Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress, died at the age of 69 in Boston, on October 14. For 24 years, until he retired in 1997, he represented a district that began at Provincetown on ...

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. Studds died at Boston ...

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BOSTON, May 15 -- Former representative Gerry Studds, the first openly gay member of Congress, married his longtime partner last year after same-sex marriage became legal in Massachusetts, according ...

BOSTON, Oct. 17 -- The federal government has refused to pay death benefits to the spouse of former congressman Gerry E. Studds (D-Mass.), the first openly gay member of Congress. Studds married Dean ...

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BOSTON — Former Rep. 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. Studds died ...