Then-Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank in an interview that appeared on the front page of the Boston Globe on May 30, 1987, came out as gay. The pioneering Massachusetts lawmaker publicly disclosed his sexual orientation ahead of that year’s Pride season, which took place at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Frank returns to D.C. next week to throw out the ceremonial first pitch in the 15^th annual Night OUT at the Nationals game.