Gerry Studds America's First Openly Gay Congressman |
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Author:
| Schneider, Mark Robert |
ISBN: | 978-1-62534-285-0 |
Publication Date: | May 2017 |
Publisher: | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Representative Gerry Studds served the Massachusetts South Shore, Cape Cod, and New Bedford congressional district from 1973 to 1997. The defining moment of his career came in 1983, when he was censured by the House for having had an affair with a page ten years previously. On the floor of Congress, Studds courageously declared that he was a gay man - becoming the US's first openly gay member of Congress.
Representative Gerry Studds served the Massachusetts South Shore, Cape Cod, and New Bedford congressional district from 1973 to 1997. The defining moment of his career came in 1983, when he was censured by the House for having had an affair with a page ten years previously. On the floor of Congress, Studds courageously declared that he was a gay man - becoming the US's first openly gay member of Congress.