Commentary by Callie Crossley, host, “Under The Radar with Callie Crossley” Originally broadcast on WGBH Radio, 89.7 – March 17, 2014 Girls start to hear it in their early years, and women hear it all their lives. The b word. No, not that one, b for bossy, the other equally offensive b word. Little girls who are […]


A guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe When NBA center Jason Collins came out last year, it was the moment the professional sports world had been waiting for ??a gay athlete currently playing in a major league who comes out publicly. And what many may not have known is that the professional sports world had […]


Guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe Dec. 1 was World AIDS Day! However, here in the U.S. you would have scarcely known. Much of the focus was, and still is, on developing countries. There was no reportage of it in key newspapers like the Boston Globe and the New York Times. None of the major television […]


Guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe Alec Baldwin has done it again??caught on camera in a cussing tirade hurling anti-gay epithets at the vulturous paparazzi on his heels. This time Baldwin’s accused of spewing out the phrase, “c-ksucking f-g.” Baldwin doesn’t deny using the word “c-ksucking.” Some argue his admission is merely because he can’t […]


A guest post by Kevin C. Peterson At the very center of Lee Daniels’ The Butler is the poignantly resonating reminder of the country??s enduring conversation about race–its many complicated tensions, variations, contradictions and resolutions. The movie, which opened in Boston-area theaters last weekend, is a compelling meditation loosely based on the long career of […]


Guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe When Sue O??Connell, the publisher and editor of the Boston-based LGBTQ newspaper “Bay Windows,” which I also write for, penned her piece ??Sharing our experience: White gay men and black men have more in common than they think?? a firestorm erupted. Evidence of  the conflagration was not only seen […]


By Maggie Clark, staff writer for Stateline Most states evaluate new legislation for how it might affect the economy or the environment, but what about measuring a law??s effect on minorities? Earlier this month, Oregon became the third state to require racial impact statements for any changes to state criminal laws or sentencing codes. Any […]


Guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe The nation is once again divided alone the fault line of race. In a perceived 2013 post-racial society, however, William Faulkner’s prophetic quote “the past is never dead. It’s not even past” of the last century have come back to haunt us in this century. Faulkner’s quote haunts us […]


Guest Editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe Black Pride reaffirms our identity. And it dances to a different beat. What started out in Washington D.C. in 1990 as the only Black Gay Pride event in the country has grown to over 35 gatherings nationwide. Each year celebrations start in April and continue to October. Over 300,000 […]


Guest editorial by Rev. Irene Monroe The professional sports world has been waiting for a Jason Collins moment?? a gay athlete currently playing in a major league to come out publicly.  What you may not know is that the subtext is that it was hoped the moment would star an African American male. The African […]