Word: gayness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think there has been an extraordinary change in atmosphere comparing 1987 to 1989," said David LaFontaine of the Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights...
Frank admitted paying Gobie for sex and subsequently hiring him as a personal assistant and driver, but he said that he fired Gobie when he learned about the prostitution ring. This firing took place in 1987, shortly before Frank publicly disclosed that he was gay...
Many observers, including the Boston Globe, have openly suggested that Frank resign to protect the gay community. Frank had been one of that group's most articulate supporters...
...suggestion that he used his public office for personal gain. In the eyes of some, however, private failings are far more serious: they go to a leader's judgment and character, as Gary Hart and John Tower learned. For many people, the fact that the scandal involves gay sex makes Frank's behavior more offensive; among others, tolerance of homosexuality has shielded Frank from sharper criticism...
Dinkins wins the Democratic primary by stressing racial reconciliation. -- A flap over a gay prostitute leads the list for congressional sex scandals. -- Spreading farms and urban sprawl pose a deadly threat to Florida's Everglades...