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Faith Matters: Donna Brazile’s revenge with “Hacks”

December 4, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetFeaturedRev. Irene Monroe

Rev. Irene Monroe By Rev. Irene Monroe Since the election of Donald Trump, most Americans on both sides of the political aisle feel American democracy is under siege. The infighting going on in both the Democratic and Republican camps has cast a pall o ...

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LGBTQ History Month’s emerging canon

October 5, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe Winston Churchill said that “history is written by the winners.” When the Stonewall Riots occurred in 1969, the history of an oppressed people finally got national attention. And, since that historical moment, the suppressed and clos ...

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Faith Matters: Hurricane Harvey’s Homosexual problem?

September 8, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe Since the intentional misreading of the Sodom and Gomorrah story in Genesis 19 in the Bible where the twin cities were supposedly destroyed because of homosexual depravity, the causes of natural disasters always find ways to be place ...

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Faith Matters: Who was “Detroit’s” intended movie audience?

August 18, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe The movie “Detroit” attempts to capture the race riot of 1967. While summer flicks are known fondly as “popcorn movie season,” the film “Detroit” is difficult to digest. With raw depictions of street violence, inexplicable scenes o ...

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Faith Matters: Trump’s war on transgender service members

July 31, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe This week LGBTQ Americans received a one-two punch from the Trump administration. The first punch was Trump’s ban against transgender service members. In his inimitable style of communicating to the American public the order came in ...

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Faith Matters: Aaron Hernandez’s Hail Mary Pass with John 3:16

May 10, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe Former Patriot tight-end Aaron Hernandez’s suicide leaves us with more questions than answers. Many wonder what were Hernandez’s last dying words expressed in the three handwritten notes to loved ones- fiancee, daughter, and purporte ...

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Faith Matters: Boston’s Racist Past Haunts Its Present

April 25, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe Boston is a “city of champions.” That appellation is not only about its dominance in sports. It’s about Boston being one of the country’s leading medical and academic hubs, too. Boston is known for achieving many firsts. Boston Lati ...

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Faith Matters By Rev. Irene Monroe: Boston LGBTQ youth theater group first to receive highest honor from (Obama) White House

April 3, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

Receiving the award is a historic moment not only for True Colors, but also for the White House in recognizing and honoring the artistic talents of America’s LGBTQ youth, especially youth of color. The next night following “Moonlight’s” win for Best Pict ...

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Faith Matters: Emmett Till painting raises concerns of cultural appropriation

March 30, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe When artist Dana Schutz presented “Open Casket,” an abstract painting of Emmett Till’s open casket-the Chicagoan 14 year old African American male teen lynched  in the  Mississippi Delta in the summer of 1955- she could not have fath ...

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Faith Matters: An unwelcoming competition between black Brits and African Americans for movie roles

March 20, 2017
by Out Alliance ColumnistsEmpty ClosetRev. Irene Monroe

By Rev. Irene Monroe There are differences within diversity. This issue scratches below the superficial veneer of diversity and is an eerie reminder of how minority groups are often pitted against one another. This year’s Oscars were the most diverse in ...

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