Boys and Girls of Summer
We’re so proud of our softball team! They are members of the Renaissance City Softball League, an all-gay league that plays from May to October. Catch them and other teams in the Ocean State Classic on Columbus Day weekend. Visit www.providencesoftball.org for more info. Go team OPTIONS!
Introducing Kevin Lam
Kim Stowell If seaQuel (Southeast Asian Queers United for Empowerment and Leadership) could have groomed a program director all the way through his childhood and college experience, it could not have created a more suitable candidate than the one it just hired. His name is Kevin Lam. From Poughkeepsie (one of two Asian families in [...]
Summary of this Year’s Bicycle Trip for Marriage Equality Taken in July 2011
Rick Harris This year’s bicycle trip for Marriage Equality had it’s ups and downs. I got a very bad case of sun poisoning on the first afternoon out and did not fully recover until about 7 days into the trip. (Its hard to recover from illness when you are riding every day and trying to [...]
My Wedding
Joe Siegel Nearly 10 years ago, I met the man who would become the love of my life at an Options staff meeting. Jerry White was a longtime volunteer who was maintaining the Options web site. I joined the publication and spent over five years writing news and features stories. At my first time there, [...]
LETTERS
To the Editor, This past summer, after 17 years at The University of Rhode Island, Andrew Winters left the university. Originally employed by the Office of Residential Life, he was appointed in 2001 as the first Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Programs and Services. Throughout his time at [...]
And the Survey says: Build it, and they will come!
Emma Garrett Nelson We asked, and 117 of you answered Options‘ LGBTQ Community Center Survey. We thank you for your willingness to share your thoughts with us. This survey seems to have struck a nerve with the LGBTQ community. You responded quite clearly that you want a place to come together and you want to get [...]
Pride
New Location The new RI Pride Center is looking great. We are now located in the historic, and fabulously fun, Hope Artiste Village! Our move was a bit hectic – thanks to the predictions of Hurricane Irene flood surge by local weathermen. But our new home is beautiful – newly renovated, natural light, more space [...]
Talent to Share
SAGE/RI (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) and YPI (Youth Pride, Inc.) are combining forces to host a fun and fabulous night out on October 14th, at Beneficent Church (300 Weybosset St., Providence). The evening will feature an open mic organized by YPI for those of you willing to share your talent (come on down [...]
New Members Welcomed
Every year in late summer, the Providence Gay Men’s Chorus (PGMC) opens up their Monday meetings to new prospects, inviting local gay men who can sing to join their ranks in preparing for their annual holiday show. (Traditionally, their first two rehearsals of any concert prep period are considered ‘Open Rehearsals’ at which any [...]
Are you registered to vote?
As the General Assembly meets to discuss pensions this month, Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI) is hard at work on its 2012 legislative and electoral strategy. Many of the Smith Hill politicians thought that the civil union bill was going to make us go away. They thought we would all be rushing to City Hall [...]
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