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Melanie and Ireland are in charge today, bringing you up to date with current LGBT+ news. Tune in for a discussion about recent news:
- Hunter Kelly, a 21-year-old gay Trump supporter, said conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman sought to use him for the “despicable scheme” they concocted to blunt Buttigieg’s momentum and help the president’s reelection bid.
- A group of teenagers decided not to stand by and watch as the United Methodist Church voted in favor of anti-LGBT measures.
- A lesbian couple says they received a homophobic message after a relative created an online fundraiser to alleviate the skyrocketing costs of their daughter’s cancer treatments.
- Lee Livengood, assistant principal at Liberty High School in Clarksburg, W. Va., is accused of bullying a 15-year-old transgender student in the school bathroom on Nov. 27.
- BYU Valedictorian Matt Easton Comes Out as Gay During Graduation Speech
Music this week comes from Soak’s latest album Grim Town.
Events:
The Tallest Man On Earth @ The Buskirk-Chumley, 114 E Kirkwood Ave. Bloomington
May 7 @ 9:00 pm
Envy’s Open Stage – Bloomington’s only gender-based performance open mic @ The Back Door, 207 South College Ave.,around back in the alley
May 8 @ 11:00 pm – May 9 @ 1:00 am
May 8 @ 11:00 pm – May 9 @ 1:00 am
Credits:
Hosts: Melanie Davis and Ireland Meacham
Engineer: Lucas Fisher
News Editors: Ireland Meacham
Producer: Frankie Presslaff
Executive Producer and WFHB News Director: Wes Martin
