Former Rep. Barney Frank, champion of Wall Street reform and LGBTQ trailblazer, dies at 86

Donald Trump’s Old Barney Frank Tweet Resurfaces After Politician’s Death

An old Donald Trump tweet about former Congressman Barney Frank resurfaced after the pioneering politician died at 86.

Rest in Peace to a Legendary Massachusetts Politician

Barney Frank died Tuesday at the age of 86.

Tributes Pour In for Former Congressman Barney Frank

Rep. Barney Frank (D, Mass.) at an enrollment ceremony for the bill to repeal 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 21, 2010. —Alex Brandon—APIn the 1950s, a teenage Barney Frank once thought that he could never enter politics because he was gay. “To get elected to office you’ve got to be popular,” Frank told TIME in 2021. “To be gay [was, at the time] to be very unpopular.”But the New Jersey-born “left-handed gay …

Be Thankful Barney Frank Wasn’t Pushed Out in 1989

Barney Frank’s death deserves the attention and respect that it’s getting. The former U.S. representative was smart, irascible, accomplished, and a genuine character in a sea of bland pols. When he was the chief of staff to Boston Mayor Kevin White in the 1970s, J. Anthony Lukas described Frank as “an anachronism: a Jew from Bayonne, New Jersey, who delivered his wisecracks in a thick ‘Joisey’ accent through billows of smoke from a cigar which l…

Barney Frank, the first out gay member of Congress, dies at 86

Barney 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 best way to counterbalance it is with a living example, with reality.” In 2012, at age 72, Frank married Jim…

Liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights dies

WASHINGTON — 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.