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Today we feature the radical work of Muriel Rukeyser, whose poetics treatise, The Life of Poetry, first published in 1949, can be called an anti-Fascist manifesto. We struggle at times to place Rukeyser inside our understanding of politics and poetry as she herself struggled to not be placed – like Thoreau, she did not wish to be regarded as a …

The title of our opening song, performed by Deacon Tom Jones, from the compilation album Mississippi Saints and Sinners, “If I Had My Way I’d Tear this Building Down,” serves as an epigraph to Baldwin’s 1972 masterpiece, the essay collection No Name in the Street, which features heavily in our program today. Born on August 2nd, 1924 in Harlem James …

Barbara Hammer has been making films for over 40 years but it is highly unlikely that you’ve ever seen them and are now asking “Who”? Born in 1939 in Hollywood, California, a kind of cosmic irony, Barbara Hammer is an American feminist filmmaker known for being one of the pioneers of lesbian film. Hammer is known for creating experimental films …

Tonight we have Kate Wiltz, a candidate running for Monroe County Council District 2. But first in this weeks’ LGBTQ news we have have a lot going on across the world.  Music this week was from the album Blood Orange by Negro Swan Events: Soup Tasting @ Bloomington Community Farmers Market, 401 N. Morton St. Bloomington Nov 3 @ 10:30 am …

Our guest tonight is Brian Rosenberg, Founder of Gays With Kids along with his husband Fred. They launched Gays With Kids in March 2017 with a focused mission: To help gay men become dads and to help new gay dads navigate fatherhood. Along the way, Gays With Kids has grown to become the world’s leading digital media company and social …

This week on BloomingOut, Anchors Kim Hanh and Rachel Jones, along with Writer/Producer Alex Ashkin discuss Kevin Spacey’s molestation allegations and subsequent ‘coming out’ controversy, Hong Kong’s appeal of a court decision which granted a lesbian British expat visa status with her partner, and Taipei’s Gay Pride Parade. Later in the show, we’re joined by Guest Frankie Presslaf. Tonight’s featured …

The 11th Annual Bloomington Pride Film Festival takes place tonight, Saturday, and Sunday at the Buskirk Chumley Theater. Its films will explore a wide variety of issues and situations involving gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. The weekend-long festival also includes live performances, a dance party, and a mass LGBTQ wedding. Correspondent Lauren Glapa spoke with co-director Sarah Perfetti …