Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage (59 page)
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Authors: Barney Frank
With my successor, Joe Kennedy, and his former college roommate Jason Collins, the first NBA player to come out as gay, at a gay pride parade in 2013. Senator Elizabeth Warren is to my right.
With a doe on Fire Island. Contrary to some people’s expectations, I did not yell at it, and it did not run away from me.
A well-earned trip to the beach
The pleasures of retirement
(Richard Meseroll)
Jim is an avid surfer and snowboarder.
(Richard Meseroll)
Barney Frank
represented the Fourth Congressional District of Massachusetts for more than three decades and chaired the House Financial Services Committee from 2007 to 2011. He is the first member of Congress to enter a same-sex marriage while serving in office. He is a regular commentator on MSNBC and divides his time between a home with his husband near Portland, Maine, and his apartment in Newton, Massachusetts. You can sign up for email updates
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ALSO BY
BARNEY FRANK
Speaking Frankly: What’s Wrong with the Democrats and How to Fix It
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Contents
6.
THE TRUE STORY OF DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL
11.
TRIUMPHS, SETBACKS, AND LOVE
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Copyright © 2015 by Barney Frank All rights reserved
First edition, 2015
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Frank, Barney, 1940– Frank: a life in politics from the Great Society to same-sex marriage / Barney Frank.
pages cm Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-374-28030-7 (hardback) — ISBN 978-0-374-71142-9 (e-book) 1. Frank, Barney, 1940– 2. Legislators—United States—Biography. 3. United States. Congress. House—Biography. 4. Gay legislators—United States—Biography. 5. Politicians—Massachusetts—Biography. 6. United States—Politics and government—1945–1989. 7. United States—Politics and government—1989– I. Title. II. Title: A life in politics from the Great Society to same-sex marriage.
E840.8.F72 A3 1990
328.73'092—dc23
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