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In July of that year, the House Ethics Committee announced that Crane and his Democratic colleague Gerry Studds (Mass.) had been accused of having sex with teenagers in the congressional page program — Crane with a young woman who was 17, and Studds...
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In July of that year, the House Ethics Committee announced that Crane and his Democratic colleague Gerry Studds (Mass.) had been accused of having sex with teen-agers in the congressional page program — Crane with a young woman who was 17 and Studds...
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In July of that year, the House Ethics Committee announced that Crane and his Democratic colleague Gerry Studds (Mass.) had been accused of having sex with teenagers in the congressional page program — Crane with a young woman who was 17, and Studds...
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"An earlier version of the article called Mr. Frank the first openly gay member of Congress. He was the first member of Congress to voluntarily acknowledge he was gay," - NYT's Dealbook. The first one forced out of the closet? Gerry Studds.
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Another reader reminds us that Representative Frank was not the first congressman to be caught in a gay-prostitution scandal. That particular distinction belongs to Maryland Republican Robert Bauman, who was charged with soliciting sex from a...
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However, Barney Frank is the first person to have run for the United States House of Representatives as an open gay citizen and win election. Not to mention, he never said--at least in this clip--that he was the first one. But he did mention Gerry...
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“The best antidote to prejudice is reality, because prejudice is by definition based on ignorance of people’s real condition,” Frank said. “When I volunteered to finally come out in 1987, I do think it was helpful in that regard, and yes I’m proud of...
About Gerry Studds
Wikipedia
Gerry Eastman Studds (May 12, 1937 – October 14, 2006) (pronounced /ˈɡɛri/) was an American Democratic Congressman from Massachusetts who served from 1973 until 1997. He was the first openly gay national politician in the U.S. In 1983 he was censured by the House of Representatives after he admitted to having had an affair with a 17-year-old... Full Article
