Openly gay Leo Varadkar to become Taoiseach of Ireland

Patrick Maguire writes in NewStatesman about Leo Varadkar, the mixed-race, gay politician who was just elected leader of Fine Gael, Ireland’s center-right governing party, which puts him on course to be the next Taoiseach. That’s Gaelic for leader.

Congrats to him. Maybe he’ll be the next gay person to be left out of a White House photo caption.