The Reverend Irene Monroe

Since Trump’s indictment, many Republican leaders who had pledged fealty to him for political survival are now distancing themselves.

I was overjoyed seeing the return of the amphibious Boston Duck Tours vehicles strolling down the parade route, marchers being cheered, bands playing, Rainbow Mardi Gras bead necklaces thrown to onlookers, Drag queen divas strutting and striking poses, and also being reminded by participants who memorialized transgender people who were murdered, some participants carrying photos of them and others holding placards that said: “We remember.”

The job of the V.P. is to support the president. Harris has to be politically adroit not to outshine Biden nor to disappear in his shadow.

The LGBTQ+ community worldwide is under constant attack. Pope Francis is a global influencer; he alone can create a movement to decriminalize homosexuality.

Sadly, Benedicts’s anti-modernity views on AIDS and women’s roles within the Catholic Church hierarchy were both retro, wreckless, and spiritually abusive. For example, he stuck by his no condoms even in an age of AIDS

African Americans are still disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic. And the epidemic is heavily concentrated in urban enclaves like Boston, Detroit, New York, Newark, Washington, D.C., and the Deep South.

Rita lived large and loved big, but she could have never imagined her life and her death would mean so much to so many.

Griner being in a Russian prison is a direct consequence of the gender-pay disparity, even in professional sports.

With this year’s Pride events occurring across the state and in various cities, these community-based grassroots events feel authentic, appropriate, and empowering.