Tune in for your LGBTQ+ news plug (and discussion) for the week with your BloomingOUT family: The City of Bloomington’s decision to suspend the Farmer’s Market following local response to escalating tensions over the presence of Schooner Creek Farms, a vendor with alleged ties to white nationalist groups. Three presidential candidates have added pronouns to their bios on Twitter. Jenna …
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Your weekly update and discussion for LGBTQ+ news with your favorite hosts! With special guest Prince. This week in the news: Yelena Grigoryeva, Russian LGBT Activist, Is Found Dead; Friends Say She Was Threatened Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosello resigns after protest Taiga Isikawa, first openly gay male lawmaker in Japan says, “[same-sex marriage] will happen with in the 6 …
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Catch up with your weekly LGBTQ+ news update on BloomingOUT! Tonight, Jennifer Bass joins the show with a new episode from Just Married podcast. Just Married: Stories from the Heartland is an ongoing project dedicated to recording stories from same-sex couples about their journeys into marriage. Sponsored by the Indiana University’s Department of Gender Studies, the Office for Vice President …
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Catch up with LGBTQ+ news with your Bloomingout family! Judi, Emily and Ireland talk about their experiences at World Pride in New York City last week, which hosted a parade that lasted 12 hours. Music this week comes from Alaskaalaska’s debut album The Dots. Events: Open Mic at Blockhouse @ The Blockhouse, 205 South College Ave. (in the alley and …
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Tune in for your weekly LGBTQ+ news update with your BloomingOUT family. Ashanti Carmon, an African-American Trans Woman was shot multiple times and killed in Fairmount Heights Maryland, a D.C. suburb, on March 30. Three blocks away, and a couple of months later, Zoe Spears, another African-American Trans woman was also murdered. Police do not believe there is connection between …
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Tune in for your weekly LGBTQ+ news update with your BloomingOUT family. Yesterday marks the 3rd anniversary since the Pulse shootings in Orlando. Join us as we remember and talk about the aftermath in the the LGBTQ+ community. Another topic of interest this time on this episode comes from WFHB’s own report on a White Nationalist group at the farmer’s …
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Catch up with the latest LGBTQ+ news with Frankie and your BloomingOUT family. We will be featuring an interview with Indiana Senator J.D. Ford. He became the first openly gay person to be elected into Indiana’s state legislature last year. Our featured artist of the week is Esperanza Spalding with their album 12 Little Spells. Events: 4th and Rogers Block …
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Tune in for your weekly update of LGBTQ+ news, including abortion legislation, a resolution to modify medical terminology regarding what had been called a “gender identity disorder,” and the Trump administration’s decision to strip ACA protections from transgender folk and people who have had an abortion. However, it all ends on a more positive note, with the 50th anniversary of …
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Last Saturday, Iris Youth Group hosted Spencer’s Big Gay Prom for students in the area who could not attend their own high school proms with same-sex dates due to school policies. Tonight we have Judi Epp from Spencer Pride along with Sophie and Gannon, two students who attended and helped host the event, to talk about how it went. Music …
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Melanie and Ireland are in charge today, bringing you up to date with current LGBT+ news. Tune in for a discussion about recent news: Hunter Kelly, a 21-year-old gay Trump supporter, said conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman sought to use him for the “despicable scheme” they concocted to blunt Buttigieg’s momentum and help the president’s reelection bid. A …
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