Felicitations: Leo's Song
Leo's Song Six months ago to the day, I asked Eugene, "Are you gay?" He said, "I'm really in doubt. Why don't you help me find out?" That...
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Alex Morash
Oct 9, 20221 min read
Providence Vibes: Election Results And The Options Awards Are In Full Swing
Providence Vibes, an Options podcast is out with its latest episode. In the third episode of Providence Vibes: Election Results And...
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Ryan Vigneau
Oct 5, 20224 min read
Trans Community Comes Together To Say No To Hate In Cranston
A far-right Charles Koch-funded front group tried to bring anti-Trans hate to Cranston and found an army of activists waiting to call...
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Alex Morash
Sep 23, 20222 min read
Voting Is Open For The Options Awards!
Update: Voting has closed. Vote On Rhode Island’s Best Queer And Trans People And Places Today! Winners will be announced at the Options...
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Kwana Adams
Sep 11, 20223 min read
RI’s Latest Campaign Trend: Don’t Vote For My Opponent – They’re Queer!
Rhode Island voters are accusing candidates in Providence and Woonsocket of bashing their opponents for being LGBTQ while out on the...
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Bradford Greer
Sep 11, 20221 min read
Grow
Grow The first minute of a new day brought the sounds of rain falling softly outside my window It was a comforting sound, steady and...
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Alex Morash
Sep 2, 20225 min read
Nothing To Smile About When Providence Politicians Dismiss Out Of Control Rent
In the latest Chattering Classes column, Options’ editor-in-chief asks Brett Smiley does he really want to be the mayor that presides...
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Alex Morash
Sep 1, 20221 min read
Providence Vibes: Queer The Vote, And The Options Awards
Providence Vibes, an Options podcast is out with its second episode and its much more coherent than before. In the second episode of...
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A.J. Delsignor
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Mindset
Mindset I’m in that evolving artist mode That touch and go That ebbs and flows From within my hold That grasp that knows Where to show My...
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Alex Morash
Aug 21, 20223 min read
Nominations Are Open For The Options Awards!
Update: Nominations for the 2022 Options Awards are now closed Nominate People And Places Today! Options Magazine presents the first...
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Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Aug 21, 20221 min read
Felicitations: On "Don't Say Gay" Laws
On "Don't Say Gay" Laws The narrow fellows in the House Of sundry Southern states Have mandated that public schools Reflect some nasty...
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Martha Young
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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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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RI Department of Public Health
Aug 3, 20224 min read
RIDOH’s Monkeypox Task Force Taking Prevention and Control Measures
This public health message is sponsored by the Rhode Island Department of Health. As national health experts continue to track the...
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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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Kwana Adams
Aug 3, 20227 min read
Alt-Right Haters Meltdown Can’t Stop The Unapologetic Tiara Mack
Respectability has never saved us from abuse or police brutality. It’s never kept us from being disrespected or ridiculed, and it never...
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Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Jul 15, 20221 min read
Felicitations: Fulfillment
Fulfillment My parents had hoped for a girl and a boy, And their hope stayed fulfilled, they could see, When I stopped being Nora and...
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Jason Furlan
Jul 15, 20222 min read
Actions and Language Support Safe, Inclusive Care
This article is sponsored by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island. As both a local employer and a healthcare company, we at Blue...
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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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