Article – Page 8 – Rev Irene Monroe

The Rev. Irene Monroe, Activist Pastor and National Columnist Will Be Speaking on February 7 at the University of Puget Sound.

lisantiadmin 2017-02-04T23:01:46+00:00 February 3rd, 2017|

TACOMA, Wash. – The Rev. Irene Monroe is determined to get the message out. Hand the plain-spoken theologian a microphone, […]

The Women’s March On Washington Highlighted Old And New Tensions

lisantiadmin 2017-01-27T15:41:21+00:00 January 25th, 2017|

The nagging question many women of color who did and didn’t attend marches want to know is where was this […]

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Did homophobic minister Bishop Eddie Long die from untreated AIDS complications?
lisantiadmin 2017-01-18T02:23:12+00:00 January 17th, 2017|
When news hit the airwaves that Bishop Eddie Long died from an unnamed aggressive cancer resulting in dramatic weight lost, […]

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Did Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream include LGBTQ people too?
lisantiadmin 2017-01-17T10:43:26+00:00 January 16th, 2017|
First posted in LGBTQ Nation, January 16, 2017

Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2017 will mark its 31st anniversary […]

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Stay woke” this Thanksgiving!
lisantiadmin 2017-01-17T10:36:34+00:00 November 24th, 2016|
As I prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, I am reminded of the autumnal harvest time’s spiritual significance.

As a time […]

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Laughing to keep from crying in “The Scottsboro Boys”
lisantiadmin 2016-11-07T14:30:08+00:00 November 3rd, 2016|
by Irene Monroe

When I was told that the framing devise of SpeakEasy’s current production of “The Scottsboro Boys” is a […]

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Remembering When Evangelicals Tried to Exorcise Gays With ‘Hell Houses’
lisantiadmin 2016-11-07T15:06:20+00:00 October 27th, 2016|
by Irene Monroe

Even though it may anger many on the right, Halloween remains the gayest of holidays.

In the words of […]

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Love and Violence in Black LGBT Communities
lisantiadmin 2016-10-11T19:01:25+00:00 October 7th, 2016|
During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, Rev. Irene Monroe pleads for more resources for LGBT communites of color.

The Jills were the […]

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Malcolm X was a ‘gay for pay’ hustler in his youth
lisantiadmin 2016-10-14T00:31:18+00:00 October 6th, 2016|
By Irene Monroe
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Confederate and Union: The untold history of gay Civil War soldiers
lisantiadmin 2016-10-14T00:39:06+00:00 October 4th, 2016|
By Irene Monroe

Queer Civil War buffs have been arguing for some time […]

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