Rev. Irene Monroe

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Op/Ed: ‘Thinking of LGBTQ+ Native Americans this Thanksgiving’

Preparing for the Thanksgiving holiday reminds me of the autumnal harvest time's spiritual significance. As a time of connectedness, I pause to acknowledge what...

Reflecting on Transgender Day of Remembrance, Sunday (Nov. 20)

This Sunday, November 20, 2022, is Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day when we honor the memory of transgender people whose lives were taken...

The geopolitics of being Brittney Griner: Where is the LGBTQ+ support?

WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested a week before Russia invaded Ukraine. On February 17, the Russian Federal Customs Service detained Griner at Sheremetyevo...

Moving beyond Boston Pride with Pop-Up Pride on Boston Common

On June 12, to the surprise and joy of the throngs of revelers who gathered for it, Boston Pop-Up Pride spread across Boston Common....

Rev. Irene Monroe on ‘remembering our sister-friend bell hooks’

bell hooks died in Kentucky on December 15, 2021, at 69. As an Affrilachian (Black Appalachian), bell hooks was inarguably one of the nation's...

Why Shut Down Boston Pride? Racism is not the only reason for the closure

On July 9, the news of the Boston Pride Board dissolving with no transfer of power sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ community. The board’s...

‘I Was Born This Way’: In Memoriam, Archbishop Carl Bean

(May 26, 1944–September 7, 2021) This May, when Lady Gaga celebrated the 10-year anniversary of her hit album "Born this Way," she gave an acknowledgment...

In Memoriam: Jahaira DeAlto

(March 4, 1979–May 2, 2020) When the devastating news hit the community about Jahaira DeAlto’s murder, ripples of shockwaves reverberated throughout the state and beyond....

In the Key of Queer: Gospel music is a calling, a gift from Black LGBTQ musicians’ hearts and souls

In James Baldwin’s “Go Tell It on the Mountain,” the protagonist, thinly veiled as himself, wrestles with two critical questions: What does it mean...

Rev. Irene Monroe on intersectionality of race, gender and sexuality

Shared Struggles, Common Foes When civil rights icon US Rep. John Lewis’s hearse made a lengthy stop at a rainbow crosswalk in downtown Atlanta, it...

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