Update: According to reporting by the Indiana Daily Student, Declan Farley announced late last month that he will be leaving IU. Protesters gathered for a march and town hall in Bloomington to demonstrate against Indiana University’s response to recent acts of discrimination. On January 14th, IU student Declan Farley posted a TikTok about harassment he faced on the floor of …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
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 …
Read More »
Catch up to date on LGBTQ+ news. We talk about the revocation of LGBTQ+ terms and statistics on the CDC website as well as a recent development to take away prisoner rights specific to transgender people. Also, a bit about Thanksgiving. Upcoming Events: Holiday Market, City Hall, 401 N. Morton, Bloomington, IN Nov 30 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm …
Read More »
Join us, as we interview Bloomington North High School counselor Greg Chaffin. He helps transgender students navigate the school system. BloomingOUT hosts Frankie, Kevin, and Just are joined in the studio by Jesse Elkins, a PrEP (Positive Link Prevention Team) Navigator, who has recently shifted gears to join the HIV prevention movement with IU Health Bloomington. Featured music comes from the …
Read More »On this week’s episode of BloomingOut, we welcome Judi Epp and Marissa Mallo from Spencer Pride. Judi is the Volunteer Coordinator for Spencer Pride, and Marissa is a director for the organization. We spoke a little bit last week about some big news for Spencer Pride, and we wanted to make sure to give time to find out what is …
Read More »
WFHB Bloomington Community Radio