Barney Frank, a longtime Democratic congressman from Massachusetts and one of the first openly gay members of the US Congress, has died at age 86. Multiple outlets describe him as both a trailblazer for LGBTQ visibility and a leading figure in financial policy in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Frank represented Massachusetts from 1981 until retiring in 2013 and became chairman of the House Financial Services Committee from 2007 to 2011, a period that included major government responses to the crisis and banking reforms. Sources also note that he came out voluntarily as gay in 1987 and helped bring gay rights into mainstream national politics during his decades in office. In his later years, reporting says he spent his final weeks in hospice care at his home in Maine. One outlet reports he remained politically active even in hospice, working on a forthcoming book about unity and reform of the left. Other coverage says he had faced a health battle in his last weeks, including interviews recorded shortly before his death.
Barney Frank, pioneering openly gay US congressman and financial reformer, dies at 86
Barney Frank, a longtime Democratic congressman from Massachusetts and one of the first openly gay members of the US Congress, has died at age 86. Multiple outlets describe him as both a trailblazer f...
- Barney Frank, a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, dies at age 86.
- He represents Massachusetts in Congress from 1981 until retiring in 2013.
- He is described as one of the first openly gay members of Congress and voluntarily came out as gay in 1987.
- Frank chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2007 to 2011 and played a major role in financial reforms after the 2008 crisis.
- He dies in hospice care at his home in Maine.
Mass. congressman Barney Frank was the first House member to come out as gay and was instrumental in Wall Street reforms after the Great Recession. He died this week at the age of 86.
3 months agoBarney Frank, a pioneering gay politician who helped change the landscape for LGBTQ+ representation in America, has died at age 86. Frank became the first gay member of Congress to come out voluntarily when he publicly declared his sexual orientation in 1987. “Prejudice is based on ignorance,” Frank told The Boston Globe in 2011. “And […] The post Barney Frank, the first out gay member of Congress, dies at 86 appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.
3 months agoWASHINGTON (AP) — Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman and leading liberal who brought new visibility to gay rights and crafted the most significant reforms to the financial system in a generation, has died. He was 86.
3 months agoThe Massachusetts congressman crafted the most significant reforms to the financial system in a generation.
3 months agoBarney Frank, the former Massachusetts congressman for 32 years and the first member of Congress to publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, has died at 86. CBS News' Shanelle Kaul reports.
3 months agoFor more than two decades, former Rep. Barney Frank refused to speak to reporters from The Washington Times.
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