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Melanie and Justin go over updates to major stories of the week in LGBTIQ+ news. BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ-focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest. Interested in being on the show or want to recommend a person, business or topic for …

Tonight, Justin, Kal, and Melanie discuss news of the day including the possible fallout of former Speaker of the House, McCarthy’s, historic ouster. More importantly, we play an interview Justin and Melanie had with Devin May, director of Stages Bloomington’s production of The Laramie Project along with actors, Veronica Piurek and Vincent Cook, who portray many characters each.   The …

Today the crew talks about local and national news. Book reclassifications in Kal’s old hometown library, Martinsville Jr high transgender bathroom use lawsuit, queer-affirming media, and some challenges we’re still slogging through. BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ+ focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and …

Melanie and Justin cover news and a vision for the future – how do we get from hostility to unity? BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest. Interested in being on the show or want to recommend …

This week, we share a recorded discussion hosted by the Civil Liberties Defense Center.  CLDC has been at the forefront of anti-repression legal work for decades now, working on many of the Green Scare cases, in which the FBI infamously hounded and smashed radical environmental organizing between 2000 and 2008.  In this discussion, Chava and Lauren speak with Letha, a …

This week, we hear from Kelly Grace Price, a co-creator of the Close Rosie’s campaign. Rosie’s refers to the Rose M. Singer Facility, an all-women’s jail on Rikers Island. On average, Rosie’s detains around 630 women, girls, transgender, gender non-conforming, and intersex females while they await trial. Price deconstructs the reformist arguments made NYC Board of Corrections and shows how …

We start off this week’s episode with an update on Marius Mason’s transfer to a men’s facility.  Marius is an imprisoned environmentalist who, in addition to waging an Earth Liberation Front sabotage campaign, was an important aboveground organizer for social movements in Indiana and Michigan for decades.  He came out as transgender while in prison, and has recently spoken out …

Tune in for your weekly update on LGBTQ+ news! This episode we talk Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Krumpus. We also have plenty of recent news to discuss: Bloomington recognized as best in state for LGBTQ inclusiveness What the battle over a 7-year-old trans girl could mean for families nationwide The “Ready, Set, PrEP” program will provide donated drugs that could protect …

We’re missing Justin this week but Lucas, our engineer, agreed to join in on the conversation. Catch up on some local news, including a discussion about the inclusion of the singular “they” into the Merriam-Webster dictionary, some controversy with the recent Arizona supreme court decision that would give business owners the power to deny services based on their lgbtq+ status, …

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 …