GAY USA: TV’s Weekly LGBT News Hour

Ann Northrop and Andy Humm report and analyze the week’s stories on the LGBT activist movement, politics and government, legal cases, AIDS and community health, and entertainment. We also interview timely newsmakers. GAY USA has been telecast continuously since 1985.

This Week on Gay USA 7/22/2026

Ann Northrop with guest co-host Cathy Marino-Thomas

• Defense Secretary Hegseth pushes testosterone for the troops.
• Heritage Foundation wants to defund women’s sports.
• Trump has new get rich scheme for himself.
• Minnesota rejects 44 anti-trans bills.
• Psychologist, author Walt Odets dies.
• Barry Manilow back on stage in Las Vegas after lung cancer surgery.

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