Here’s an interesting fact: the Rev. Irene Monroe, this year’s recipient of the Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders’ Spirit of Justice award, was named after Marilyn.
‘Abandoned in a trash can as a baby, she was named after Sister Irene, a nun at a New York hospital, and actress Marilyn Monroe,’ reports the Human Rights Campaign blog.
Irene is now an ordained minister and writes regularly for the Huffington Post about religion and gay rights. I think Marilyn, who was passionate about equality in her own lifetime, would be proud to have inspired her name.
