Rev. Irene Monroe

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A visible day of Black trans joy marking Trans Day of Visibility

Today, March 31, is Transgender Day of Visibility — proclaimed by the City of Boston as a time to affirm "the right of all...

Rev. Irene Monroe on Jessie Jackson, a defender for LGBTQ+ rights

Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson died on February 17, 2026. A protégé of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson was among the...

Hidden Treasure: Rose and Crown guesthouse in Provincetown

Not only because it’s the only interracially lesbian women-owned guest house in Provincetown since 1998, the Rose and Crown, located at 158 Commercial Street,...

Valentine’s Day Op/Ed: ‘Is LGBTQ+ marriage on the rocks?’

This Valentine's Day season, I am reminded of Mildred Loving's and St. Valentine's acts of justice for the right to love who you want...

Op/Ed: ‘Boston’s LGBTQ+ community wants to hear from Kamala Harris’

Since running for office, Kamala Harris’s silence on LGBTQ+ issues has been deafening. Kamala’s website has one sentence about us under the heading “Protect...

Op/Ed: United Methodist Church now open to LGBTQ+ Methodists

Earlier this month, United Methodist Church delegates voted to repeal its church's long-held exclusionary stance of its LGBTQ Methodists — meaning, church doctrine, polity,...

Op/ed: The right to an abortion is a queer issue

France has just enshrined abortion rights in its Constitution. What's wrong with the US?  We have collapsed the church into the affairs of the state....

Op/Ed: Like LGBTQ+ couples, was W.E.B. Du Bois a romantic at heart?

This Valentine's Day, I pay homage to W.E.B. Du Bois's 1924 novel "Dark Princess" because it highlights the least talked about subject then and...

Op/Ed: ‘Senator Tim Scott’s homophobic party queries him’

Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) is running for president. It's an impressive feat as the only African American Republican in today's US Senate and the...

Boston Pride for the People parade, festival bring community together

Boston's Pride parade is back, and no better reminder of it than the familiar roaring and thunderous sounds from the Moving Violations women's motorcycle...

An enduring influence: Black, lesbian and feminist voices of Combahee River Collective still lead the way

Almost 50 years ago, in 1974, the Combahee River Collective was founded in Boston by several lesbian and feminist women of African descent. As...

Pope Benedict XVI’s era of homophobia comes to an end

Pope Benedict XVI, aka Joseph Ratzinger, died over the Christmas holidays and was laid to rest this week. Many Catholics will recall the legacy...

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