WFHB FireHouse Broadcasting

Lambda Award-winning author of the "bull-jean stories" (Redbone Press) Sharon Bridgforth talks about her latest performance/novel work the "love Conjure/blues" text, a genderbending, juke-joint singing, prayer-circling, liberation-minded, deep-loving piece exploring sexuality and a range of gender expressions and "the blues" as ritual. Film director Dean Hamer talks about his trans-issue related film "Thorn in Your Side" to be shown on January 26 as part of the upcoming Bloomington Pride Film Festival. Hamer also discusses work he and his partner do with rural and small town LGBTQ youth in Pennsylvania. Our featured artist of the week is singer/songwriter Horse, who calls in from Scotland to talk about her music and the struggles with career goals and gender dysphoria as we feature her song "This Time" from the album "Red Haired Girl". Lyleanne Musselman introduces her new feature "L Words" with a moving tale about coming of age, first love and the conflict of emotional "wrongness" in the mid 1990s. As always 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 Victor Kinzer.