Washington, May 20 -- Rep. Mark Takano issued the following press release:
In celebration of the life, work, and memory of former Congressman Barney Frank, the first member of Congress to voluntarily come out as gay and co-founder of the Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC), CEC Chair Rep. Mark Takano released the following statement:
"I first met the inimitable Barney Frank in the early 80's when I was a student in Cambridge. I followed his journey for years, including the part he played in moving the bill providing redress to Japanese Americans interned during World War II forward, and watched how his constituents stuck by him after he came out-even at a time when the United States was still deeply homophobic-because they knew he would n...