Reverend Irene Monroe

Writing

Irene Monroe has written on a number of topics for publications such as The Advocate, New England Bay Windows, Boston In Newsweekly, and The Witness. Below is a list of her writing.

November 5th, 2014: Menino: an ally to Black LGBTQ communities
October 30th, 2014: A Republican reaching across the aisle
October 23rd, 2014: Confronting Echoes Of The AIDS Hysteria As We Battle Ebola
October 16th, 2014: Remembering the life, love and legacy of Audre Lorde
October 9th, 2014: Is being “Black-ish” also being homophobic-ish
October 2nd, 2014: Effects of Climate Change in My Backyard
September 18th, 2014: Black Children Are Beloved and Beaten
September 11th, 2014: Joan Rivers: A gay icon
September 3rd, 2014: Back-to-School Not Welcoming to All LGBTQ-Students in Massachusetts
August 27th, 2014: The Real Superheroes of P’Town Carnival
August 14th, 2014: The stigma of black suicide is killing us
August 7th, 2014: Celibacy is the new ex-gay ministry
July 30th, 2014: African American sisters aging with HIV and co-morbidities
July 24th, 2014: Divided LGBTQ communities on Israeli-Palestine conflict
July 3rd, 2014: In 2014 still not Independence Day for women
June 26th, 2014: Presbyterian Church Crawling Toward Marriage Equality
June 19th, 2014: Boston’s LGBTQ people of color take Pride in health
June 12th, 2014: The Dyke March Is For Everyone!
June 5th, 2014: Desecrating Dr. Maya Angelou’s Funeral
May 15th, 2014: Racial Divide in LGBTQ Communities Could Have Derailed Marriage Debate in Massachusetts
May 8th, 2014: Military’s Ban on Nappy Hair
May 1st, 2014: Mother Teresa’s Canonization Dissed
April 17th, 2014: Jesus’ Sex Life on the ‘Down Low’
April 10th, 2014: America Cleans Up Its Homophobic Lexicon
April 3rd, 2014: No gay animals on Noah’s ark
March 26th, 2014: Religious Right’s cookie-cott is full of caca!
March 20th, 2014: White gay men are not the culprits gentrifying Harlem
March 4th, 2014: Katy Perry’s blasphemous act of free speech
February 20th, 2014: Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTQ Law
February 16th, 2014: Que(e)rying Michael Sam’s Coming-Out Timing
February 6th, 2014: Phillip Seymour Hoffman kept a LGBTQ presence in films
January 16th, 2014: MLK Day Reflection on Black LGBTQ Justice
January 9th, 2014: Robin Roberts Loosens the Grip of Black Homophobia
December 19th, 2013: 2013: The Right’s war on Christmas continues…
December 11th, 2013: Mandela’s LGBTQ Advocacy Has Fallen on Deaf Ears in Africa and African Diasporic Communities
December 5th, 2013: How media and research institutions contribute of HIV/AIDs in black communities
November 26th, 2013: Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving
November 21st, 2013: Alec Baldwin & Homophobia: A Race-Based Double Standard?
November 14th, 2013: United Methodist Church Still Wrong-Headed on Same-Sex Marriages
November 6th, 2013: Monogamous: To Be or Not to Be?
October 31st, 2013: Halloween’s a gay holiday for all
October 23rd, 2013: Unrequited Love in DADT era
October 9th, 2013: The Matthew Shepard we don’t know
October 2nd, 2013: Now Is the Time for Attention to Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ Communities of Color
September 26th, 2013: What Pope Francis has known about gay priests
September 11th, 2013: Complex factors fuel Jamaica’s violent homophobia
September 4th, 2013: Has Gentrification of New York’s Harlem Neighborhood Stirred Up Prejudice Against LGBTQ Residents?
August 28th, 2013: Pastor McClurkin’s homophobic past has come back to haunt him
August 21st, 2013: Mr. March on Washington: Bayard Rustin
August 14th, 2013: The Queer Politics of Writing on Race
July 31st, 2013: A perceptually progressive pope
July 15th, 2013: Black, Gay and Living in a ‘Voting Rights? No! Gay Marriage, Yes!’ World
July 10th, 2013: From Matthew Shepard to Trayvon Martin – Bigotry Knows No Boundaries
July 2nd, 2013: Rattled With PTSD: Post Traumatic Snake Disorder
June 27th, 2013: Can the Ex Gay apology be trusted?
June 12th, 2013: A friend to Boston’s LGBTQ communities of color will retire
June 5th, 2013: Bayard Rustin: Pride icon
May 29th, 2013: Remembering a queer gem
May 28th, 2013: Black Pride: Distinct and Emblematic
May 15th, 2013: Tom Joyner’s Homophobic Message to the Black Community
May 8th, 2013: Anti-Keynesian economics’ homophobe Niall Ferguson
May 2nd, 2013: Jason Collins: The Great Black Hope
April 25th, 2013: Will Boston Marathon Bombing rev up Islamophobic domestic terrorists?
April 10th, 2013: Remembering the African American Holocaust survivors
April 3rd, 2013: Another Tackle in the World of Homophobic Sports
March 27th, 2013: Is marriage equality in all 50 states too soon?
March 13th, 2013: Mexico Sets the Tone on Hate Speech
March 6th, 2013: Was Marco McMillian killed in Mississippi because he was black or gay?
February 20th, 2013: The Boy Scouts of America: Another Closed Door for Black GBTQ Youth
February 13th, 2013: It’s Time for a Queer-Friendly Pope
February 2nd, 2013: Haiti’s LGBTQ-Accepting Vodou Societies
January 23rd, 2013: Obama Linking Selma to Stonewall Divides the Black Community
January 16th, 2013: Did Martin Luther King Have an LGBTQ Dream, Too?
January 9th, 2013: The pain of Django reminds us of Americaâ€™s dark chapter
January 2nd, 2013: Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
January 1st, 2013: My Ancestors’ Talking-book
December 20th, 2012: Young white men in crisis
December 12th, 2012: Finally, lives of black men on film
December 5th, 2012: Weary of the war on Christmas
November 28th, 2012: AP’s Discouraging ‘Homophobia’ Is Discouraging
November 20th, 2012: Revisiting Proposition 8
November 14th, 2012: Malawiâ€™s LGBTQâ€™s short-lived freedom November 14, 2012
October 24th, 2012: GLADâ€™s diversity work
October 17th, 2012: Latino Activists Join With Marriage Equality Activists… Will It Work?
October 10th, 2012: Gay boxer knocks out a stereotype
October 3rd, 2012: A Month to Begin Anti-Bullying
September 26th, 2012: Native American voters exploited by Brown and Warren
September 19th, 2012: Yunel Escobar Shocked ‘Fag’ Is a Slur
September 12th, 2012: NAGLY honors Bishop Gene Robinson
September 6th, 2012: Will Obamaâ€™s support of marriage equality keep some Blacks home on election day?
August 29th, 2012: Biden wows at Pâ€™Town fundraiser
August 22nd, 2012: Nothing New in GOPâ€™s Anti-Woman, Anti-Gay Platform
August 15th, 2012: At 42, Paul Ryan Is Out of Step With His Generation
August 8th, 2012: Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas and that other n-word, nappy
August 1st, 2012: Men Can’t Compete in Synchronized Swimming? Really?
July 26th, 2012: Will suspicion of â€œgender fraudâ€ police LGBTQ Olympians?
July 18th, 2012: What is black Americaâ€™s endgame for HIV/AIDS?
July 11th, 2012: R&B star Frank Ocean comes out
June 26th, 2012: Dis-membering Stonewall
June 20th, 2012: The Southern Baptist Convention Elects Its First African-American President… Will He Push an Anti-Gay Agenda?
June 13th, 2012: South Africaâ€™s â€œcorrective rapeâ€ of lesbians
June 6th, 2012: How’s Your “Gaydar”?
May 30th, 2012: Shades of Nazi Germany?
May 16th, 2012: Black Ministers Come Out on Obama’s Stance on Marriage
May 9th, 2012: Obama Forced Out on Gay Marriage
May 2nd, 2012: Richard Grenell: Romney’s Gay Fall Guy
April 25th, 2012: How Anti-Sodomy Laws Were Sunk
April 18th, 2012: Obama and Romney Can’t Fence-Sit on Marriage Equality
April 11th, 2012: The Hunger Games’ young racist fans
April 4th, 2012: We are Trayvon Martin: LGBTQ and African Americans united by murder
March 21st, 2012: Bayard Rustin: One of the Tallest Trees in Our Forest
March 7th, 2012: Itâ€™s what — and not who — killed Whitney Houston
February 29th, 2012: Maid in America
February 27th, 2012: GUEST POST: ONE LGBT-INCLUSIVE BLACK CHURCH IN BOSTON PAVES THE WAY
February 15th, 2012: Cleo Manago: The Most Dangerous Black Gay Man?
February 7th, 2012: Lauding a black “reconciling and inclusive” church
February 4th, 2012: Do We Still Need to Celebrate Black History Month?
January 25th, 2012: Robert Champion Death: Hazing or Hate Crime?
January 16th, 2012: MLK Day Reflection for LGBTQ Justice in the Black Church
January 11th, 2012: A Sister Outsider in “Pariah”
January 4th, 2012: Black LGBTQs finding voice for the future
December 21st, 2011: 2011: The war on Christmas continues
December 14th, 2011: Black LGBTQ community doesnâ€™t support its own
December 7th, 2011: The messology of Bishop Eddie Long continues
November 22nd, 2011: Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving
November 16th, 2011: Queer politics for the birds
November 9th, 2011: Black homophobic horror flicks
November 2nd, 2011: Transgender, victimized and black
October 26th, 2011: Halloween: Our American gay holiday
October 19th, 2011: Presbyterian Churchâ€™s Ordination of Gays Bittersweet
October 5th, 2011: The Past Is Never Dead With the N-Word
September 28th, 2011: Flying While Gay
September 21st, 2011: Repeal of DADT for LGB’s, but not T’s
September 14th, 2011: Homophobe Tim Hardawayâ€™s change of words
August 31st, 2011: Chaz comes out dancing
August 24th, 2011: Why canâ€™t puppets Bert and Ernie marry?
August 17th, 2011: The Media’s Outing of Queen Latifah
August 10th, 2011: Where Were the Gays at Rick Perry’s Mega Prayerfest?
August 3rd, 2011: NPR’s Foxification of Ex-Gay Rhetoric
July 27th, 2011: Massachusettsâ€™ throw-away kids
July 21st, 2011: Sheryl Swoopesâ€™ engagement draws out our bi-phobia
July 6th, 2011: Obama Harkens Back to Slavery With “States’ Rights” for Same-Sex Marriage
June 29th, 2011: Tracy Morganâ€™s homophobic rant is about black manhood
June 22nd, 2011: Provincetownâ€™s not safe for black lesbians
June 15th, 2011: Boston Pride events honored the late Rev. Peter Gomes
June 8th, 2011: Pride celebrations? …Havenâ€™t we assimilated?
June 1st, 2011: Are we writers or gay writers?
May 25th, 2011: In “Hot-lanta” you stay “in the closet” as CNNâ€™s Don Lemon did
May 18th, 2011: Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast is a Boston black queer tradition
May 12th, 2011: All About Chaz
May 4th, 2011: Marriage Equality Film Comes to Harlem
April 22nd, 2011: America’s Gay Confederate and Union Soldiers
April 6th, 2011: Malcolm X was “gay-for-pay”
March 30th, 2011: The Gandhi none of us knew
March 16th, 2011: Like Black Church, St. Patrickâ€™s Day parades are anti-gay
March 9th, 2011: Toxic cosmetics marketed to black women
March 3rd, 2011: The Rev. Peter Gomes became the accidental gay advocate
February 9th, 2011: Roots behind Vodouâ€™s acceptance of gays
February 2nd, 2011: “Womanist” and saying who we are
January 26th, 2011: Finally, Black Civil Rights Movement Is Dying
January 13th, 2011: Huck Finn’s n-word: preserving artistic integrity or ethnic property rights?
January 5th, 2011: Say what? Lesbian priests marrying each other!
December 29th, 2010: Should Kwanzaa Stay in Black Neighborhoods?
December 21st, 2010: Remember Our Homeless Gay Youth this Holiday
December 15th, 2010: Oprah is not gay, folks!
December 8th, 2010: Thumbs up for “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys”
December 1st, 2010: AIDS still thought of as a gay disease in black America
November 17th, 2010: Remembering Trans Heroine Rita Hester
November 11th, 2010: Not only “For Colored Girls”
October 20th, 2010: Re-introducing lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women of African descent
October 6th, 2010: When will the homophobic bullying cease?
September 29th, 2010: The messology of Bishop Eddie Long
September 22nd, 2010: An executive order would repeal “Donâ€™t ask, donâ€™t tell”
September 15th, 2010: Will Tea Party climate repeal “Donâ€™t ask, donâ€™t tell”?
September 8th, 2010: Why Johnny canâ€™t think critically
August 25th, 2010: Reigning hip-hopâ€™s Queen Latifah is outed
August 18th, 2010: Can blacks rid themselves of the use of the n-word?
August 4th, 2010: “Essence” Magazine’s true color
July 29th, 2010: Another example of the black-white divide in our community
July 14th, 2010: “Ex-gay” Donnie McClurkin at Bostonâ€™s Gospelfest
July 6th, 2010: Did You Barbecue Pig or Pug This Fourth?
June 30th, 2010: Are We Not Patriots, Too?
June 10th, 2010: A Pride Event Not to Be Proud of
June 2nd, 2010: Obama shifting responsibly for “Donâ€™t Ask, Donâ€™t Tell”
May 26th, 2010: Theory of Blacks’ Intellectual Inferiority Rears Ugly Head at Harvard
May 19th, 2010: Cheating Harvard
May 13th, 2010: Lena Horne was more than skin-deep
May 5th, 2010: Country star Chely Wright comes out and joins Faith in America
April 28th, 2010: ROTC Marching Back onto Harvardâ€™s Campus
April 21st, 2010: Gay Community Loses Black Civil Rights ally Dorothy Height
April 14th, 2010: The Catholic Church Needs Its Gay Priests
April 1st, 2010: The Popeâ€™s Pedophilic Church
March 24th, 2010: ObamaCare Passed Passing Up Reproductive Justice
March 18th, 2010: Jamaicaâ€™s Gay Underground Christians
March 10th, 2010: Black Motherhood Lost at the Oscars
March 3rd, 2010: Black Communityâ€™s Division on Abortion Ad Campaign
February 16th, 2010: Black and Queer in Nazi Germany
February 10th, 2010: Honoring Notorious Gladys Bentley
February 2nd, 2010: Do We Still Need to Celebrate Black History Month?
January 27th, 2010: Will Faith-Based Agencies Help Haitiâ€™s Gay Community?
January 20th, 2010: Pat Robertsonâ€™s Haitian Theodicy
January 14th, 2010: Would King Have Spoken Out on LGBTQ Justice?
January 7th, 2010: Black Gays Invited to White House
December 22nd, 2009: The Rightâ€™s Bogus War on Christmas
December 13th, 2009: Rev. Mary Glasspool and Next Steps for the Episcopal Church
December 12th, 2009: Election of Lesbian Priest Spurs Racial and Queer Divide in Episcopal Church
December 9th, 2009: Lesbian Priest Re-ignites Church Storm
December 2nd, 2009: Remembering my sisters this month
November 22nd, 2009: Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving
November 18th, 2009: Pastor Donnie McClurkin’s Gay Church
November 5th, 2009: Will Rev. Bernice Kingâ€™s bully pulpit at SCLC bash gays?
October 28th, 2009: Child witches and LGBTQ youth
October 7th, 2009: Out of My Black Church, Into the Streets
October 1st, 2009: Black Queers Tying Knot
September 24th, 2009: The Conversation America Wonâ€™t Have on Race
September 10th, 2009: Black Episcopal Congregation Celebrates Lesbian Marriage
July 22nd, 2009: Living While Black in Cambridge
July 15th, 2009: Let the Episcopal Church Say Amen
July 8th, 2009: The Queerness of Michael Jackson
June 24th, 2009: Obamaâ€™s upcoming hush-hush damage control meeting with gay leaders
June 1st, 2009: Obama not marching with Black Pride
May 27th, 2009: Proposition Hate Redux
May 25th, 2009: Who celebrates our queer servicemembers on Memorial Day?
April 29th, 2009: When queer communities of color are not needed to win marriage rights
February 24th, 2009: With son’s sex arrest queries resurfaces about Bishop T. D. Jakes’s sexuality
February 4th, 2009: Ted Haggard’s issues with his homosexuality
January 22nd, 2009: Obama pimp-slaps queer community by omitting Robinsonâ€™s invocation
January 13th, 2009: Obamaâ€™s inauguration brings mixed feelings for many Black LGBTQ Americans
December 16th, 2008: Gay is NOT the new Black
November 12th, 2008: Race, Religion, and Proposition 8
November 11th, 2008: Proposition 8 is Not About Black Homophobia
October 7th, 2008: Que(e)rying The Candidates
October 2nd, 2008: A Failed Economy Hurts the GLBT Community More
October 2nd, 2008: Is Palin the GOP Drag Queen?
September 17th, 2008: RE: By Dissing Palin, Oprah Hurts Obama
September 11th, 2008: By Dissing Palin, Does Oprah Hurt Obama?
August 27th, 2008: Obama Owes Hillary Some â€œR-E-S-P-E-C-T!â€
August 21st, 2008: A history lesson
August 19th, 2008: Women Olympians Deserve Better Than This
August 12th, 2008: Homophobia and the F-word
August 7th, 2008: Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
July 31st, 2008: Canâ€™t Stand Out to be Counted
July 16th, 2008: The New Yorker Lampooning of Barack Obama Insults Muslims
July 9th, 2008: Obamaâ€™s Turn to the Right Leaves Out Poor LGBTQ Americans
July 7th, 2008: Can gun-toting solve gay-bashing?
June 25th, 2008: Black Media Fails Its LGBTQ Community
June 11th, 2008: A More Perfect Union: Bishop Robinson Marries
June 10th, 2008: Bishop Robinson says “I do!”
June 9th, 2008: The Bishop’s Bittersweet Day
June 4th, 2008: AIDS Action Steps Up Its Walk
May 27th, 2008: Can a Morehouse College Man be openly gay?
May 27th, 2008: Black Pride parties to a different beat
May 20th, 2008: A Fleeting Moment of Democracy for Californiaâ€™s Same-Sex Couples
May 6th, 2008: Marriage Equality Movement Mother Dies
April 29th, 2008: Obama’s Chickens Have Come Home to Roost
April 24th, 2008: GLAD Talks AIDS Epidemic/Politics of Invisibility at Forum
April 8th, 2008: Cornel West calls Obama out for dissing King tribute
March 25th, 2008: June Jordan: Boundary Crosser
March 20th, 2008: Re: “If Obama can throw his pastor under the bus, what will he do to us?”
March 19th, 2008: If Obama can throw his pastor under the bus, what will he do to us?
March 15th, 2008: Tituba – The Black Witch of Salem
March 8th, 2008: LGBTQ Community Too Sharp For Recycled Propaganda
February 26th, 2008: Valaida Snow: Black and queer in Nazi Germany?!
February 12th, 2008: Is Obama on the â€˜down lowâ€™ with the LGBTQ Community?
January 28th, 2008: Obamaâ€™s playing us stupid
January 16th, 2008: Kingâ€™s vision on healing injustice
January 8th, 2008: I didn’t wake up dead
December 4th, 2007: AIDS hits too close to home for many black women
November 20th, 2007: Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving
November 6th, 2007: The Episcopal Churchâ€™s real issue is not Bishop Gene Robinson
October 31st, 2007: Obama dancing to the wrong tune
October 23rd, 2007: Obama the vote-whore with â€˜ex-gayâ€™ at his side
October 10th, 2007: McCain promotes his â€œChristian Nation”
September 27th, 2007: Jena 6′s black leadership splits queer community
September 11th, 2007: By backing Obama, Oprah leaves queers behind
August 29th, 2007: Conflict in the Presbyterian Church
August 23rd, 2007: Emergency Contraception and African American women
August 14th, 2007: Popping the Question to the Candidates
August 8th, 2007: Will the HRC-Logo debate be a white queer public soliloquy?
July 17th, 2007: Black Communityâ€™s Throw-away Kids
July 2nd, 2007: Supreme Court Decision Limits all Student Rights
June 21st, 2007: Gulf between black, gay communities narrowing
June 8th, 2007: The Anglican Communion’s fall guy
May 25th, 2007: Diocesan Convention Sermon
May 22nd, 2007: The King familyâ€™s mixed legacy
May 10th, 2007: Virginia Tech massacre’s invisible gay angles
April 30th, 2007: Ted Haggard’s not fooling anyone
April 26th, 2007: Imus comments homophobic as well
April 12th, 2007: Barack’s marriage equality Obama-nation
April 11th, 2007: Last laugh not worth the price
March 29th, 2007: Jamaica’s dangerous down-low closet
March 29th, 2007: McMillian pummels Plummer for being gay
March 22nd, 2007: The moral power of gay dollars
March 22nd, 2007: The battle on the home front
March 1st, 2007: What defines being “articulate”
March 1st, 2007: Gay magazine sells its soul to ‘ex-gay’ forces
March 1st, 2007: Amaechi vs. Hardaway: the battle of homophobia in sports
February 7th, 2007: Oprahâ€™s good intentions
February 1st, 2007: Life imitates art for Isaiah Washington
January 19th, 2007: Gene Robinson is our Martin Luther King
January 17th, 2007: Black gay Cambridge mayor hunted by local press
January 16th, 2007: King’s vision of justice starts within
January 12th, 2007: Carrying on King’s legacy
January 11th, 2007: Carrying on King’s legacy
January 4th, 2007: Will Mary’s child be left behind?
December 6th, 2006: Kramer, the n-word and the ‘queer’ community
November 29th, 2006: N-word: Beyond blaming Kramer
November 22nd, 2006: Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving
November 8th, 2006: Sex, lies and the Republican Party
October 25th, 2006: Barack Obama is no great political hope
October 23rd, 2006: Majoring in discrimination
October 11th, 2006: Foley’s follies and the Republicans’ quest for power
September 27th, 2006: Dianne ‘Lady D’ Wilkerson still standing
September 13th, 2006: The truth about Islam
August 31st, 2006: Katrina’s Queer Victims Still Suffering
August 2nd, 2006: When Hate Speech Becomes Accepted
July 19th, 2006: HIV Profiling: Symptom of a Sick Society
July 3rd, 2006: Church’s Code Keeps Jesus on the “Down Low”
July 3rd, 2006: We too are patriots
June 20th, 2006: It’s her church now
May 25th, 2006: The other code
May 9th, 2006: Like Rustin, I Support Immigrants
May 3rd, 2006: When my own newspaper gets it wrong
April 24th, 2006: We who are left behind
April 20th, 2006: Breakfast forum on HIV issues, April 22 in Boston
April 13th, 2006: The GOP’s antigay pitch to blacks
April 11th, 2006: The Immorality of Banning Gay Adoption
March 14th, 2006: History Months’ Biases on Display
February 26th, 2006: An Open Letter to the African American Community on Marriage Equality
February 16th, 2006: No “New Wineskin” in Sharpton’s Rhetoric
February 15th, 2006: In a Loving spirit
January 4th, 2006: A Queer Year in the Black Community
December 20th, 2005: The Right’s Phony War on Christmas
December 4th, 2005: “Love Won Out” Masks Message of Hate
November 24th, 2005: All That We Have to Be Thankful for
November 8th, 2005: Christianity and The Advocate
October 12th, 2005: After Storms, Faith-based Homophobia Blows In
October 7th, 2005: Harvard versus the military
July 27th, 2005: Note to Bush: No Biblical Bias for New Justice
June 28th, 2005: Book Banning Is Not a Moral Value
June 2nd, 2005: Farrakhan’s Nation of Homophobia to March Again
April 27th, 2005: Benedict XVI, Spiritual Gay-basher
April 4th, 2005: Congress’ Exploitation of Terri Schiavo
March 25th, 2005: The Lie of Living “On the Down Low”
February 15th, 2005: Defining the movement for same-sex marriage
February 7th, 2005: Racial Divide in Queer Communities on Marriage Debate
January 14th, 2005: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Expansive Dream
January 3rd, 2005: Embracing the Bastard Jesus
November 15th, 2004: What’s the Matter with Jesusland?
October 18th, 2004: V.P. Candidates Fail AIDS & Black Women Question
September 29th, 2004: Questioning Sexuality Through the Q’s
August 21st, 2004: DNC Swept Us Under the Convention-Floor Rug
July 9th, 2004: Remembering Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire
June 2nd, 2004: No Marriage Between Black Ministers and Queer Community
May 14th, 2004: Homophobia’s Role in Torture at Abu Ghraib
April 8th, 2004: A Bloodshed Theology
April 7th, 2004: The Gift of the Cross
March 24th, 2004: Unholy Matrimony: The Black Church & the Christian Right
February 11th, 2004: The Other Struggle in the Episcopal Church
January 21st, 2004: A Different Kind of “Coming Out” Story
December 18th, 2003: More Than Just a Number
December 4th, 2003: The Wilderness Can Heal Both Oppressed and Oppressor
November 12th, 2003: Living in a Space of Thankfulness
October 31st, 2003: Black Clerics Hold Myopic View on Marriage and Family
September 30th, 2003: Racism Haunts Queer and Christian Communities
August 29th, 2003: Let the Church Say Amen
July 21st, 2003: Justice Begins in the Bedroom
July 8th, 2003: No Coverage of the Violence against LGBT People of Color
May 15th, 2003: The GOP’s Problem with Christianity
April 2nd, 2003: The Real War America Needs to Fight
March 13th, 2003: A New Hero for Black History Month
February 25th, 2003: President as Pastor Is No Way to Run a Nation
January 17th, 2003: Playing God with the Human Race
December 18th, 2002: AIDS’ Troubling Gender Factor
November 14th, 2002: The Dangerous Life of the “Other”
October 8th, 2002: For Black Gays, Writing is Power
September 24th, 2002: One Year Later, What Have We Learned?
September 1st, 2002: Losing Heaven
August 12th, 2002: Cardinal Sends Kids Message of Hate
July 15th, 2002: We, Too, Are Patriots
June 11th, 2002: African-American LGBT People Saying It Loud
May 6th, 2002: It’s a Sin, but It’s Also a Crime
April 9th, 2002: What’s in a Name? Plenty, That’s What!
March 20th, 2002: The Catholic Church Needs Its Gay Priests
January 16th, 2002: Let Us Cross Over Into 2002
January 8th, 2002: No Salvation For Us in This Army
December 11th, 2001: Lives of Our Heroes Remain Hidden
November 13th, 2001: Targeting Islam, the New Bigotry
October 1st, 2001: Falwell’s God Is Not My God
September 21st, 2001: Answering to Our Earth Angels
August 1st, 2001: Will Someone Marry Us? Please!
July 1st, 2001: We Are Foreigners and Strangers Among Ourselves
July 1st, 2001: Coming Into Power: Taking Theology to the Streets
June 1st, 2001: Pride and Why We March
May 1st, 2001: Will the Black Church Break Its Silence on AIDS?
April 1st, 2001: Those Who Are Christ in Our Midst
February 28th, 2001: Eminem’s Message About the World in Which We Live
February 1st, 2001: Looking for a Valentine That Fits
January 1st, 2001: Biblically Challenged
December 1st, 2000: Finding a Home for the Holidays
November 1st, 2000: Oprah’s Good Intentions Are No Saving Grace

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