Confronting Echoes Of The AIDS Hysteria As We Battle Ebola
Fear is causing people to shut doors on their LGBT allies in Africa… Read more »
Irene Monroe
Irene's columns, TV appearances, and radio commentary use an interdisciplinary approach drawing on critical race theory, African American, queer and religious studies.
A Mayor Who Was An Ally To The Black LGBTQ Communities
Thomas Menino was inarguably one of the best mayors the city of Boston ever had… Read more »
Joan Rivers, An LGBT Icon is Gone
Joan Rivers was someone people either loved, or loathed… Read more »
Presbyterian Church Crawling Toward Marriage Equality
From “a man and a woman” to “two people”… Read more »
Us Dykes March To a Different Beat
Pride parades will take place all over the country this month, and Boston’s was this weekend… Read more »
Jesus’s Sex Life On The “Down Low”
What really went on in Biblical times? Is there a lot more to Jesus than we think… Read more »
America Cleans Up Its Homophobic Lexicon
As the country becomes more accepting of the civil rights of its lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Americans, it is also beginning to reexamine its language used to demeans us… Read more »
Katy Perry’s blasphemous act of free speech
For centuries now, free speech versus protecting religious sensibilities have been warring enemies. And both not only need protection from each other but also need protection from censorship… Read more »
Celibacy Is The New Ex-Gay Ministry
Embracing celibacy as an appropriate religious calling to be a God-abiding LGBTQ Christian is now on the rise… Read more »
Lesbians And Social Justice (Part 4)
Part four of Victoria Brownworth’s social issues series: Lesbians have played a major role throughout American history in the charge toward social equity… Read more »