Barney Frank answered a bunch a questions for reddit.
TrackerBot's post links to one of them. It's worth a listen.
Then read the comments; its like a Rorschach on gay!
There's not even anything about gay in the interview.
Here's a sample...
Look, in the past there were several lesbian and gay friends in my life, why? not because I was gay or lesbian, no, because I knew, without a shadow of a doubt, that these people would not purposefully hurt me. It was one of the BEST times of my life experience.