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Dec 31, 20221 min read

Options Welcomes Two Nonbinary Board Members Before The New Year

The Options Magazine board of directors welcomed two new board members in December. These two new members will help Options work to...

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Options Asked AI To Make Queer Holiday Art, Here’s What We Got

Alex Morash

Dec 24, 20223 min read

Options Asked AI To Make Queer Holiday Art, Here’s What We Got

The holiday season rarely showcases Queer and Trans imagery, so Options looked to see if artificial intelligence could help rectify that....

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Singer Tom Goss Tells Options About His Big Gay Christmas

Ryan Vigneau

Dec 19, 20225 min read

Singer Tom Goss Tells Options About His Big Gay Christmas

Holiday music was always pretty queer, but Tom Goss’ EP Big Fat Gay Ass Christmas takes it to a whole new level. Options spoke to Goss...

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Check Out The Options Pride Galleries Of 2022

Bradford Greer

Nov 30, 20221 min read

Check Out The Options Pride Galleries Of 2022

Visit The Options Pride Galleries Rodney Davis and the Rhode Island Pride Committee pulled more than a rabbit out of their hats with the...

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Alex Morash

Nov 29, 20223 min read

The Winners Of The Options Awards!

Options Magazine hosted the Options Awards Party at Mirabar on October 18. Nearly 200 people came out to Mirabar that night to see who...

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RI Dept. Of Public Health Announces New Monkeypox Vaccine Clinics

Alex Morash

Nov 13, 20223 min read

RI Dept. Of Public Health Announces New Monkeypox Vaccine Clinics

The State of Rhode Island is holding new weekday monkeypox vaccine clinics for eligible Rhode Islanders, with the next one being held...

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Felicia Nimue Ackerman

Nov 13, 20221 min read

Felicitations: Masks Belong on Faces

Masks Belong on Faces Masks belong on faces, Not on joyful lives. Men, parade your husbands! Women, flaunt your wives! Masks Belong on...

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Providence Vibes: The Options Awards Edition

Alex Morash

Nov 6, 20221 min read

Providence Vibes: The Options Awards Edition

Providence Vibes, an Options podcast is out with an Options Awards recap episode. In the fourth episode of Providence Vibes: The Options...

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Five Ways To Support Your Transgender Youth

Grant Pike

Nov 1, 20222 min read

Five Ways To Support Your Transgender Youth

Advice and takeaways from a therapist who works with Transgender and Nonbinary children for parents, teachers, and anyone else working...

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Providence Vibes: Election Results And The Options Awards Are In Full Swing

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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Trans Community Comes Together To Say No To Hate In Cranston

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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RI’s Latest Campaign Trend: Don’t Vote For My Opponent – They’re Queer!

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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Nothing To Smile About When Providence Politicians Dismiss Out Of Control Rent

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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Providence Vibes: Queer The Vote, And The Options Awards

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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Nominations Are Open For The Options Awards!

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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RI Queer PAC Is Queering the Vote This Election Season

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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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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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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