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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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Alt-Right Haters Meltdown Can’t Stop The Unapologetic Tiara Mack

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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Actions and Language Support Safe, Inclusive Care

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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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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Salvatore Wraps Himself In Rainbows and Nostalgia To Oust Out Senator

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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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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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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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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From the Editor: Here’s To A Loving Future

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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Chattering Classes: Unaccountable Elites Will Never Hand Us Our Rights

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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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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Pat Morgan’s Racist Anti-Trans Legislation Met Overwhelming Outcry At Public Hearing

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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When We Talk About Trans Sports We Are Not Talking About Trans Murders

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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