[1] Chris Bull, "The Outing of a Family Values Congressman: US Representative Jim McCrery's Double Life", The Advocate, 22 September 1992, cover story of that issue which begins: "In late 1982, Jim McCrery and Gary Cathey were sitting together at Pyramid, a gay club in Lower Manhattan, watching go-go boys gyrate on the stage. Cathey, a young designer, and McCrery, and ambitious attorney and political aide from Louisiana, had been involved in a sexual relationship since shortly after meeting at a fraternity party at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston in autumn 1975."
Wife: Johnette Hawkins (m. 3-Aug-1991, two sons)
Son: Scott
Son: Clark
High School: Leesville High School (1967)
University: BA English and History, Louisiana Tech University (1971)
Law School: Louisiana State University (1975)
US Congressman, Louisiana 4th (1997-2009)
US Congressman, Louisiana 5th (1993-97)
US Congressman, Louisiana 4th (1989-93)
Congressional Staff Legislative Director for Buddy Roemer (1981-84)
Louisiana State Official Assistant City Attorney, Shreveport, LA (1979-80)
Close Up Foundation Board of Advisors
Every Republican is Crucial PAC
Leadership Institute Bi-Partisan Congressional Advisory Board
National Student Leadership Conference Honorary Board of Advisors
Republican Main Street Partnership
Ripon Society
Ryan for Congress
Official Website:
http://mccrery.house.gov/
AKA James Otis McCrery