can be isolatin…