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Posts tagged with "Rev. Irene Monroe"
Another tackle in the world of homophobic sports
May. 1 | Another former professional athlete came out last month — 6’-7” Jamaican-born NFL offensive tackle Kwame Harris. With news of LGBT equality in the news daily, one may wonder why this is news at all. But it is. The world of sports...
The Boy Scouts of America: another closed door for Black GBTQ youth
Mar. 6 | The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Black Church are rightly lauded for molding young Black men into adult leaders. BSA troops have produced distinguished African American scouts like retired four-star general Colin Powell, six-time...
Haiti’s LGBTQ-accepting Vodou societies
Feb. 14 | As I celebrate Black History Month, I’d like to recognize one of my indigenous West African ancestral religions that’s not homophobic — even if some of the practitioners are. To the disbelief of many — it’s Vodun. Haitian Vodou is an...
Obama linking Selma to Stonewall divides Black community
Jan. 30 | 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 King’s legacy when he eloquently spoke...
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation
Jan. 29 | 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 may have been solely a strategic move to...
Unchained to portray Black slavery? Was there a politically correct way for Django Unchained to portray Black slavery?
Jan. 16 | The start of 2013 is making it difficult to avoid one of America’s greatest sins — slavery. We’ve just marked the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, and a plethora of films, documentaries and TV specials are scheduled...
Young White men in crisis: Race, gender link mass shooters
Dec. 26 | The most recent massacre, the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, took the lives of six- and seven-year-olds. It has shaken our nation to its core. The enormity of this devastation is incalculable. There are the small coffins...
MSR web exclusive: AP’s discouraging ‘homophobia’ is discouraging
Dec. 10 | Newspaper style manual picks the wrong word to tell media not to use 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...
Malawi LGBTQs’ short-lived freedom
Nov. 21 | I’d like to believe that Malawi’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) citizens and tourists had a few days to breathe easier. On November 5, the government issued a moratorium suspending all laws decriminalizing homosexuality....
