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Although Barney Frank has only been out of Congress for a single day, he said he told Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick that he wants to be interim senator when Sen. John Kerry leaves to become secretary of state.

Richard Tisei, an out-Republican running for Congress in Massachusetts, has come under fire by conservatives for being too liberal, especially regarding gay marriage, as well as by Democrats like retiring Mass. Rep. Barney Frank.

Barney Frank, the outspoken congressman from Massachusetts, wed his long-time boyfriend Jim Ready in a ceremony presided over by Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick

National Stonewall Democrats honored retiring Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The outspoken gay lawmaker stressed that efforts to ban anti-LGBT discrimination should happen legislatively.

Democratic Mass. Rep. Barney Frank’s spokesman recently announced that he plans to marry his longtime boyfriend, Jim Ready, in Massachusetts.

From the passage of the landmark transgender rights bill to gay Congressman Barney Frank’s announcement that he would leave Capitol Hill after more than three decades, 2011 proved a momentous year for LGBT news in Massachusetts.

In spite of his many flaws, soon-to-be-former Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank paved the way for other LGBT politicians who seek a seat at the table.

Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank announced on Monday, Nov. 28, that he will not seek re-election in 2012.

Gay rights pioneer Frank Kameny was honored Tuesday with a Capitol Hill memorial service in the same room where the House Un-American Activities Committee once targeted gays in 1968.

Congressman Barney Frank and U.S. Sen. John Kerry are among the members of Massachusetts’ Congressional congregation who appeared in an "It Gets Better" video that was released on Wednesday, July 27.