Today, Melanie interviews Mitch Teplitsky, a documentarian working on a project about Spencer Pride! He is also the Marketing Director of Morgenstern Books in Bloomington and they talked about some of the programming coming up in the next week including Spencer Pride‘s BANNED Book Club as well as the upcoming Author Talk with Jonathan Balash interviewing Jim Fielding about his …
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Melanie and Justin cover news and a vision for the future – how do we get from hostility to unity? BloomingOUT is one of the nation’s longest-running LGBTIQ focused radio shows. We feature people, news, events, entertainment, and businesses relevant to the queer experience in central Indiana and the Midwest. Interested in being on the show or want to recommend …
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The first of June officially kicked off Pride Month. Across the state, LGBTQ+ Hoosiers are celebrating their right to same-sex marriage, gender affirming care, and the opportunity to live authentically. However, this year has also welcomed a growing number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills by Indiana legislation and some Hoosiers are finding it difficult to celebrate Pride Month in light of recent …
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Today, Kal introduces us to the life and times of Julie d’Aubigny, a swording fight, cross dressing sapphic French aristocratic, that is known for her escapades that include burning down a convent, being a famous opera singer, and mugging creepy men. But how much of this really happened? Or are the stories we now use to hero-ify Julie were actually …
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It’s another week of BloomingOUT! Catch the latest updates on LGBTQ+ news on one of the longest-running LBGTQ+ radio shows in Indiana. This is a special edition of BloomingOUT in light of the 2022 Fall Fund Drive. Hosted by Melanie Davis and Kal Demaree Produced by Melanie Davis
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WFHB Correspondent Kai Fitzgerald attended the Bloomington Pridefest on August 27th and spoke with several attendees about what brought them to Pridefest and what their favorite part was. Correspondent Kai Fitzgerald has more.
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This is the WFHB Local News for Monday, June 6th, 2022. Later in the program, the Indiana General Assembly overrode Governor Eric Holcomb’s veto effectively banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams. In today’s show, we feature audio testimony from concerned Indiana residents. More in the bottom half of tonight’s program. Also coming up in the next half …
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This is the WFHB Local News for Thursday, December 30th, 2021. Over the next two weeks, we will take a look back at the stories we covered in the year 2021. In today’s episode, we will review field reports from the last year. You will hear a public opinion poll of the Astroworld tragedy, activists at two protests and an …
Read More »The Owen County Board of Commissioners are now reconsidering a proposed amendment that would make it harder to host special events on Owen County property. Perhaps the event that would be affected most, is the annual Spencer Pride Festival. The county commissioners decided to propose an amendment to the ordinance after a form letter they received from an online Facebook …
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Catch up with LGBTQ+ news with your Bloomingout family! Judi, Emily and Ireland talk about their experiences at World Pride in New York City last week, which hosted a parade that lasted 12 hours. Music this week comes from Alaskaalaska’s debut album The Dots. Events: Open Mic at Blockhouse @ The Blockhouse, 205 South College Ave. (in the alley and …
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