Barney Frank, liberal icon who regulated a ‘too big’ financial industry, dies at 86

Robinson said Frank was a “trailblazer.”

“At a time when being openly gay in public service could cost you everything, he chose visibility,” Robinson said.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, who was the first openly gay Cabinet secretary, said he was not sure he would have “had the chance to serve if Barney Frank hadn’t demonstrated that continue reading …