Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Wedding Day; 2. A New England Boyhood; 3. "Bored with Trivia and Impatient with Stupidity"; 4. With Gene McCarthy in New Hampshire; 5. Studds for Congress; 6. The Sacred Cod; 7. The Congressman in the Closet; 8. The Mashpee Wampanoag and the New Bedford Portuguese; 9. Knocks on the Closet Door; 10. "The President Has Certified That ... Black Is White"; 11. The Fisherman's Friend Caught in a Net; 12. A Gay Man Runs for Congress; 13. Plague of Silence; 14. Studds versus the Contras; 15. Provincetown
16. Spilling Oil, Spilling Blood17. Gay and Lesbian Warriors; 18. Gerry Gerrymandered; 19. Don't Ask, Don't Tell and a Memorable Address; 20. Saving the Whales ... but Not Much Else; 21. A True Defense of Marriage; Epilogue; Interviews; Notes; Index
