{"id":71617,"date":"2026-05-20T14:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/barney-frank-one-of-the-first-openly-gay-us-congressmen-dies-aged-86-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:28:32","slug":"barney-frank-one-of-the-first-openly-gay-us-congressmen-dies-aged-86-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/barney-frank-one-of-the-first-openly-gay-us-congressmen-dies-aged-86-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"Barney Frank: One of the first openly gay US congressmen dies aged 86 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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\/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\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxQcnJMM25zeWVxeHZ0cUd0dTloMXh3LTI4ZzQyWVNnX01tZEIwMEh5RnJFV1hfQmJSVkplbVNUS1E1cTBOWlR6eFdNRjcyQk9oUFY3VUV0NF9uWlFNNDBiRC16UmR0MnVlSW9DSUdRenFuTXRhem1CNlc1eEF4VEpJVS15ZVc1RW1jUExjQUFjWjlZbXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Barney Frank, Massachusetts congressman for 32 years, dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CBS News<\/font><\/li>\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\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQU1BFTEtlWXl5Wm5sbW5LNUVjRlBZc0tJcUJjQ1hsMVN4eXgyVlhPQ2tzbUZ1OVZibFN0OVFfWm9WVndiRmdqNHFQSGFtR1AtaG9qNU54VjF3X180U1VtVXRWZ2FNSGswZmduSHkwOUl6X1B3LV9CTGczNkdrREpOWW5rZ1JqR3ZRbDdRdFg2cURzYXNkU1V2LXZtUWNJWnp2Z3dNRWhReC1odHlDMU94YUcyUGduU2wz0gG-AUFVX3lxTE9JWHZFenYyOGdrcFJOSm5vMUJUZElvZGRYUnJxT0FNRExPMmEyc2k5VXhUVmwwbEFtVjlrVHpra3NuV3k3N1ByTHlZRUs1SkJjdC1Bd1hvSktkekJYSThrUXpLbnZqYWhVcDdXR3Bmc0xqbzVQV3VjVGJPMHpLRzdPNmp2U2ZMekp5VjdxcklNeFI3VWVWaGNqYXNHRU42UWtRQ3k0REtkclI4UHBIbnFzOS1ZWGxCUXFxaDhYamc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Fmr Dem Rep Barney Frank, sharp-tongued liberal trailblazer, Dodd-Frank co-author dies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barney Frank: One of the first openly gay US congressmen dies aged 86&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86&nbsp;&nbsp;The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/barney-frank-one-of-the-first-openly-gay-us-congressmen-dies-aged-86-bbc\/\" 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-71617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71617","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=71617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}