Living Through This Moment Together
In a responsible response to the coronavirus outbreak, also known as COVID-19 church and worship services across the globe are canceled… 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.
Warren’s Disconnection To Her Black Cambridge Voters
On the morning of Super Tuesday, I was done talking with my spouse as to why she should cast her ballot for Senator Elizabeth Warren for President of the United States… Read more »
Official’s N-Word Non-Apology Ignites Cambridge
What should have been an enriching classroom engagement turned instead into a public outrage that’s now prompting an outside investigation… Read more »
Whitney Houston Comes Out Posthumously Again
For years, rumors dogged superstar Whitney Houston as being a closeted lesbian… Read more »
The Other Racism: Colorism
Because bleaching creams are still being sold in drugstores across the country and natural hair is still frowned upon… Read more »
The Anniversaries of May 17th Are Bittersweet
When you reside at the intersections of multiple identities, anniversaries of your civil rights struggles can be both bitter and sweet… Read more »
Morehouse Will Admit Male Trans Students
In keeping with the Morehouse mission and ethos of brotherhood, the college will continue to use masculine pronouns… Read more »
We Can Stop The GOP’s Disenfranchisement Of Black, Trans Voters
Democracy can only begin to work when those who are relegated to the fringes of society can begin to sample what those in society take for granted as their inalienable right… Read more »
Hoping For Safe Places Of Worship
Attacks, however, on places worship are becoming too frequent in this global climate of intolerance… Read more »
Jailed Transwoman Fought For Her Dignity
Transgender people are in every facet of life- even prison… Read more »
Actor Jussie Smollet Staged Hate Crime And Its Repercussions
Could Smollet’s hate crime affect public perception of hate crimes… Read more »