Gerry Studds, first openly gay person elected to Congress, dies

Sunday, October 15, 2006

BOSTON -- Gerry Studds, who became the first openly gay member of Congress when his homosexuality was exposed during a teenage page sex scandal, died early Saturday. He was 69.

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