Gay USA 4/14/2021
April 15, 2021
NCAA promises support for trans athletes; Pres. Biden nominates gay sheriff to run Customs and Border Protection. ∎ The NCAA pulls its major events out of states that prohibit trans participation in school sports. ∎ Biden picks out gay Trump critic to lead Customs and Border Protection. ∎ “Christian” wedding venue in NC turns away gay couple. ∎ In Bethel, CT, a rainbow flag is torched and scores of rainbow flags bloom. ∎ Crackdown on gay people in Iraqi Kurdistan. ∎ A beloved lesbian bar re-opens in New York.
Episode Number
1014
Program
Genre
Neighborhood
About the Program
Gay USA
Gay USA is a weekly news program recorded in the Manhattan Neighborhood Network Studios, that deals with gay, lesbian and LGBT issues and is hosted by longtime gay rights activists and journalists Andy Humm and Ann Northrop.
The hour-long program includes coverage of local, national and...
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