Articles – Rev Irene Monroe

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. Here are some selected links to her writing.

In the Key of Queer: Gospel music is a calling, a gift from Black LGBTQ musicians’ hearts and souls February 7, 2021
Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem Has Black Women Talking January 28, 2021
Where Do We Go From Here, Redux December 29, 2020
History Has Me Hesitant About The Coronavirus Vaccine December 12, 2020
Kamala Harris Stands On Shoulders Of Giants November 9, 2020
Is Pope Francis’s Support Of Civil Unions Just Lip Service? October 28, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bent The Moral Arc Toward Justice September 24, 2020
Lewis’ “good trouble” extends to LGBTQ voters, too August 13, 2020
The White Women Of Portland, Oregon Aren’t Listening August 5, 2020
To Honor John Lewis, We Must Continue His Fight For Voting Rights For All July 21, 2020
To Honor John Lewis, We Must Continue His Fight For Voting Rights For All July 21, 2020
This Fourth Of July, What Does ‘Patriotism’ Mean To Black Americans? July 2, 2020
Black lives, LGBTQ+ lives, and Pride June 12, 2020
Celebrating Boston Pride’s 50th Anniversary During The Police Brutality Crisis June 11, 2020
Living apart — and staying close — in the coronavirus pandemic May 15, 2020
The Challenge With Reopening Places Of Worship May 13, 2020
If Joe Kennedy Wants To Win Against Ed Markey, He Must Be More Than A Younger Version February 19, 2020
Presidential hopefuls scramble for black votes February 10, 2020
Rep. Ayanna Pressley Has Disrupted The Eurocentric Aesthetic About Hair January 21, 2020
Why Reparations: America Needs to Pay Up and Pay Forward August 30, 2019
Volume on Xenophobia and Racism on Blast July 18, 2019
Morehouse will admit trans male students May 1, 2019
Hart’s Heartless Apology December 12, 2018
An evening with Michelle November 27, 2018
Thanksgiving: The original hate crime November 21, 2018
A Queer Look at Jonestown at 40 November 19, 2018
God’s trans-affirming vote on Question 3 November 14, 2018
The Matthew Shepard murder revisited October 10, 2018
Why can’t puppets Bert and Ernie be gay? September 21, 2018
Is the Catholic Church unsalvageable? September 4, 2018
That n-word, again July 15, 2018
Concerns about the afterlife in this life with Trump July 11, 2018
One of MLK’s Dreams Was an End to Gun Violence April 4, 2018
A black girl’s take on “A Wrinkle in Time” | GBMNews March 21, 2018
The Goings-on at “The Hotel Nepenthe” March 9, 2018
Honoring Mildred Loving this Valentine’s Day February 14, 2018
Pimping King at the Super Bowl February 8, 2018
Revisiting Frederick Douglass February 2, 2018
LGBT Africans and Haitians Don’t Need Trump’s Insults, They Need Asylum January 22, 2018
Irene Monroe is Keynote Speaker at MLK Jr. Day Celebration in Cambridge January 12, 2018
King’s dream of “the beloved community” extends to your community, too January 12, 2018
For Black Women, Being Called the Democrats’ ‘Backbone’ Is No Compliment December 19, 2017
The New Jim Crow targets LGBTQ Americans, too December 11, 2017
Should the sins our spouses fall on us? December 6, 2017
My Black Lesbian Body Is a Target for Police Brutality December 1, 2017
My black lesbian body is a target for police brutality November 29, 2017
Donna Brazile’s revenge with “Hacks” November 15, 2017
John Kelly needs a queer history lesson on the Civil War November 8, 2017
The Matthew Shepard murder revisited October 27, 2017
Who was “Detroit’s” intended movie audience? August 12, 2017
The President’s war on transgender service members July 29, 2017
DignityUSA is moving toward radical inclusion July 16, 2017
Will Supreme Court allow businesses to not serve the LGBTQ community? June 29, 2017
In Americans’ enduring use of the N-word, evidence against ‘reclaiming’ racist words June 21, 2017
Controversy Flies Over Philadelphia’s New Pride Flag – NBC News June 15, 2017 June 15, 2017
LGBTQ pride events display disparities June 5, 2017
Caitlyn Jenner’s Growing Pains June 1, 2017
Pepsi ad failed its multicultural audience April 18, 2017
Emmett Till painting raises concerns of cultural appropriation April 1, 2017
An unwelcoming competition between black Brits and African Americans for movie roles March 17, 2017
Trump is one example why we need Black History Month February 7, 2017
The Irony Behind Trump’s Travel Ban And Holocaust Remembrance Day February 3, 2017
The Rev. Irene Monroe, Activist Pastor and National Columnist Will Be Speaking on February 7 at the University of Puget Sound. February 3, 2017
The Women’s March On Washington Highlighted Old And New Tensions January 25, 2017
Did homophobic minister Bishop Eddie Long die from untreated AIDS complications? January 17, 2017
Did Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream include LGBTQ people too? January 16, 2017
Stay woke” this Thanksgiving! November 24, 2016
Laughing to keep from crying in “The Scottsboro Boys” November 3, 2016
Remembering When Evangelicals Tried to Exorcise Gays With ‘Hell Houses’ October 27, 2016
Love and Violence in Black LGBT Communities October 7, 2016
Malcolm X was a ‘gay for pay’ hustler in his youth October 6, 2016
Confederate and Union: The untold history of gay Civil War soldiers October 4, 2016
Finding your “Significant Other” September 15, 2016
Trump And Clinton: Swimming Upstream For Black Votes September 7, 2016
White LGBTs: We Need Your Help With Police Harassment July 26, 2016
Faith in Action column: Targeted act of a terrorist’s hate June 14, 2016
Obama’s Send-Off At White House Correspondents’ Dinner Ends With The N-Word May 4, 2016
Massachusetts Isn’t Mississippi, But It’s No LGBT Paradise April 19, 2016
Laughing at the Absurdities of Black Homophobia March 31, 2016
White Nights, Black Paradise: A Religious Utopia Turned Nightmare March 26, 2016
Beyoncé Does Justice to New Orleans’ Rich Queer Culture February 15, 2016
Valentine’s Day Is for Lovers—Including LGBTQ Americans February 10, 2016
Why Homophobic Harlem Church’s Building Should Become LGBT Homeless Youth Shelter February 3, 2016
Bathroom Bills Policing Our Genitals January 21, 2016
Would Martin Luther King have supported same-sex marriage equality? January 15, 2016
“Pope-’splaining” Catholic Church’s Homophobia January 5, 2016
Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays? December 23, 2015
Remembering Our Homeless LGBTQ Youth This Holiday Season December 22, 2015
Too many homes would rather have no child than a queer child this Christmas December 18, 2015
World AIDS Day Highlights A Growing Health Crisis At Home December 1, 2015
On World AIDS Day Report on Black Community Still Grim December 1, 2015
The refugees who came for Thanksgiving November 25, 2015
Where’s Log Cabin Republican Activism This Campaign Season? November 11, 2015
What Should White LGBTQ Organizations Do Post-Marriage Equality? October 21, 2015
Same-Sex Domestic Violence Remains on the Down Low October 9, 2015
Pope Francis’s Warm And Welcoming Mixed Messages October 8, 2015
The Latest Tragedy for Black Gays in New Orleans September 3, 2015
Whither Gay Provincetown? August 28, 2015
Is The Provincetown Carnival Losing Its Queerness? August 27, 2015
The Stonewall I Remember Wasn’t Just White August 11, 2015
Black Women, Gay Men Suffering at the Hands of Police August 2, 2015
Where Is My Black Body Safe In America? July 30, 2015
The Atticus We Don’t Want to Know July 20, 2015
Church Burnings and Southern Resistance — Is It 1963 Again? July 3, 2015
Marriage Equality: Okay, But I Ain’t Moving to Georgia! June 30, 2015
We Must Keep Talking June 25, 2015
Obama used the n-word appropriately June 24, 2015
The Transparency of a “Incog-Negro” June 22, 2015
It’s time to sidestep political correctness and have a dialogue on race June 19, 2015
People of Color Prides Party to a Different Beat June 11, 2015
Is Caitlyn Jenner the right poster girl for trans equality? June 3, 2015
Astraea Honoring Boston’s Heroines May 28, 2015
Marriage Equality Hangs In The Balance At The Supreme Court May 6, 2015
Marriage Equality now rests with Supreme Court April 30, 2015
Q Boston conference about us, not for us April 23, 2015
“Conversion” therapies deadly outcomes April 15, 2015
Easter Is About Seeing Those At The Margins April 3, 2015
Discrimination in the Name of Religious Freedom March 20, 2015
The love that dare not speak its name March 19, 2015
Boston’s Forgotten Role in the Women’s Movement March 5, 2015
Remembering the Lovings this Valentine’s Day February 12, 2015
A Road Map Beyond Black History Month February 5, 2015
Remembering the 2010 Haiti Earthquake January 29, 2015
Historic Black LGBTQ Intergenerational Discussion on “Selma” January 22, 2015
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Expansive Dream January 15, 2015
Finding Home for the Holidays December 24, 2014
What’s in a greeting? December 17, 2014
Continuing to confront barriers: LGBTQ Elders of Color December 10, 2014
World AIDS Day and my community’s ongoing struggle December 4, 2014
Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving November 27, 2014
Qu(e)erying the black migration November 20, 2014
Turkey flip-flops with LGBTQI population November 13, 2014
Monogamous: To Be or Not to Be? November 11, 2014
Menino: an ally to Black LGBTQ communities November 5, 2014
A Republican reaching across the aisle October 30, 2014
Confronting Echoes Of The AIDS Hysteria As We Battle Ebola October 23, 2014
Remembering the life, love and legacy of Audre Lorde October 16, 2014
Is being “Black-ish” also being homophobic-ish October 9, 2014
Effects of Climate Change in My Backyard October 2, 2014
Black Children Are Beloved and Beaten September 18, 2014
Joan Rivers: A gay icon September 11, 2014
Back-to-School Not Welcoming to All LGBTQ-Students in Massachusetts September 3, 2014
The Real Superheroes of P’Town Carnival August 27, 2014
The stigma of black suicide is killing us August 14, 2014
Celibacy is the new ex-gay ministry August 7, 2014
African American sisters aging with HIV and co-morbidities July 30, 2014
Divided LGBTQ communities on Israeli-Palestine conflict July 24, 2014
In 2014 still not Independence Day for women July 3, 2014
Presbyterian Church Crawling Toward Marriage Equality June 26, 2014
Boston’s LGBTQ people of color take Pride in health June 19, 2014
The Dyke March Is For Everyone! June 12, 2014
Desecrating Dr. Maya Angelou’s Funeral June 5, 2014
Racial Divide in LGBTQ Communities Could Have Derailed Marriage Debate in Massachusetts May 15, 2014
Military’s Ban on Nappy Hair May 8, 2014
Mother Teresa’s Canonization Dissed May 1, 2014
Jesus’ Sex Life on the ‘Down Low’ April 17, 2014
America Cleans Up Its Homophobic Lexicon April 10, 2014
No gay animals on Noah’s ark April 3, 2014
Religious Right’s cookie-cott is full of caca! March 26, 2014
White gay men are not the culprits gentrifying Harlem March 20, 2014
Katy Perry’s blasphemous act of free speech March 4, 2014
Nigeria’s Anti-LGBTQ Law February 20, 2014
Que(e)rying Michael Sam’s Coming-Out Timing February 16, 2014
Phillip Seymour Hoffman kept a LGBTQ presence in films February 6, 2014
MLK Day Reflection on Black LGBTQ Justice January 16, 2014
Robin Roberts Loosens the Grip of Black Homophobia January 9, 2014
2013: The Right’s war on Christmas continues… December 19, 2013
Mandela’s LGBTQ Advocacy Has Fallen on Deaf Ears in Africa and African Diasporic Communities December 11, 2013
How media and research institutions contribute of HIV/AIDs in black communities December 5, 2013
Remembering Two-Spirits this Thanksgiving November 26, 2013
Alec Baldwin & Homophobia: A Race-Based Double Standard? November 21, 2013
United Methodist Church Still Wrong-Headed on Same-Sex Marriages November 14, 2013
Monogamous: To Be or Not to Be? November 6, 2013
Halloween’s a gay holiday for all October 31, 2013
Unrequited Love in DADT era October 23, 2013
The Matthew Shepard we don’t know October 9, 2013
Now Is the Time for Attention to Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ Communities of Color October 2, 2013
What Pope Francis has known about gay priests September 26, 2013
Complex factors fuel Jamaica’s violent homophobia September 11, 2013
Has Gentrification of New York’s Harlem Neighborhood Stirred Up Prejudice Against LGBTQ Residents? September 4, 2013
Pastor McClurkin’s homophobic past has come back to haunt him August 28, 2013
Mr. March on Washington: Bayard Rustin August 21, 2013
The Queer Politics of Writing on Race August 4, 2013
A perceptually progressive pope July 31, 2013
Black, Gay and Living in a ‘Voting Rights? No! Gay Marriage, Yes!’ World July 15, 2013
From Matthew Shepard to Trayvon Martin – Bigotry Knows No Boundaries July 10, 2013
Rattled With PTSD: Post Traumatic Snake Disorder July 2, 2013
Can the Ex Gay apology be trusted? June 27, 2013
A friend to Boston’s LGBTQ communities of color will retire June 12, 2013
Bayard Rustin: Pride icon June 5, 2013
Remembering a queer gem May 29, 2013
Black Pride: Distinct and Emblematic May 28, 2013
Tom Joyner’s Homophobic Message to the Black Community May 15, 2013
Anti-Keynesian economics’ homophobe Niall Ferguson May 8, 2013
Jason Collins: The Great Black Hope May 2, 2013
Will Boston Marathon Bombing rev up Islamophobic domestic terrorists? April 25, 2013
Remembering the African American Holocaust survivors April 10, 2013
Another Tackle in the World of Homophobic Sports April 3, 2013
Is marriage equality in all 50 states too soon? March 27, 2013
Mexico Sets the Tone on Hate Speech March 13, 2013
Was Marco McMillian killed in Mississippi because he was black or gay? March 6, 2013
The Boy Scouts of America: Another Closed Door for Black GBTQ Youth February 20, 2013
Haiti’s LGBTQ-Accepting Vodou Societies February 2, 2013
Obama Linking Selma to Stonewall Divides the Black Community January 23, 2013
Did Martin Luther King Have an LGBTQ Dream, Too? January 16, 2013
The pain of Django reminds us of America’s dark chapter January 9, 2013
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation January 2, 2013
My Ancestors’ Talking-book January 1, 2013
What’s the Matter with Jesusland? November 15, 2004
V.P. Candidates Fail AIDS & Black Women Question October 18, 2004
Questioning Sexuality Through the Q’s September 29, 2004
DNC Swept Us Under the Convention-Floor Rug August 24, 2004
Remembering Ronald Reagan’s Evil Empire July 9, 2004
No Marriage Between Black Ministers and Queer Community June 2, 2004
Homophobia’s Role in Torture at Abu Ghraib May 14, 2004
A Bloodshed Theology April 8, 2004
The Gift of the Cross April 7, 2004
Unholy Matrimony: The Black Church & the Christian Right March 24, 2004
The Other Struggle in the Episcopal Church February 11, 2004
A Different Kind of “Coming Out” Story January 21, 2004
More Than Just a Number December 18, 2003
The Wilderness Can Heal Both Oppressed and Oppressor December 4, 2003
Living in a Space of Thankfulness November 12, 2003
Black Clerics Hold Myopic View on Marriage and Family October 31, 2003
Racism Haunts Queer and Christian Communities September 30, 2003
Let the Church Say Amen August 29, 2003
Justice Begins in the Bedroom July 21, 2003
No Coverage of the Violence against LGBT People of Color July 8, 2003
The GOP’s Problem with Christianity May 15, 2003
The Real War America Needs to Fight April 2, 2003
A New Hero for Black History Month March 13, 2003
President as Pastor Is No Way to Run a Nation February 25, 2003
Playing God with the Human Race January 17, 2003
AIDS’ Troubling Gender Factor December 18, 2002
The Dangerous Life of the “Other” November 14, 2002
For Black Gays, Writing is Power October 8, 2002
One Year Later, What Have We Learned? September 24, 2002
Losing Heaven September 1, 2002
Cardinal Sends Kids Message of Hate August 12, 2002
We, Too, Are Patriots July 15, 2002
African-American LGBT People Saying It Loud June 11, 2002
It’s a Sin, but It’s Also a Crime May 6, 2002
What’s in a Name? Plenty, That’s What! April 9, 2002
The Catholic Church Needs Its Gay Priests March 20, 2002
Let Us Cross Over Into 2002 January 16, 2002
No Salvation For Us in This Army January 8, 2002
Lives of Our Heroes Remain Hidden December 11, 2001
Targeting Islam, the New Bigotry November 13, 2001
Falwell’s God Is Not My God October 1, 2001
Answering to Our Earth Angels September 21, 2001
Will Someone Marry Us? Please! August 1, 2001
We Are Foreigners and Strangers Among Ourselves July 1, 2001
Coming Into Power: Taking Theology to the Streets July 1, 2001
Pride and Why We March June 1, 2001
Will the Black Church Break Its Silence on AIDS? May 1, 2001
Those Who Are Christ in Our Midst April 1, 2001
Looking for a Valentine That Fits February 1, 2001
Biblically Challenged January 1, 2001
Finding a Home for the Holidays December 1, 2000
Oprah’s Good Intentions Are No Saving Grace November 1, 2000

Young white men in crisis December 20th, 2012
Finally, lives of black men on film December 12th, 2012
Weary of the war on Christmas December 5th, 2012
AP’s Discouraging ‘Homophobia’ Is Discouraging November 28th, 2012
Revisiting Proposition 8 November 20th, 2012
Malawi’s LGBT short-lived freedom November 14, 2012 November 14th, 2012
O GLAD’s diversity work ctober 24th, 2012
Latino Activists Join With Marriage Equality Activists… Will It Work? October 17th, 2012
Gay boxer knocks out a stereotype October 10th, 2012
A Month to Begin Anti-Bullying October 3rd, 2012
Native American voters exploited by Brown and Warren September 26th, 2012
Yunel Escobar Shocked ‘Fag’ Is a Slur September 19th, 2012
NAGLY honors Bishop Gene Robinson September 12th, 2012
Will Obamaâ€™s support of marriage equality keep some Blacks home on election day? September 6th, 2012
Biden wows at Pâ€™Town fundraiser August 29th, 2012
Nothing New in GOP’s Anti-Woman, Anti-Gay Platform August 22nd, 2012
At 42, Paul Ryan Is Out of Step With His Generation August 15th, 2012
Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas and that other n-word, nappy August 8th, 2012
Men Can’t Compete in Synchronized Swimming? Really? August 1st, 2012
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 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 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