Maybe he meant Barney's drag name is 'Pretty Squeamish'?
http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2008/02/maybe-he-meant.html
02/14/2008
We all know that out gay Rep. Barney Frank came under fire during the less-than-great ENDA debate of 2007; but is the gay icon "pretty squeamish on the trans issue"? Yes, said outgoing NGLTF executive director Matt Foreman on yesterday's edition of "The Michelangelo Signorile Show." PageOneQ has that audio: