Barney Frank has married Jim Ready, his boyfriend of several years [NYT], in a quiet ceremony officiated by MA Governor Deval L. Patrick on the banks of the Charles River in Newton, MA. Frank becomes not only the first out gay Congressman in the US, but now the first one to enter into same-sex marriage.
posted by hippybear on Jul 7, 2012 - 70 comments

Whoever Said Newspapers Can Never Return To Their Glory Days Never Joined A Korean Cult [via mefi projects]
An epic story of flower-selling, mass weddings, insane sex rituals, swashbuckling Cold Warriors, white supremacists and neo-segregationists, Barney Frank & Vince Foster, closeted gay Republicans and where the money goes when you order from a sushi restaurant…
posted by JHarris on Nov 17, 2010 - 16 comments

[MLYT] Reddit has been hosting some interesting and quite candid interviews with prominent public figures recently. Today they posted their session with Dennis Kucinich. Previously: Barney Frank, Ron Paul, and Mike Rowe (host of Dirty Jobs on Discovery). All questions created and voted on by the community.
posted by sophist on Dec 14, 2009 - 19 comments

Ma'am, trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table - I have no interest in doing it! Congressman Barney Frank confronts a woman at a town hall meeting who compared Obama to Hitler.
posted by crossoverman on Aug 19, 2009 - 350 comments

Don't make Barney Frank angry. [more inside]
posted by awesomebrad on Nov 8, 2007 - 60 comments

Up for consideration is the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which has been written to provide a comprehensive Federal prohibition of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. Last week, Barney Frank released a Statement saying that it is a mistake to continue seeking inclusion of "gender identity" as part of the Act. Or to put it in other words, there'd be protections for only the "GLB" part of the larger "GLBT community". [more inside]
posted by AccidentalHedonist on Oct 5, 2007 - 149 comments