05/20/2026
Rest in peace, former Congressman Barney Frank. 🕊️ From Brian K. Bond, PFLAG National CEO:
“Former Member of Congress Barney Frank’s legacy stretches beyond the landmark Dodd-Frank Act to include many laws to advance prevention, detection, and treatment of HIV/AIDS. We remember Barney as a trailblazer who was the first Member of Congress to come out as gay, and who moved many pieces of civil rights legislation forward. Sadly, his legacy is also marred by his own actions and failures on behalf of transgender people.
“PFLAG National has chosen a different path than Barney many times over the years to ensure trans, nonbinary, and inters*x people are never left behind. This is why the LGBTQ+ people, parents, family members, and allies who are part of PFLAG continue to fight, from Capitol Hill to city council, to ensure every LGBTQ+ person has the freedom to be themselves and to thrive — always.”
Read on at pflag.org/press/rep-barney-frank-memoriam