The exclusive, and never-before published video interview excerpts with the former congressman by Annoy.com's Clinton Fein, was conducted in 1994 for Fein's critically acclaimed CD-ROM Conduct Unbecoming about gays and lesbians in the U.S. military based on the book by the same title by renowned journalist, Randy Shilts. Congressman Shilts was still representing his district at the time. (See http://annoy.com/features/doc.html?DocumentID=100839 )
I'll admit it may have been wrong for him to have sex with someone underage, but this is no different from countless other politicans caught up in sex scandals, his just stands out because it was the first gay one. I applaug him for being the first openly gay politican in the USA and think he was so strong to come out when people (cough LARRY CRAIG) cough still can't do that twenty years later
bennykennedy 3 years ago
Unlike Mark Foley-R, who touched no one, Studds-D was a confirmed pederast, "consensually' sodomizing a 17-year-old boy. He did the world a favor by dying. Good riddance.
hocotra 4 years ago
What a sicko and a freak!
WorldPolitics 4 years ago