Barney Frank, LGBTQ Rights Trailblazer and Dodd-Frank Architect, Dies at 86
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Barney Frank, longtime Massachusetts Democrat and one of the first openly gay U.S. representatives, died at 86 after hospice care in Maine. A trailblazer for LGBT rights and the first member of Congress in a same-sex marriage, he helped shape post-crisis banking reform through the Dodd-Frank Act.
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- Former Rep. Barney Frank, champion of Wall Street reform and LGBTQ trailblazer, dies at 86 NBC News
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