{"id":682288,"date":"2026-05-20T16:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/682288\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T16:49:09","slug":"barney-frank-one-of-the-first-openly-gay-us-congressmen-dies-aged-86-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/682288\/","title":{"rendered":"Barney Frank: one of the first openly gay US congressmen dies aged 86 &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5RMGpuOFRWMkxEdUI2WlhyR2o3MUNhbG9tSUtOMlBhb0c3LWgxOWd2Qm1VNXlzTXhCMTV4NkEtNXVhRDBCN0xkeFh4YVkybGxodkRPSlNXVTZWdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barney Frank: one of the first openly gay US congressmen dies aged 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTFBzU1dJQWhsTG9jdkF3cEo4V21qSFdkV3VDMkw4R0JMR25aR2NLSkU0bHBXandyTm9XMnc0V3NfWTNmZlhqLTZpaXljWnZQMWZzZjhMVVFzT2R1TGRZNHo5STdlbDVTTWkyQ0ZrWC00N2hROWotMWY0Sw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE5sM0lFVEJKdThDNDJiOVk1WWVGWGxzS3NSaHZvelF3MGdDNHZydlExN1Zya0lZMjdzc1R3WW9BLWx1TWFvUjg1MkltTW51TmJFX0p3V2ZsSkpoYzA4XzVESks0ZTB6OERWMlBzdkktVkRPdllJRWgzanloQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barney Frank, liberal icon who regulated a \u2018too big\u2019 financial industry, dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxQVjUtamlZMU1JMlk5SFVrZF9RNlE5T0xCWFBJTHg5ZUhRc1Atd2RzLUpRNUF4bmtpNUR1cjRhbC1fbU1LTWxKTV83UFNkS0Q4UHVORUpxYTZJRF9reG1DWThtajFORDRvWWktQzdHa2RKUldMbHR4M25XWG5ETHRfMjFTVWdfT1JUU2l3dnVsWGdldlUybUZLWndiZUh6M3BxQjhqeTBsUDlGLUQtMkJ6czRXTkxya1FL?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former Rep. Barney Frank, champion of Wall Street reform and LGBTQ trailblazer, dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxNQ0dWamRVa0Z6SGxTZFlkdXhfX2VhU0g4N2ZaVE9KMlZ0VkxTWmxvZ1Nzdjlnalc0TVBVMHl6WlZpZTRMUGo2VmJJd3VTSG1VZm5MUFY4a3hldWJLemJVdVBFRHdYNEhVQmRkNDBnUHkzYmpSblduUl9IRlZxeTIzVVJ5YmI2NVpCeGRRVEQtVHMwMnZqOUFCZzJvSkdwb19keEJvdEV3UFZQc1dqc0FSQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Barney Frank, Key Lawmaker During Financial Crisis, Dies at 86<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Bloomberg.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barney Frank: one of the first openly gay US congressmen dies aged 86&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCBarney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":682289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-682288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=682288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/682288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/682289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=682288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=682288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=682288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}