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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...
M’Lyn Hines and Mev Miller
Aug 11, 20222 min read
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Lights
Lights When Oasis was born she found light Beauty in the most inconspicuous materials String lights, television, mirror reflections So I...
A.J. Delsignor
Aug 3, 20222 min read
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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...
Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Jul 15, 20221 min read
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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....
Kim Stowell
Jun 23, 20225 min read
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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...
Bradford Greer
Jun 2, 20223 min read
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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...
Alex Morash
May 31, 20226 min read
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Felicitations: Ode To Options
Ode To Options Your pronouns simply used to be The sort of thing you couldn’t change, And if you struggled to get free, You got dismissed...
Felicia Nimue Ackerman
May 27, 20221 min read
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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...
Felicia Nimue Ackerman
May 1, 20221 min read
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Felicitations: Stability
Stability Half of all marriages end in divorce; Transition stability's better. So when a kid sets her sights on that course, The sensible...
Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Mar 20, 20221 min read
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Watch “Super Gay” Queerties Awards Show Wednesday, March 16
Update: The Queerties aired on March 16. Watch the full awards show. The 10th annual Queerties Award show celebrating LGBTQ entertainment...
Alex Morash
Mar 15, 20223 min read
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Rhode Island Pride’s Illuminated Night Parade Returns June 18
Rhode Island Pride has formally announced the return of both the Illuminated Night Parade and all traditional pride programming. On March...
Alex Morash
Mar 13, 20222 min read
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Felicitations: Continuity
Continuity I gave away my dresses and bought extra pairs of jeans. I'm planning my transition as I'm entering my teens. My name will be...
Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Feb 27, 20221 min read
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Felicitations: Normal?
Normal? When he said, "You seem normal despite being gay," I replied, just as quick as a shot, "I am certainly bound to be filled with...
Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Jan 30, 20221 min read
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Options Top Ten Most Read Stories Of 2021
Options Magazine has had a busy year online. While the magazine printed just one edition this year, it now does a twice a month...
Alex Morash
Jan 1, 20227 min read
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These Are The Songs Every Queer Needs On Their Holiday Playlist
It's that time of year again, Christmas is just days away and the holiday season is in full swing. So Options Magazine’s music experts*...
Alex Morash
Dec 20, 20217 min read
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RI Queer Voices Come To Life At Showing Of “The Time Is Already”
Options Magazine visited Red Ink Library, a new non-profit leftist space, for a screening of “The Time Is Already” that tells the tale of...
Kwana Adams
Nov 30, 20214 min read
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On Giving Tuesday Options Launches Its Own Patreon Page
Options Magazine has launched a Patreon page to help fund the news outlet’s work reporting on Rhode Island’s LGBTQ community. The funds...
Alex Morash
Nov 30, 20212 min read
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SHOUT!
Sharing our truth opened and closed quietly with one performance on Veteran’s Day Weekend as part of the URI Providence Campus Arts and...
Bradford Greer
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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Drag Race’s Kelly Mantle Breaks Gender Barriers, Steals The Show In The Browns
Kelly Mantle talks with Options Magazine about Rupaul’s Drag Race, making Oscars history, and their work costarring with Tammie Brown on...
Alex Morash
Nov 15, 20215 min read
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Queer Vespers: Online Ecumenical Worship, Pride Service June 18
In 2018, Brian Kovacs and I were discussing the idea that the religious and spiritual needs of members of the LGBTQIA community were...
Rev. Gwen Howard
Jun 15, 20214 min read
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