Congressmen called homosexual bullies

WASHINGTON (A) A woman involved in the Capitol Hill sex scandal said yesterday a number of men on congressional staffs have told her they have been pressured by congressmen into engaging in homosexual activities.

Her lawyer said the homosexual activity was with congressmen.

Colleen Gardner, who quit her congressional staff job two months ago, refused to say how many men were involved or to identify any of them..

Mrs. Gardner has said her former boss, Rep. John Young, DTex., paid her a high salary to have sex with him and denied her any meaningful work.

She spoke with reporters at the apartment of her attorney, Sol Z. Rossen.

Portions of the exchange were: Q. Men have had to do some of the things you had to do?

A. They have told me so. Q. Men with men? A. Yes. Later:

Q. Which men working on the Hill are forced to provide favors? A. Men... male staff.

Q. Would you say that young men are hired out of college and propositioned to do homosexual favors?

A. I've been told that.

Q. By the men themselves? A. Yes.

Still later:

Q. The men are affected too?

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A. The men are very affected by this system, as much as the. women are. Some men are oppressed sexually, and other men are oppressed in different ways. They often treated as servants.

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Q. What you are saying by inference just then was that there are men forced into sex as well as women?

A. Some men, yes.

Q. Do you consider it wideContinued on Page 12-A