Rep. Barney Frank served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 2013. He talks about being one of the first members of Congress to come out, how the AIDS crisis forced Congress to act, and the current state of the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement. Plus, his "Trophy Husband", Jim Ready, drops by to say hello.
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The book mentioned in this episode is Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington by James Kirchick.
This is a part of our special series, The LGBTQ+ Elders Project. Click here to listen to our recent interview with Martha Shelly, activist and co-founder of the Gay Liberation Front.
LGBTQ&A is hosted and produced by Jeffrey Masters. @jeffmasters1
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