{"id":71561,"date":"2026-05-20T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/former-rep-barney-frank-champion-of-wall-street-reform-and-lgbtq-trailblazer-dies-at-86-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T13:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:38:00","slug":"former-rep-barney-frank-champion-of-wall-street-reform-and-lgbtq-trailblazer-dies-at-86-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/former-rep-barney-frank-champion-of-wall-street-reform-and-lgbtq-trailblazer-dies-at-86-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Rep. Barney Frank, champion of Wall Street reform and LGBTQ trailblazer, dies at 86 &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQVjUtamlZMU1JMlk5SFVrZF9RNlE5T0xCWFBJTHg5ZUhRc1Atd2RzLUpRNUF4bmtpNUR1cjRhbC1fbU1LTWxKTV83UFNkS0Q4UHVORUpxYTZJRF9reG1DWThtajFORDRvWWktQzdHa2RKUldMbHR4M25XWG5ETHRfMjFTVWdfT1JUU2l3dnVsWGdldlUybUZLWndiZUh6M3BxQjhqeTBsUDlGLUQtMkJ6czRXTkxya1FL?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former Rep. Barney Frank, champion of Wall Street reform and LGBTQ trailblazer, dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTFBzU1dJQWhsTG9jdkF3cEo4V21qSFdkV3VDMkw4R0JMR25aR2NLSkU0bHBXandyTm9XMnc0V3NfWTNmZlhqLTZpaXljWnZQMWZzZjhMVVFzT2R1TGRZNHo5STdlbDVTTWkyQ0ZrWC00N2hROWotMWY0Sw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxOV3RGX1J3djFGTF9sN19pVnAzM3VfbmN4TjhqdndQMHlOQ1UtakRlVGx5SkZUMHJsZmR5UlRLNTYwNnhoaFlWcEVYOUZYMEFaUkU4LVRmUXVBTGpkV2dpUmxGYzd4a1RxSHY4VFdURjY2OE9KYkV0d0ZvY3hhd2dqTDZOdDF0QlhfXzRYZ2ItV1FpWmpEUUR5OFp3QlJFN3ZjVEd4b09uQ25EQ0NfckRrTENtbk8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Barney Frank, influential congressman and gay rights hero, dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5RMGpuOFRWMkxEdUI2WlhyR2o3MUNhbG9tSUtOMlBhb0c3LWgxOWd2Qm1VNXlzTXhCMTV4NkEtNXVhRDBCN0xkeFh4YVkybGxodkRPSlNXVTZWdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Barney Frank: one of the first openly gay US congressmen dies aged 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTFBKRlhwUmgxYkU2T25IWXhfODZVR2Z5cE1QV0M1cHU2WVNFRTZZS3BZZk5WWWR5cWM2RFoySTB4a0hYdHQ1Zk9NSy1LV1B5Y0tFRFQ2WlgzUE1oVXg4VnYzX2dPM2FDXy1fWjNxRjMtcnJkQ1U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Former US representative Barney Frank dies aged 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rep. Barney Frank, champion of Wall Street reform and LGBTQ trailblazer, dies at 86&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress,&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/former-rep-barney-frank-champion-of-wall-street-reform-and-lgbtq-trailblazer-dies-at-86-nbc-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}