Gay USA 2/17/2021

Biden outlaws anti-LGBT housing discrimination; gay NYC Councilmember Carlos Menchaca on his campaign for Mayor. ∎ Our guest later in our hour is Carlos Menchaca, an out gay City Council Member from Brooklyn who is running for Mayor of the City of New York. ∎ President Biden’s HUD says LGBTQ people covered under the Fair Housing Act. ∎ Passage of the Equality Act depends on ditching the filibuster but one bisexual Senator says she won’t let that happen. ∎ A Georgia bill would require a panel of three doctors to examine the genitalia of girls to decide whether they should be allowed to play girls’ sports. ∎ Groundbreaking gay singer Ari Gold has died at 47. ∎ An LGBT group opens an office in Ghana.