Personal
In March 2006, Torres had surgery to remove cancer from his colon. The operation was successful, but it prevented him from chairing the 2006 California State Democratic Convention in late April. Former San Francisco mayor Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. and 1st Vice-Chair Alexandra Gallardo-Rooker substituted for Torres as convention chair.
Torres came out as a gay man in 2009, thanking his longtime partner Gonzalo Escudero at a farewell speech to the California Democratic Party.
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