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Rev. Irene Monroe: Men can’t compete in synchronized swimming? Really?
Gender bias and homophobia are the culprit One of my favorite Olympic sports is synchronized swimming. I discovered the sport when, as a child, I stumbled upon the black and white, 1952 film Million...
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Rev. Irene Monroe’s perspective on movement to keep some blacks home on...
I thought Rev. Monroe’s take was a good addition to the dialog on this topic. Click here for my earlier thoughts on it. –Pam African Americans have worked hard to get the vote and to get a man of...
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Rev. Irene Monroe: The Associated Press’s Discouraging the Word “Homophobia”...
The editors at the Associated Press Stylebook have announced that they are “discouraging” use of the word “homophobia.” The AP Stylebook is the widely used guide that media use to standardize terms and...
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Rev. Irene Monroe: Young white men in crisis
The most recent massacre, the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, took the lives of 6 and 7 year-olds. It has shaken our nation to its core. The enormity of this devastation is...
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Rev. Irene Monroe: Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation...
This January 1 marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The original purpose for the document core to President Abraham Lincoln’s presidency may have been to free slaves; or it...
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Rev. Irene Monroe: Obama linking Selma to Stonewall divides black community
President Barack Obama’s inaugural address was the most inclusive speech a president has ever given. It was delivered on the 27th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and the President honored...
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Rev. Irene Monroe: It’s time for a queer-friendly pope
Just hours after Pope Benedict XVI announced his unexpected resignation, a bolt of lightning struck St. Peter’s Basilica. Many say it’s unequivocally a sign from God. If so, I’m hoping it’s an Amen...
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Rev. Irene Monroe: Was Marco McMillian killed in Mississippi because he was...
Marco McMillian was a trailblazer, and the pride of the Mississippi Delta. Just in his twenties Ebony magazine in 2004 hailed him as on the nation’s 30 leaders under the age of 30. And in his thirties...
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Rev. Irene Monroe: Mexico sets the tone on hate speech
Homophobic epithets are so pervasive across the globe that most heterosexual people are sadly unaware of the psychological and physical toil they have on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer...
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Rev. Irene Monroe: Remembering the African American Holocaust survivors
This week, April 8- 12, marks the 27th annual observance of Holocaust Memorial Week. The week is about remembering not only the 6 million Jews murdered but also remembering the millions of allies,...
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