Gay USA 2/24/2021

U.S. numbers of LGBTQ grow; Equality Act non-discrimination law up for vote in Congress ∎ One in six Generation Z adults in the US now identify as LGBT. ∎ The federal LGBTQ rights bill goes to the US House but faces an uphill battle in the Senate.  ∎ An out gay candidate is running for US Senate in Pennsylvania. ∎ Illinois has its first out gay State Senator as most other states brim with anti-LGBTQ bills. ∎ That LGBTQ office in Ghana that opened last week? Gone. But a prominent journalist there bravely comes out. ∎ Another pioneering HIV/AIDS doctor and researcher has died. ∎ Andy reviews the HBO Max gay series “It’s a Sin.”