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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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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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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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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Alex Morash
Jun 16, 20224 min read
Salvatore Wraps Himself In Rainbows and Nostalgia To Oust Out Senator
This piece is part of the Options’ opinion column Chattering Classes. State Senator Sam Bell’s challenger is mired in accusations of...
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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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Alex Morash
Jun 5, 20225 min read
The Rise Of Neo-Homophobia
Anti-LGBTQ hate groups have been planning a comeback for years –– they succeeded. From their new “groomer” language, COVID conspiracies,...
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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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Alex Morash
May 31, 20222 min read
From the Editor: Here’s To A Loving Future
Dear Reader, Cheers to Options Magazine for 40 years of telling the stories of Rhode Island’s Queer and Trans communities. What started...
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Alex Morash
May 15, 20223 min read
Chattering Classes: Unaccountable Elites Will Never Hand Us Our Rights
The leaked draft Supreme Court opinion overturning abortion rights is a sad reminder that unelected, unaccountable elites don’t have our...
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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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Alex Morash
Apr 18, 20222 min read
Pat Morgan’s Racist Anti-Trans Legislation Met Overwhelming Outcry At Public Hearing
Rep. Patricia Morgan, who achieved nationwide infamy for claiming on Twitter she lost her Black friend but “didn't do anything to her,...
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Alex Morash
Mar 21, 20224 min read
When We Talk About Trans Sports We Are Not Talking About Trans Murders
Rhode Island’s legislature has its very own Three Stooges, except they don’t do slapstick comedy, this bipartisan trio peddles trash...
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