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Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank announced on Wednesday, March 30, he plans to reintroduce the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act. It is highly unlikely the GOP-controlled House will pass the measure during this Congress, but Frank stressed activists need to start laying the groundwork for its passage now.

Openly gay Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts has a tongue as sharp as his wit--and he’s been giving, and taking, some heated political fire in recent days.

Congressman Barney Frank [D-Mass.] and Marriage Equality Rhode Island founding member Jenn Steinfeld were among those honored at Equity Action’s annual awards ceremony in Providence on Wednesday, Nov. 10.

In a sign of how deep the anti-incumbancy feelings goes, Bill Clinton is coming to Massachusetts to buttress the candidacy of out-gay congressman Barney Frank -- one of the most powerful people on the Hill.

Questioned at a town hall last year about the "Nazi policy" of health care reform, Frank told the speaker who made the comment that talking to her was "like arguing with a dining room table." Fast forward to this year, the questioner, Rachel Brown, is challenging the 15-term Democrat’s re-election bid.

Written at 10:23 a.m. while sitting on the porch in Ocean Beach.

Rep. Heath Shuler is denying a report that he heard racial slurs yelled from a crowd of angry health care protesters outside the U.S. Capitol, but Shuler told the AP that he did hear slurs against openly gay Rep. Barney Frank.

Openly gay Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank told an audience that he believes a clear shift began under Republican Newt Gingrich’s tenure as House speaker in the second half of the 1990s.

As matters stand in Congress right now, the Respect for Marriage Act--which would trump the anti-gay "Defense of Marriage" Act from 1996--lacks the support it needs to pass.

Congressional Democrats looking to repeal the military’s ban on openly gay troops are planning a possible amendment to a Department of Defense appropriations bill, possibly as early as next year.