{"id":71724,"date":"2026-05-20T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/barney-frank-a-liberal-congressman-and-trailblazer-for-gay-rights-dies-he-was-86-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:20:00","slug":"barney-frank-a-liberal-congressman-and-trailblazer-for-gay-rights-dies-he-was-86-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/barney-frank-a-liberal-congressman-and-trailblazer-for-gay-rights-dies-he-was-86-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86 &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNbDJVdy03eGh2dnpJMUpXTVhaU2JUeDY3T09aMFc0NWdVajA2ajFwbHJ3U2o3V3ppbmdTZjlkQjU2Zm1lS3VqZXVicHp1Q0VEd3puZzJCUGtsUGhlUE5YeS10SS1Qek5pOV9JQVhwRVljV0ZieG9hOFktQ0dwNkhJcTlBUFJhYzhlMGhzOElObmcwdHcybjg3cV8zTnk0Wk5tQ09ZbEpuTDNQVmlXVDdfNWtUUkhmcFl5TWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP 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\/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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPanFWeUNPVzhCZGxTYzVfbDNoUkJYYmx1WG1qS2JHS1F2RVNiQU00aFY2Ny04MkI2YVhXZlh2WTE5Njdfa3ZPUm5mVTBNLVk2ZlBzXzNyOHVKTFpYTUQ5MElTUTg5TmoxMU5RRUQwSTNjQ1NkQ3RLMDhORFFXZWQyOUZxZnA3Q01UekJwMFF2ODhUTGdjWUdGa043anFzVlFDYkdLRNIBqgFBVV95cUxORnk1UERFeUIyTVRoa0tuRHpBZmtXdWJnQmJpdUdVRWZVVHVZaXdVMHBxZnRFVzE3YkZQU3NlVHotekNUNHZuLVU1TjlFVEl5QWUxY2RIT3RlWjJBeDRfTzlZRGFXZGZwdzkxdERmZmhFa25lMjZzZnhMNTlqODVmaHljV19JODdaMjZPNTg5OHhqYXRzVXF6aHVIWl80V05UWlk3d1Q0TXplUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Barney Frank, architect of landmark Wall Street reforms, dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNBC<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/barney-frank-a-liberal-congressman-and-trailblazer-for-gay-rights-dies-he-was-86-ap-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-71724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71724","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=71724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}