Tune in for your weekly update of LGBTQ+ news, including abortion legislation, a resolution to modify medical terminology regarding what had been called a “gender identity disorder,” and the Trump administration’s decision to strip ACA protections from transgender folk and people who have had an abortion. However, it all ends on a more positive note, with the 50th anniversary of …
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This week we have Greg W. Chaffin and Jesse Deshayes from Bloomington High School North. They are the GSA sponsors for the school. Join us for news coverage this week, including some local Bloomington news, and discussion about Bloomington North’s GSA. This week’s musical selection comes from Sasami’s 2019 self-titled album. Events: Poetry Night at the Book Corner @ The …
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Crystal Shield, a teacher at Bloomington High School South, is our guest on this episode of BloomingOUT. Cystal is the Gay Straight Alliance sponsor from the school, and she will be speaking with us about why GSA’s are so important and what’s coming up for Bloomington South’s own GSA. But before that, an update on this week’s news. To contact …
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Join us for your weekly update for LGBTQ+ news with our guest host Judi Epp from Spencer Pride, Inc. Last month, BloomingOUT had a student from Owen Valley High School on the show to speak about an incident: Students handed out Pride flags to teachers so that they could display them on their desk to show LGBTQ students solidarity. However, …
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Happy holidays! Join us as we talk about some of our new years’ resolutions and discuss some moments from the past year in the LGBTQ community. We also have Jeffery Ross from the Damien Center in Indianapolis to talk about some of the services they offer. “Founded in 1987, The Damien Center is Indiana’s oldest and largest AIDS service organization …
Read More »FEATURE House Joint Resolution Three, Indiana’s proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions, had its second reading on the House floor yesterday afternoon. An amendment striking the second sentence of the two-sentence bill was proposed by Representative Truitt of House District 26. The second sentence read, “Provides that a legal status identical or substantially similar to that …
Read More »This morning the Indiana House of Representatives adopted the committee report from yesterday’s Elections and Apportionment Committee meeting, during which House Joint Resolution 3 passed, 9 to 3. The proposed amendment to the Indiana constitution, which explicitly states that same sex couples do not have the right to get married, may now continue through the legislative process, and is expected …
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