Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage (58 page)

Meeting with Tip O’Neill and Congressmen Gillespie V. “Sonny” Montgomery and John Murtha, 1984

At the 1993 LGBT march on Washington, with my brother, David, and niece Madeline

After moving to Boston, my mother became a well-known advocate for the elderly.

With the unlikely trio of John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and Mitt Romney, during a flood emergency in Taunton, Massachusetts, 2005. I was criticized for my casual attire, but I thought it was the proper clothing to wear to a flood.

Sharing a lighter moment with George W. Bush. Representative Jim McDermott stands behind Bush.

Before his state of the union speech in 2008, President Bush saw me talking on the phone and told me to say hi for him. After the speech, I told the president he had sent his regards to my boyfriend, Jim Ready. He replied, “See how broad-minded I am?” The exchange was caught by the Fox News boom mic.

Discussing health care with President Barack Obama in 2010
(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

With Bill Clinton at an award ceremony for my sister Ann Lewis, who served as his communications director

With Jim and President Obama

A rally at Boston City Hall, 2009

We included a provision in the financial reform bill that Bono strongly advocated. It required American companies engaged in resource extraction to make public any money they paid to foreign officials. It was known as “publish what you pay.”

President Obama signs an executive order significantly increasing same-sex spousal benefits for federal employees, 2011. I am flanked by Senator Joe Lieberman and Vice President Joe Biden.

The president autographed this photo: “To Jimmy— Showing you love for keeping Barney under control! Barack Obama.”