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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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This week we’re going over a whole host of news items from the last week with a specific focus on legislation and people coming hot and heavy at us. Yesterday was the International Transgender Day of Visibility, and we have a lot to cover there via the news. It’s like it set itself up this week! Produced by Melanie Davis …
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Our episode this week finishes the conversation between Rojas, Meg, and Cyrus. Last week, they spoke about the conditions of transgender and gender non-conforming prisoners in the prison system. They continue talking about efforts to support transgender and GNC prisoners inside and outside of the walls. Additionally, they talk to each other about exciting upcoming projects, how the #MeToo Movement …
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Our episode this week is a conversation between Rojas and Cyrus, two advocates with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners. CCWP is an organization that exists, in their words, to “monitor and challenge the abusive conditions inside California women’s prisons. We fight for the release of women and trans prisoners. We support women and trans people in their process of …
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This Mother’s Day, area restaurants are donating 10 percent of their proceeds to help refugees. Bloomington Cooperative Living and City of Bloomington’s Latino Programs are co-sponsoring the “Refugees Welcome Here” fundraiser, to help migrants at the southern border and in Bloomington. The fundraiser is organized by area attorney Isabella Bravo, who recently spent her vacation days volunteering with Al Otro …
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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 …
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The Indiana Department of Revenue is implementing an online sales tax, starting this Fall; On Friday, an Indiana judge approved an injunction, allowing a transgender student to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with; An Indiana lawmaker is in hot water, after doubting the existence of racism in a three-year old conversation on social media; The Monroe County …
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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 …
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