Barney Frank, one of first out gay members of US Congress, dies aged 86
Obama hails Frank as a ‘one of a kind’ LGBTQ+ advocate and key architect of ‘sweeping financial reforms’ US politics live – latest updates Barney Frank, the former US representative who made history as one of the first out gay members of Congress , died on Tuesday night. He was 86. “He was, above all else, a wonderful brother. I was lucky to be his sister,” Doris Breay, Frank’s sister, told NBC10 in Boston on Wednesday morning. Continue reading...



