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Aug 21, 20225 min read

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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Options Launches Its First Podcast Series: Providence Vibes

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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Options: A Loving And More Accurate Telling

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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Options: A Mainly Accurate And Very Loving History

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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UpriseRI: Reversing Course, Little Compton Council Votes Against Flying Pride Flag

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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Seeing ALL the Colors of Pride: The Black Queer Perspective

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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The Long Queer History Of Rhode Island’s Nightlife

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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A Very Disorienting Conversation With Graham Stokes

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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On the Shoulders of Giants: An Interview with Myra Shays

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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Felicitations: Memo to Anti-Trans Legislators

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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How North Kingston School Committee Member Lima Stands Up To Hate

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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As Options Turns 40, Help Us Continue To Share Our Community's Story

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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Rhode Island Pride’s Illuminated Night Parade Returns June 18

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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Nazis Attacking Red Ink Is A Reminder That Violence Is The New Normal

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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Getting Our Queer Back: How YPI Puts The Pride In Providence

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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Surviving A Pandemic: How Providence Is Getting Its Queer Back

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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How Faith, Adversity, And Acceptance Shaped New Head Of Southern New England’s United Church

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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