Politico Magazine is featuring a zillion-word gushing piece describing how former congressman Barney Frank is coming out with a book called Frank (which I sincerely hope is merely a reference to his last name, and not to a coded slang word.)  Frank will describe Frank's bravery at being the first publicly gay congressman in the House of Representatives.  I salute his bravery, and also recognize him also for another first: the first member of the House of Representatives to admit to using a gay prostitute and letting his apartment be used as a gay brothel.  Since you're going to see Frank pushing his book in print and on talk shows, and since I know he's shy about promoting all his achievements, I think we should also pay him tribute and talk about it here, too: Frank originally hired Gobie through a "hot bottom" advertisement in the Washington Blade, a gay newspaper, and initially paid him $80 for a dangerous form of gay sex. The ad for...(Read Full Post)