Gay USA
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- For the 1978 documentary film, see Gay USA (film)
Gay USA is a one-hour news magazine program that is featured on the Free Speech TV, which describes the show as "Weekly news program devoted to in-depth coverage of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender issues" ([1]). It is filmed in the studios of and aired on Manhattan Neighborhood Network in Manhattan, New York. It continues to air on New York City public access television.
The program is currently available via PODCAST and also has its own website Gay USA.
The program, which is hosted by executive producers Andy Humm and Ann Northrop, focuses on gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered issues on a local, state, national, and international level. Regular segments include gay news, AIDS news, and entertainment news. Often, there are special guests who are interviewed regarding certain projects and organizations or entertainment. For example Rick & Andy ([2]) performed Ned Sublette's "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" which Willie Nelson has recorded while other guests include an out gay, and thus unemployed (as a priest), priest and a gay male couple with adopted children.