{"id":71879,"date":"2026-05-20T17:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/barney-frank-influential-congressman-and-gay-rights-hero-dies-at-86-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:08:29","slug":"barney-frank-influential-congressman-and-gay-rights-hero-dies-at-86-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/20\/barney-frank-influential-congressman-and-gay-rights-hero-dies-at-86-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Barney Frank, influential congressman and gay rights hero, dies at 86 &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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\/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\/CBMifEFVX3lxTFBUWW1Jb1M5eEpUN2VUa0hldzZpVEtoQ2VHbWRoQUYwTEJNN1VCaDRLVXlYckpYb1BhRFB1T1hoLUJTNjkxUEYwLU9admxVdGRZNThlbW9Fazd0RU1SaVN2SXY0SU56WjdleGsySmYxUmxheEI0NGRWWDFNb0U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Barney Frank on facing death: \u2018Not as scary as I thought it would be\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Boston Globe<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5sM0lFVEJKdThDNDJiOVk1WWVGWGxzS3NSaHZvelF3MGdDNHZydlExN1Zya0lZMjdzc1R3WW9BLWx1TWFvUjg1MkltTW51TmJFX0p3V2ZsSkpoYzA4XzVESks0ZTB6OERWMlBzdkktVkRPdllJRWgzanloQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Barney Frank, liberal icon who regulated a \u2018too big\u2019 financial industry, dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/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, influential congressman and gay rights hero, dies at 86&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post 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-influential-congressman-and-gay-rights-hero-dies-at-86-the-washington-post\/\" 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-71879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71879","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=71879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}