WFHB FireHouse Broadcasting

Former bloomingOUT host Mark Brostoff, now Associate Dean at the Olin Business School and Director of the Weston Career Center at Washington University in St Louis, talks about LGBT youth and workplace issues. He notes the increasing acceptance of queers by Fortune 1000 companies, evidence of improved self confidence among today’s queer youth, and shares his opinion as a gay veteran about the elimination of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell" military policy. Middle Way House Crisis Intervention Services Coordinator Leila Voyles and Youth Program Director Monte Simonton talk about the organization's new same-sex domestic violence support group. Indiana University Applied Health graduate student Phillip Schnaars provides information about the traveling exhibit “Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals: 1933-1945” to be shown in the Indiana Memorial Union now through the month of April. Positive Link Health Educator Meredith Short stops by to announce the free HIV testing to be held at the LGBT Student Support Services Office in February, March, and April. Local band The LadyQuakes are our featured musical artist with a track from their new album “NoNo”. bloomingOUT also features the latest in national and international queer headline news and a community calendar highlighting local and regional events of interest to the queer community and our allies. Hosted by Helen Harrell and Sean Lemieux.