RI Queer PAC Is Queering the Vote This Election Season
The 2022 election season is upon us. And if you have not yet noticed, there are a record number of LGBTQ+ candidates running for various...
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Alex Morash
Aug 21, 20221 min read
Options Launches Its First Podcast Series: Providence Vibes
Options Magazine has launched its first podcast series, Providence Vibes, with co-hosts Ephraim Melmer and Alex Morash. The series is a...
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M’Lyn Hines and Mev Miller
Aug 11, 20222 min read
Options: A Loving And More Accurate Telling
Letter to the Editor of Options and Article Writer Kim Stowell, Thank you for the effort to write and publish a history of 40 years of...
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A.J. Delsignor
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Lights
Lights When Oasis was born she found light Beauty in the most inconspicuous materials String lights, television, mirror reflections So I...
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Kim Stowell
Jun 23, 20225 min read
Options: A Mainly Accurate And Very Loving History
Options was first printed in 1982 by the Rhode Island Lesbian and Gay Alliance, which was run, in part, by Kate Monteiro and Tina Wood....
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Steve Ahlquist
Jun 17, 20225 min read
UpriseRI: Reversing Course, Little Compton Council Votes Against Flying Pride Flag
This piece originally appeared in UpriseRI and is republished with permission at Options. Little Compton’s LGBTQ+ Coordinating Committee,...
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Kwana Adams
Jun 10, 20225 min read
Seeing ALL the Colors of Pride: The Black Queer Perspective
Every year, Pride is the perfect celebration from city to city. It’s a party where everyone can come out, be themselves, eat, mingle, and...
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Bradford Greer
Jun 2, 20223 min read
The Long Queer History Of Rhode Island’s Nightlife
This piece was by both Bradford Greer and Greg Wright. As Options celebrates its 40th anniversary as a mainstay in the RI LGBTQ...
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Alex Morash
May 31, 20226 min read
A Very Disorienting Conversation With Graham Stokes
Options Magazine sits down with Rhode Island’s local Queer movie sensation Graham Stokes to talk about his many films, including his...
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Jen Stevens
May 31, 20226 min read
On the Shoulders of Giants: An Interview with Myra Shays
Myra Shays is best known in our local LGBTQ+ community as the woman who brought PFLAG to Rhode Island. PFLAG (formerly Parents & Friends...
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Felicia Nimue Ackerman
May 1, 20221 min read
Felicitations: Memo to Anti-Trans Legislators
Memo to Anti-Trans Legislators You want to choose my gender. You think I must surrender. It's time for you to see You're not the boss of...
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Bradford Greer
May 1, 20223 min read
How North Kingston School Committee Member Lima Stands Up To Hate
"It’s The Very Least I Can Do!" When Jennifer O’Connor Lima ran for the school committee in North Kingstown she knew it would be tough...
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Bradford Greer
Apr 18, 20222 min read
As Options Turns 40, Help Us Continue To Share Our Community's Story
What a rich tapestry we make when we come together for a common cause. In May, Options will turn 40. Forty years of newsletters,...
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Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Mar 20, 20221 min read
Felicitations: Stability
Stability Half of all marriages end in divorce; Transition stability's better. So when a kid sets her sights on that course, The sensible...
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Alex Morash
Mar 13, 20222 min read
Rhode Island Pride’s Illuminated Night Parade Returns June 18
Rhode Island Pride has formally announced the return of both the Illuminated Night Parade and all traditional pride programming. On March...
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Jackie Goldman
Mar 3, 20224 min read
Nazis Attacking Red Ink Is A Reminder That Violence Is The New Normal
Options Magazine profiled Red Ink last November. Jackie Goldman, a Queer Jewish member of Red Ink's board, and a candidate for Providence...
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Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Feb 27, 20221 min read
Felicitations: Continuity
Continuity I gave away my dresses and bought extra pairs of jeans. I'm planning my transition as I'm entering my teens. My name will be...
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Kwana Adams
Feb 22, 20226 min read
Getting Our Queer Back: How YPI Puts The Pride In Providence
Note from the editor: This is part of Options Magazine's profiles and events series Surviving A Pandemic: How Providence Is Getting Its...
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Alex Morash
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Surviving A Pandemic: How Providence Is Getting Its Queer Back
Options Magazine is launching a profile and events series over 2022, Surviving A Pandemic: How Providence Is Getting Its Queer Back...
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Kwana Adams
Jan 23, 20226 min read
How Faith, Adversity, And Acceptance Shaped New Head Of Southern New England’s United Church
Options Magazine chatted with Rev. Darrell Goodwin, the Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ’s recently named...
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