The title of our opening song, performed by Deacon Tom Jones, from the compilation album Mississippi Saints and Sinners, “If I Had My Way I’d Tear this Building Down,” serves as an epigraph to Baldwin’s 1972 masterpiece, the essay collection No Name in the Street, which features heavily in our program today. Born on August 2nd, 1924 in Harlem James …
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This week, we’re coming at ya with the LGBTQ History FACTS. We also have information regarding allegations against the BMV guy. Tune in for a news update and more! Music this week comes from Caleb Nichols’ Double Mantasy. Events: After Dark: Over the Rainbow, Wonderlab, 308 W. 4th Street Bloomington, IN Oct 26 @ 6:00 am – 9:00 am 21+ …
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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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Tonight we welcome Jennifer Bass to talk about her new segment of Just Married: Stories from the Heartland. Tonight’s podcast features our host Frankie Presslaff and his husband, Kelly. Melanie Davis also gives us advice on how to survive the holidays with family. Just Married, Marriage Equality: Stories from the Heartland is an on-going project dedicated to recording stories from same-sex …
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Elena Volochine is the Moscow Bureau Chief for France24. A reporter and documentarian, Volochine spoke at the Indiana University Media School on Tuesday, November 27th, 2018. Volochine spoke about propaganda and journalism in Russia. Volochine begins her presentation with an interview from a supposed Ukrainian sailor about Russia’s confiscation of Ukrainian ships. Occasionally, Volochine speaks with a translator in French. …
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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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Catherine Brennan was born in Canberra the youngest of five kids, she proudly states “to the best parents ever.” Her family lived in Tokyo for two and a half years until she was five. They made Canberra their home until 1972 when she moved to Dublin with her parents. Catherine finished high school there and went on to university. From …
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Our guest tonight is Brian Rosenberg, Founder of Gays With Kids along with his husband Fred. They launched Gays With Kids in March 2017 with a focused mission: To help gay men become dads and to help new gay dads navigate fatherhood. Along the way, Gays With Kids has grown to become the world’s leading digital media company and social …
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News discussion includes the controversy surrounding an art teacher at The Mansfield School district, male vultures from the Artis Amsterdam Royal Zoo in Holland who gained attention upon adopting a chick to raise, and the forthcoming protest by drag queens against Donald Trump in London this July. During the second part of the show, Spike Wray-Kirk shares how her company …
Read More »This week on BloomingOut, Anchors Kim Hanh and Rachel Jones, along with Writer/Producer Alex Ashkin discuss Kevin Spacey’s molestation allegations and subsequent ‘coming out’ controversy, Hong Kong’s appeal of a court decision which granted a lesbian British expat visa status with her partner, and Taipei’s Gay Pride Parade. Later in the show, we’re joined by Guest Frankie Presslaf. Tonight’s featured …
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