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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 …

By: Annika Harshbarger Vapes, cigars, Cheyennes, chewing tobacco and Zyn, all products that Taylor Brandenberger has used during his 10 year relationship with nicotine. Middle School Nicotine has been present in one form or another in Taylor’s life from a young age, starting with his dad. It wasn’t until his dad decided to quit that he found out. “I accidentally …

This week, we focus on two people who are studies in dignity in the face of state repression. Jack Mazurek was arrested in Atlanta yesterday and charged with arson. These allegations stemmed from an attack last July on police motorcycles, which was rooted in the movement against Cop City. He is standing strong despite the serious charges against him, as …

For our first episode of the new year, we wanted to begin sharing an interview with Leon Benson. In this conversation, he covers his release from prison, reflections on the treatment he received from the authorities, and his work on the outside.  This is a special privilege for Kite Line, since we have aired Benson’s work and thought many times …

In this episode, we have our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle. Afterwards, we have a conversation with Sophia Johnson, also known as Candle, who is an anarchist writer who currently serving a sentence in Oregon. In this conversation, she talks about writing in prison, and her ongoing struggle to receive adequate health care.

Since 2021, a diverse movement in has challenged the construction of Cop City, which is slated to destroy Atlanta’s South River Forest.  The forest is also known by its Muscogee name, Weelaunee.  The movement has created new intersections between abolitionist and environmental politics, since it is defending a forest with important ecological elements for the surrounding Black community, in order to …

Today we have Mitch Teplitsky, Marketing / PR Director & Author Talk host from Morgenstern’s Books, which is Hola Bloomington Sponsor, to talk about how the bookstore promotes diversity and hosts Spanish storytelling. He also shares with our host, Carlos Bakota, his passion for producing documentaries.

On today’s Kite Line, we are sharing more research conducted collectively by Micol Seigel’s Inside-Out class. Last spring, this course brought together students at Indiana University and students held by the Indiana Department of Corrections. This presentation is focused on the tension between surveillance and sousveillance, a term for when apparatuses like social media and smartphones are turned around and …

Content Warning: This episode contains references to sexual trauma and harm. We start off this episode with our monthly round up of prison disturbances, as compiled by Perilous Chronicle- followed by some recent prison news. We close our episode with a feature created by students as part of Dr. Micol Seigel’s Inside Out program at Indiana University. As mentioned on …

This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, August 7th, 2023. In today’s feature report, local journalist Dave Askins of the B-Square Bulletin provides a report on a canceled city council budget meeting from the media outlet’s “Morning Bulletin.” That’s Stephanie Shelton from Cancer Support Community of Indiana. Shelton says forty thousand Hoosiers will be diagnosed with some form of …