BloomingOUT

Have you been wondering about when we will ever get to go back to the Backdoor? On this episode, we talked to Smoove G, one of the owners of the Back Door in Bloomington, about current events regarding Pride and Black Lives Matter, and how the Blockhouse is handling being closed all this time during the pandemic. Ireland gives us …

We’re back again and we’ve got news to share. Today we celebrate 6 years since gay marriage was legalized here in Indiana. We mostly spent this episode ranting about J.K. Rowling. Catch us again next week for a new Just Married podcast episode from Jennifer Bass! 

Welp, we are happy to celebrate the Supreme Court’s decision to give protections to LGBTQ+ people from being fired from work on account of their gender identity or sexual orientation. But there’s still work left to be done. Tune in for the conversation with Justin Robertson, Lucas Fisher, and Melanie Davis.

Melanie and Ireland join us today to talk about recent happenings in Bloomington on the square and in the world.

In this episode we discuss all of this news: Anti-LGBTQ white supremacist Rep. Steve King loses primary after 9 terms Black transgender woman brutally beaten by a crowd of men in a store Rand Paul holds up anti-lynching legislation as he seeks changes to bill And vent some steam. We also mentioned the 1968 Little 500 Sit-in.   Friday, June …

We are back with more news this week: our thoughts about police brutality in Minnesota, we also talk about Christian Cooper’s work in lgbtq+ advocacy in comic books, and finally we discuss a transgender inmate who is pushing to be allowed to transition in prison.

Well, we’re back again. Catch up with some discussion and spicy discourse brought to you by the bloomingOUT gang. Today we have Justin and Ireland back on the show to talk about what has been happening the last few weeks. Asking the big questions, no music break or anything. Tune in to hear our thoughts about coronavirus, terfs, the idea …

Catch up with the BloomingOUT crew on this week’s episode.   Produced by Melanie Davis and Executive Producer & WFHB News Director Kade Young Hosted by Melanie Davis, Ireland Meacham, and Lucas Fisher

On this episode we got to chat with Jeanne Smith, president of the Steering committee of the Stonewall Democrats of South Central Indiana. Last night, the Stonewall Democrats published their endorsements for the upcoming primary elections. Here’s the statement, taken from their facebook group (which you should join for more information, or visit their website at www.sdofsci.com): Stonewall Democrats of …

We’re back, I can’t believe it has been one week since we talked yesterday. Today Melanie and I are here to talk about Trey Hollingsworth and some choice words he had about the coronavirus pandemic. Trey  thinks we need “to put on our big boy and big girl pants” and put ourselves at risk for the sake of the economy. …