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Joining James Buchanan & J. Edgar Hoover in the big *** boat ride of the DEAD

Posted by Mod Lang (@modlang) on May 20, 2026, 2:02 p.m.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/barney-frank-dies-lgbtq-wall-street_n_69f92398e4b0e719534dfabc

First openly gay member of Congress, for which he was affectionately nicknamed “Barney Fag” by a fellow Congressman in a “slip of the tongue”.