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National Leather Association Indianapolis chapter president Sarah Battista and chair of the chapter's Domestic Violence/Community Service Committee Veronica Pejril talk about their organization for the leather/BDSM/fetish community. They explain the differences between agreed upon relationships (that may involve bondage & discipline, dominance & submission and sadomasochism) and those that are defined as domestic violence wherein someone is involuntarily controlled and/or harmed by another. They also provide a historical perspective of the current leather community as it exists today with its evolution following the post-WW II era wherein some individuals incorporated military discipline into their socio/sexual lives and relationships. Earlier BDSM practices are also recognized and many trace their beginnings to some early religions practices of flagellation and exorcism of evil with pain for pleasure. The Indianapolis chapter is active in community outreach and offers educational sessions, fundraisers as well as social parties for consenting adults. Also in this program: Indiana Equality secretary Virginia Benge discusses IE’s reasons for not supporting the non-inclusive federal ENDA legislation. It is their belief that ENDA must include gender identity in order to be completely effective in overall employment protection for the LGBT community. bOUT2 is a spinoff podcast of bloomingOUT, Indiana's only out, loud, and proud radio show, a public affairs program dedicated to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer community. Each week on bOUT2 Helen Harrell and Sean Lemieux deconstruct the week's top queer news and talk with guests you didn't hear in this week's bloomingOUT.