`` It worked out better than I thought , '' Frank says of revealing he is gay . Frank will retire after his current term in Congress . He says he is leaving 325,000 term earlier than he first planned . Now 71 Barney Frank , a Democrat , was first elected to the Congress from Brookline in many years ago .
`` It worked out better than I thought , '' Frank says of revealing he is gay . Frank will retire after his current term in Congress . He says he is leaving 325,000 term earlier than he first planned . Barney Frank , a Democrat , was first elected to the Congress from Brookline in many years ago .