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050			_aHQ 75.8.B38 _b.G289 1986
100			_aBauman, Robert, _d-1937 _9109939
245		4	_aThe gentleman from Maryland : _bthe conscience of a gay conservative / _cby Robert E. Bauman.
260			_aNew York : _bArbor House, _cc1986.
300			_axii, 276 p. _c24 cm.
500			_aA Belvedere book.
520			_aClaiming that financial need compelled him to publish this "near-perfect Greek tragedy" of a life "flawed by a great weakness," ex-Congressman Bauman reveals with relentless candor the alcoholic and homosexual behavior that led to the ruin of his political career and marriage. His story is engrossing both on a personal level and as an expose of Washington's gay sceneto which, he maintains, belong government, professional and corporate leaders of all political casts. While admitting his guilt, Bauman alleges that his indictment for sexual solicitation and attendant activities, based on evidence from paid FBI informants, was politically motivated by the Carter administration, "Tip" O'Neill and by a Maryland senator who considered him a potential rival. Now practicing law, Bauman still suffers from rejection of his professional talents and from social prejudice, he stresses, and, as a Roman Catholic, finds little comfort in his religion's ambivalent stance toward homosexuality. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc."www.shelfari.com"
650			_aGay men _zWashington (D.C.) _9109940
650			_aLegislators _zUnited States _986860
650			_aPoliticians _zUnited States _994892
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