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Jun 14, 20212 min read

Thundermist Health Center Launches TransVoteRI.com

Thundermist Health Center Press Release: A new website reduces barriers to voting for trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse Rhode...

PPL Announces RI LGBTQ+ Community Archive

Press Release

Jun 3, 20213 min read

PPL Announces RI LGBTQ+ Community Archive

Press Release from Providence Public Library: The archive is home for the histories of Rhode Island’s LGBTQ+ communities where all can...

The Equality Act: How Will It Help & Can It Pass?

Jen Stevens

Jun 3, 20212 min read

The Equality Act: How Will It Help & Can It Pass?

In a Zoom forum held on June 1, GLAD Executive Director Janson Wu and Rhode Island’s own Congressman David Cicilline discussed the...

RI Pride

Jun 3, 20212 min read

Rodney Davis to Again Lead RI Pride

Official Statement from RI Pride: PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Rhode Island Pride is in the process of reorganizing and forming a new Board...

Bradford Greer

Jun 1, 20213 min read

Does Spirituality Need a Vaccine?

No matter how you pray or where you worship, religious practice took a hit during the pandemic. From the CDC recommending people skip...

Fostered Youth Finds Support for Nonbinary Identity

Victoria McGurn

Jun 1, 20215 min read

Fostered Youth Finds Support for Nonbinary Identity

According to the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families, hundreds of children are without families because of a...

The Year of Covid Photo Project: Sprung Spring, Somber Summer, Autumn Spike, and Winter Peak

Page Wooller

Jun 1, 20212 min read

The Year of Covid Photo Project: Sprung Spring, Somber Summer, Autumn Spike, and Winter Peak

Sprung Spring Somber Summer Autumn Spike Winter Peak Project details: Inspired by Wendy Red Star’s photos of the four seasons, I wished...

A Community Scrambles to Make June 2021 Sparkle

Kim Stowell

Jun 1, 20212 min read

A Community Scrambles to Make June 2021 Sparkle

After more than a year of isolation, we are all more than ready to come out into the streets and be our fabulous selves. This time of...

Call to Action: Gender Inclusive Restroom Act

Jen Stevens

May 19, 20211 min read

Call to Action: Gender Inclusive Restroom Act

LGBTQ Action RI is calling for bill supporters to urge Senate Judiciary Chair Cindy Coyne to schedule a hearing for Senate bill 0755.

Patty Hayes

May 18, 20212 min read

Join an Options Committee!

Options is seeking community participation in the following working committees: Marketing, Social Media/Web Presence, Strategic Planning,...

SAGE RI

May 10, 20211 min read

SAGE-RI: May Zoom Cafes

Each Thursday at noon, SAGE-RI hosts Zoom Cafes online to socialize and learn about important community resources.

Survey Released for Wanderground Lesbian Research Project

Mev Miller

May 10, 20212 min read

Survey Released for Wanderground Lesbian Research Project

Merv Miller is researching Rhode Island lesbians’ relationships with and contributions to the late-20th-century Women In Print Movement.

YPI Accepting Lipsky/Whittaker Scholarship Applications

YPI Staff

May 10, 20211 min read

YPI Accepting Lipsky/Whittaker Scholarship Applications

Youth Pride Inc. (YPI) is accepting applications for the 2021 Lipsky/Whittaker Scholarship Fund through May 28, 2021.

Artbeat: Last Day to Bid to Support ACOS

AIDS Care Ocean State

May 6, 20211 min read

Artbeat: Last Day to Bid to Support ACOS

ACOS has brought back one of its previous signature events, making it entirely online with a twist: Artbeat & More: Giving Tree Auction 2021

Retracted story: The Equality Act's Impact on Trans Athletes

Jen Stevens

Mar 21, 20213 min read

Retracted story: The Equality Act's Impact on Trans Athletes

Never has a story evoked more vehemence in all my time at Options, and we must take this opportunity to learn from our mistakes.

LGBTQ Action RI

Mar 19, 20212 min read

RI’s Gender-Inclusive Restroom Act

Gender-inclusive restroom signage on single-stall restrooms may be coming soon to Rhode Island. It's currently being held for further study.

Kim Stowell

Mar 11, 20212 min read

"Options Saved My Life"

I can't tell you how many people during the years I worked at Options, came up to me and told me how Options saved them.

Felicia Nimue Ackerman

Mar 4, 20211 min read

Felicitations

Though they’d welcome a turnaround soon, For their cat, the pandemic's a boon!

Jen Stevens

Feb 25, 20211 min read

Where to Find the Feb./March Issue

The current issue of Options Magazine can be found online here and at any of the following locations.

Jen Stevens

Feb 3, 20214 min read

Interview with Senator Tiara Mack

Tiara Mack has become Rhode Island’s first openly queer Black state senator. We interview Mack about her agenda for making an impact.