Gay USA

Gay USA with Ann Northrop and Andy Humm

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 14:05:41 -0400

The 40th anniversary of Stonewall was marked all over the world--and by the Fort Worth Police with a vicious raid on a gay bar that has sparked outrage across the country. See a TV update at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhWMFMPFVpU

President Obama and Michelle Obama welcome LGBT leaders and party loyalists to the White House for the 40th anniversary of Stonewall. Obama reiterated his promises and says we will be happy when he's done. You can see the whole speech at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmEpD2sh0HA

Barney Frank introduces a transgender inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act

Delaware passes its gay rights bill

Kalamazoo passes its non-discrimination bill for the second time

Ireland passes its civil partnership law

HHS finally promulgates regulations to end the ban on visitors and immigrants with HIV

The Gay USA website and podcast are available at GayUSATV

Gay USA with Ann Northrop and Andy Humm

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:13:12 -0400

Greetings on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion

Our guest this week for our first 20 minutes is Cleve Jones, one of the lead organizers of the National Equality March set for October 11. Cleve was the founder of the Names Project, which produced the national AIDS quilt in the late 1980s and has been an activist since his association with Harvey Milk in San Francisco in the late 1970s.

Cleve will explain how he came to support another LGBT march on Washington and what he hopes to accomplish. He'll also tell us what it was like to be portrayed by Emile Hirsch in the movie "Milk." For more information, go to:

www.nationalequalitymarch.org

IN THE NEWS

President Obama signs a memorandum on rights for federal employees with gay domestic partners and hands the pen to Frank Kameny, a gay activist since the 1950s. We'll show you the signing ceremony and discuss its significance.

The US Census is now working on counting same-sex married couples in 2010.

The State Department drops its demand for a fee when a same-sex married person applies for a name change on his or her passport.

The Department of Justice is meeting with the leaders of LGBT legal groups to hear their concerns about Justice's defense of DOMA and DADT.

The White House is hosting a Stonewall reception on Monday.

Some gay leaders are boycotting a big fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee over the slowness of the president and Congress to act on LGBT rights and their opposition to the anti-gay language in administration legal briefs.

The Gay USA website and podcast are available at GayUSATV

Gay USA with Ann Northrop and Andy Humm

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:14:07 -0400

IN THE NEWS:

President Obama's Justice Department defends the Defense of Marriage Act in court using deeply offensive arguments. You can read the brief yourself at:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/16355867/Obamas-Motion-to-Dismiss-Marriage-case

After we taped, Mr. Obama tried to make up for the revolt among his LGBT supporters by issuing a memorandum ordering some rights for LGBT federal employees, but asserting that he can't extend health benefits to domestic partners without Congressional legislation. You can watch him sign the order at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRSgTIzRCsM

The District of Columbia will NOT have a referendum repealing their new law recognizing same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions

The New York State Senate is still in turmoil, holding up all kinds of LGBT legislation

The October 11th "National Equality March" secures a permit in Washington. Our guest NEXT week will be march organizer Cleve Jones, who is portrayed in the movie "Milk"

Good news for LGBT parents from the Georgia Supreme Court

Chastity Bono is transitioning to Chaz Bono and the news media does NOT freak out

An HIV-positive AF vet is rejected as a federal baggage screener

Andy reviews "The Full Monty" at the Paper Mill Playhouse and Andy and Ann tell you if you should catch "August Osage County" before it closes on Sunday

The Gay USA website and podcast are available at GayUSATV

Gay USA with Ann Northrop and Andy Humm

Sat, 6 Jun 2009 11:29:52 -0400

President Obama has proclaimed June LGBT Pride Month and we're celebrating by bringing you another edition of "Gay USA"

IN THE NEWS:

CALIFORNIA: Demonstrations across the country protest the California Supreme Court decision upholding Prop 8. We'll explain more about the implications of the ruling and the debate over whether to put an initiative on the ballot to overturn it in 2010.

NEW YORK: The New York State marriage equality bill is in the home stretch. Sen. Tom Duane, the chief sponsor, says it will pass. To help it along, go to:

www.prideagenda.org
www.MarriageNY.com

FEDERAL MARRIAGE SUIT: Conservative and liberal power lawyers--Ted Olson and David Boies respectively, who opposed each other in Bush v. Gore in 2000--go to federal court for marriage rights for same-sex couples over the objections of LGBT legal groups. We'll show you several excerpts from the Olson-Boies press conference.

FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT Dick Cheney reaffirms his support for same-sex marriage...and torture, for that matter

TO MARCH OR NOT TO MARCH? Another LGBT March on Washington is proposed for October, setting off a national debate on its advisability

NEVADA'S legislature overrides the governor's veto of a domestic partnership bill

NEW HAMPSHIRE legislators compromise on a religious exemption clause to their marriage equality bill, clearing the way for the governor to sign the bill. It passed the Senate this morning and heads for the House

HOPE FOR BI-NATIONAL COUPLES: The Uniting American Families Act, allowing gay people to bring their foreign-born partners to this country, got a hearing in the US Senate Judiciary Committee. The webcast is at:

http://judiciary.senate.gov/resources/webcasts/index.cfm

COMING OUT? Rumors that Adam Lambert, the runner-up on "American Idol," will discuss his sexuality in the next issue of "Rolling Stone"

ABOUT THE SHOW:

The Gay USA website and podcast are available at GayUSATV

Gay USA with Ann Northrop and Andy Humm

Sat, 23 May 2009 11:04:48 -0400

IN THE NEWS:

NH Gov. John Lynch reverses course and agrees to sign the marriage equality bill after a religious exemption clause is added

The fight for same-sex marriage heats up in NY with rallies for and against it. The chief sponsor, Sen. Tom Duane, tells Gay USA it will pass this year. We have video from the rally on the show shot by Bill Bahlman and online extras at www.gayusatv.org

We mourn the loss of Rodger McFarlane, the first executive director of GMHC and a leading gay and AIDS activist and author, who took his own life this week. He can be seen in the just-released documentary, "Outrage!"

A 50-year old man is in critical condition after a gaybashing in Greenwich Village

Uruguay votes to end their ban on gays and lesbians in the military. Are you listening, America?

Wanda Sykes becomes a mom. Twice!

The Gay USA website and podcast are available at GayUSATV