Schneider, Mark R.  1948- <br/><br/>
Gerry Studds :  America's First Openly Gay Congressman / 
Mark Robert Schneider. 
 - Boston :  University of Massachusetts Press,  (c)2017. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 292 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Wedding day --  A New England boyhood --  "Bored with trivia and impatient with stupidity" --  With Gene McCarthy in New Hampshire --  Studds for Congress --  The sacred cod --  The congressman in the closet --  The Mashpee Wampanoag and the New Bedford Portuguese --  Knocks on the closet door --  "The president has certified that ... black is white" --  The fisherman's friend caught in a net --  A gay man runs for congress --  Plague of silence --  Studds versus the Contras --  Provincetown --  Spilling oil, spilling blood --  Gay and lesbian warriors --  Gerry gerrymandered --  Don't ask, don't tell and a memorable address --  Saving the whales ... but not much else --  A true defense of marriage --  Epilogue --  Interviews. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781613765166 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Studds, Gerry E.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States. Congress.  House --Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politicians--Massachusetts--Biography.<br/>Gay legislators--United States--Biography.<br/>Legislators--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E840  / .G477 2017