TY - BOOK AU - Schneider,Mark R. TI - Gerry Studds: America's First Openly Gay Congressman SN - 9781613765166 AV - E840 .G477 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Boston PB - University of Massachusetts Press KW - Studds, Gerry E. KW - United States KW - Congress KW - House KW - Biography KW - Politicians KW - Massachusetts KW - Gay legislators KW - Legislators KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1842575&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -