Gay USA: Mitchell Gold on his new book, "Crisis: Growing Up Gay in America"

OUR GUEST THIS WEEK for our last twenty minutes is Mitchell Gold, the out gay furniture company executive, who is a longtime gay activist and philanthropist, founder of www.FaithinAmerica.com to combat anti-gay bigotry in religion, and now the editor of "Crisis: 40 Stories Revealing the Personal, Social and Religious Pain and Trauma of Growing Up Gay in America." He will tell us about his personal journey and what he hopes to accomplish with his group and book.

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Gay USA, a weekly news-hour, offers comprehensive news and analysis by and about the LGBTQ community. The program features lively repartee between hosts Ann Northrop and Andy Humm, as well as interviews with special guests. Produced at Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Gay USA airs several times a week on Free Speech TV. Each week’s complete episode is streamed on free speech tv and is available as an RSS feed.