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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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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A new area organization advocating for LGBTQ rights is launching in South Central Indiana. The Stonewall Democrats of South Central Indiana are holding will publicly launch next weekend. The newly-formed Political Action Committee seeks to serve the interests of LGBTQ people in Owen, Greene, Morgan, Monroe, Lawrence and Brown counties. The Stonewall Democrats are a national organization, affiliated with the …
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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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Catch up with some local LGBT+ news with your BloomingOUT family with special (monthly) guest: Judi Epp! Music jams this week come from Ibibio Sound Machine’s newest album Doko Mien. Events: Las niñas bien (The Good Girls) w/ guest April 11, 2019 @ 7 pm IU Cinema 1213 E 7th st Bloomington IN The Filmmaker to Filmmaker: Conversations from the Director’s …
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This week we have Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton on the show to discuss about moving forward in Bloomington. Music this week is brought to you from WFHB’s 2018 Local Live CD. Proceeds from purchases of this compilation will help fund your local, independent, non-profit community radio station. Events: ‘Vinegar Tom’, a presentation of the IU Department of Theatre, Drama, and …
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Businesses and community leaders spoke out against the latest version of Indiana’s proposed hate crimes bill, after an amendment in the state senate deleted two-thirds of the proposed legislation. That amendment gutted protections for race, religion, age, sexual orientation and gender identity, among others. Indiana sits on a list of 5 states who do not have a hate crimes bill …
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PART ONE: Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich speak with Wes Martin, News Director for WFHB, about State Senate Bill 12. This is a hate crimes bill, in which Republicans removed all references to race, ethnicity, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation and other protected classes, on February 19, 2019. PART TWO: Hosts Clarence Boone and Roberta Radovich review with Shatoyia …
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