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.

• Can I be happy to be nappy in Massachusetts? March 22, 2022
• What It’s Like to be Black in War-Torn Ukraine March 18, 2022
• Whoopi Goldberg is confused about the Holocaust. So are many other Americans. February 8, 2022
• Why the normalization of antisemitism is not just a crisis for Jews February 3, 2022
• Century later, reparations would begin a healing from Oklahoma’s horrific Tulsa Race Massacre June 1, 2021
• Pastor Donnie McClurkin’s struggle with sexuality mirrors the Black Church’s / LGBTQ Nation April 16, 2021
• The Atlanta Shootings Were A Hate Crime. We Must Say So. April 2, 2021
• Pope Francis Flip-Flops On LGBTQ Church Inclusion — Again March 23, 2021
• 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
• 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