Studds, 1st openly gay congressman, dies

[swimmernsecretsea]

BOSTON - Former U.S. Rep. Gerry Studds, the first openly gay person elected to Congress, died early Saturday at Boston Medical Center, several days after he collapsed while walking his dog, his husband (bolding mine) said. He was 69.
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Studds fell unconscious Oct. 3 because of what doctors later determined was a blood clot in his lung, Dean Hara said.

Studds regained consciousness, remained in the hospital, and seemed to be improving. He was scheduled to be transferred to a rehabilitation center, but his condition deteriorated Friday and he died at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, Hara said.

Hara, who married Studds shortly after gay marriage was legalized in Massachusetts in 2004, said Studds was a pioneer who gave courage to gay people everywhere by winning re-election after publicly acknowledging his homosexuality.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061014/ap_on_re_us/obit_studds

I bolded the word "husband" because it's the first time I've ever seen it used in a same-sex couple in a news report.

[Eurobabe]

1. An CONS were trashing him last week too, this is bad karma for them

Dickheads.

[thunder35]

2. strange timing on his death

[Laughing Mirror]

3. My condoleances to his husband

And hats off to Yahoo for not hiding behind some awful word like "companion" for a man married to another man, legally.

[niyad]

4. my condolences to his husband, and to all who care for him. what

a brave and courageous pair they are.

and, to those on the right who are going to make nasty comments, a pox on them, and may they get exactly what they deserve.