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Rev irene monroe biography sampler


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Reverend Irene Monroe, an out lesbian theologian at Harvard University....

Rev. Irene Monroe is described in O, the Oprah Magazine, as “a phenomenal woman who has succeeded against all odds.” An African-American lesbian feminist public theologian, she is a sought-after speaker and preacher.

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Irene Monroe

Monroe does a weekly Monday segment, “All Revved Up!” on WGBH (89.7 FM), on Boston Public Radio that’s now a podcast, and a weekly Friday commentator on New England Channel NEWS (NECN). She’s a Huffington Post blogger and a syndicated religion columnist.

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  • Reverend Irene Monroe, an out lesbian theologian at Harvard University.
  • Reverend Irene Monroe – nationally renowned African American lesbian activist, scholar and public theologian – will receive this year's Spirit.
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  • Her columns appear in 23 cities across the country and in the U.K, and Canada. And she writes a weekly column in the Boston home LGBTQ newspaper Baywindows.
    Monroe stated that her “columns are an interdisciplinary approach drawing on critical race theory, African American , queer and religious studies.

    As an religion columnist I try to inform the public of the role religion plays in discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people. Because homophobia is both