Rev. Irene Monroe
In celebrating Black History Month, I want to personally celebrate the courage and strength of sistah-warrior Gladys Bentley (1907-1960).
Bentley a 250-pound African-American lesbian (who today we would consider transgender) was known as “America’s Greatest Sepia Piano Player” and the “Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs.”
Her fall from the entertainment spotlight, however, is a cautionary [...]
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Honoring Notorious Gladys Bentley
Posted on 11 February 2010 by Rev. Irene Monroe | Comments (0) | Tags: 1948 Kinsey Report, African-American lesbian, Alger Hiss, America's Greatest Sepia Piano Player, Black History Month, Brown Bomber of Sophisticated Songs, Gladys Bentley, Harry Hay, House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), LGBTQ, LGBTQ issues, Mattachine Society, McCarran Act in 1950, McCarthy witch-hunt, McCarthyism, Rev Irene Monroe
Obama’s Upcoming Hush-Hush Damage Control Meeting with LGBTQ Leaders
Posted on 23 June 2009 by Rev. Irene Monroe | Comments (0) | Tags: LGBTQ issues, LGBTQ voters, President Obama, White House
Rev. Irene Monroe
The President has been an Obama-nation on LGBTQ issues since he’s taken office.
The political carrots Obama dangled before us as campaign promises are now looking like merely empty rhetoric that was used to court our votes and to collect our campaign dollars.
But with a 74 percent disapproval rating the President now has with [...]
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