Now in hospice care, Barney Frank warns Democrats against ‘litmus tests’ in new interview

Barney Frank on trans rights, 2028, and the need to ‘reform the left’

Former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), who served in the House from 1981 until his retirement in 2013 and who became the first ...

Barney Frank’s final interview from hospice was painful. His comments on trans people made it worse

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Now in hospice care, Barney Frank warns Democrats against ‘litmus tests’ in new interview

The last act of the legendary congressman from Massachusetts is to push a pragmatic theory of political change.

Pioneering gay US Democrat Barney Frank enters hospice care

Andrew M Potts Barney Frank, the first openly gay member of the US Congress, has entered hospice care as he prepares to die […] The post Pioneering gay US Democrat Barney Frank enters hospice care appeared first on QNews.

Are Trans Rights the New Gun Rights for Democrats?

From the Don't Shoot the Cis Messenger files:I wish I could say I'm surprised that many queers aren't happy with Barney Frank's hospice interview urging Democrats to rethink the party's approach to trans rights. But if we ever want to control the House again -- or any level of federal power -- naysayers need to remember when Dems strategically backed away from running aggressively on another issue where we were on the right side of history -- GU…

Shelton: On Rep. Barney Frank’s criticism of progressives

I am sorry indeed to hear of Barney Frank’s impending demise. Our world will be poorer without him in it. Still, to hear of his criticism of progressive Democrats and not an apology for the impotence of Dodd-Frank nor his subsequent taking of a job with a large bank, rankles this progressive (only a Democrat because I have to be) quite a bit. Respectfully yours, Alvin SheltonNewton Lower Falls