When Barney Frank discussed his sexual orientation with the Boston Globe in May 1987, he entered history as the first member of Congress--among dozens of same-sexers in the House and Senate--to voluntarily disclose that he was gay. Frank's politically risky, extraordinarily courageous coming out, was a [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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