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GAY USA is TV’s weekly LGBT news hour, hosted by longtime gay rights activists and journalists Andy Humm and Ann Northrop. Ann and Andy report and analyze the week’s stories on the LGBT activist movement, politics and government, legal cases, AIDS and community health, and entertainment. This long-running TV show originates at Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) in New York City and has been telecast continuously since 1985.

Lou Maletta was determined to get gay life—from porn reviews to political coverage—on TV. Forty years ago, he succeeded.

Arnie Kantrowitz, the early New York-based gay rights activist who wrote a classic queer memoir, taught one of the earliest gay studies college courses in the nation, and was a founding member of GLAAD, died January 21 from complications of COVID-19.

Arnie Kantrowitz, the early New York-based gay rights activist who wrote a classic queer memoir, taught one of the earliest gay studies college courses in the nation, and was a founding member of GLAAD, died January 21 from complications of COVID-19.

A professor, author and activist, he fought against discrimination because of sexual orientation and for fairness from the media.

This Week on MNN we recognize World AIDS Day.

This Week on MNN continues our celebration of Pride Month. 

Pride said gay cops aren’t welcome. Then came the backlash

Just as L.G.B.T.Q. visibility reached a new peak, splinter groups are re-examining the annual parade. Is Pride too corporate? Should police officers be allowed to march? Is it a revolution, or is it a party?