| − | '''Gerry Studds''' was a homosexual congressman from Massachusetts who had sexual relations with a congressional page. The wise citizens of Massachusetts saw fit to reelect Studds to congress several times even after his pedophilic affair came to light.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001040] | + | '''Gerry Studds''' (1937 - 2006) was a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts from 1973 - 1997. Studds was the first openly gay candidate elected to national office. In 1983 he was censured by the US House of Representatives after admitting to an affair with a 17-year-old male congressional page 10 years earlier.[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001040] |