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Rev. Irene Monroe

Rev. Irene Monroe is a Ford Fellow and doctoral candidate at Harvard Divinity School. You can read more of her work on her personal site here.

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Religion Dispatches

Black Media Fails Its LGBTQ Community

When police brutally beat an African American transsexual the black media turns away; but homo- and transphobia in the media hurt the entire community.
Rev. Irene Monroe
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LGBTQ Homeless Youth and the Black Church

After teaching them that the Black Church is their family, their home, our churches are failing our children in their time of need.
Rev. Irene Monroe
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Black Episcopal Congregation Celebrates Lesbian Marriage

In what is likely a first, an Episcopal church in Cambridge that serves a primarily African-American community has blessed the union of two women—one of whom is the mayor of the city. Our correspondent was one of the officiants.
Rev. Irene Monroe
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