Hart’s Heartless Apology
By Rev. Irene Monroe
As one who has purportedly evolved on LGBTQ issues, Hart squandered his elevated profile to educate the […]
An evening with Michelle
by Rev. Irene Monroe
Her message of self-empowerment to women—young and old—spoke a truth across generations, centering it as the theme […]
Thanksgiving: The original hate crime
By Rev. Irene Monroe
America’s legacy of hate crimes today is the consequence since the genocide of Native Americans.
Thanksgiving is an […]
A Queer Look at Jonestown at 40
By Rev. Irene Monroe
With forty years since the Jonestown massacre, a more disturbing image of the Revered Jim Jones’s treatment […]
God’s trans-affirming vote on Question 3
Jim Crow America restrooms were a hot-button issue, as today, and a battleground for equal treatment.
Across the country, there […]
The Matthew Shepard murder revisited
According to Jimenez, Shepard’s murderers were not strangers—one is a bisexual crystal meth addict who not only knew Matthew, but […]
Why can’t puppets Bert and Ernie be gay?
Is it possible that my “gaydar” is off about Sesame Street? Perhaps. But hasn’t it over the years, in a […]
Is the Catholic Church unsalvageable?
Francis’s church has done nothing to earn forgiveness.
Catholic Bay Staters highly respect Cardinal Sean O’Malley. He’s viewed by many as […]
That n-word, again
by Rev. Irene Monroe
Our use of the n-word speaks less about our rights to free speech and more about how […]
Concerns about the afterlife in this life with Trump
by Rev. Irene Monroe
The belief in an afterlife can create complacency and indifference to present social justice issues and past […]