2024 Activism Edition: LGTBQ+ Leaders' Crucial Role in Democracy
In 2022, a record-breaking 1,065 out LGBTQ+ individuals ran for office across the United States, with more than 430 achieving victory.
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Alex Morash
- Jun 12
- 6 min
Chattering Classes: Activism Is The Best Remedy To Authoritarianism
For the Options Magazine Activism edition, former editor-in-chief Alex Morash penned a special Chattering Classes column sharing his...
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Alex Morash
- Nov 21, 2023
- 7 min
Chattering Classes: From Don’t Say Gay To Don’t Say Palestine
The harder one tries to silence people motivated by love or saving lives, the louder they will become. The recent firing of a Providence...
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Alex Morash
- Mar 31, 2023
- 5 min
Chattering Classes: Dear Young People, For The Love Of God Run For Office!
From a Rhode Island lawmaker asking one of his out colleagues if she is a pedophile, to the cringe-inducing behavior of Congress’s TikTok...
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Jackie Goldman & Grant Pike
- Feb 2, 2023
- 4 min
Biden’s Respect for Marriage Act Huge Victory For The Rich And Already Married
President Joe Biden signed legislation to protect LGBTQ people if the Supreme Court overrules past precedent. Yet, in the all-too-typical...
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Alex Morash
- Sep 2, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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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M’Lyn Hines and Mev Miller
- Aug 11, 2022
- 2 min
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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Alex Morash
- Jun 16, 2022
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
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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Alex Morash
- Mar 21, 2022
- 4 min
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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Jackie Goldman
- Mar 3, 2022
- 4 min
Nazis Attacking Red Ink Is A Reminder That Violence Is The New Normal
Options Magazine profiled Red Ink last November. Jackie Goldman, a Queer Jewish member of Red Ink's board, and a candidate for Providence...
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Alex Morash
- Jan 18, 2022
- 4 min
Chattering Classes: In The Name Of Public Safety, Providence Council Wants Police To Get COVID
Last week, the Providence City Council embarrassed themselves, our police, and our city when they claimed public safety would be at risk...
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Alex Morash
- Dec 22, 2021
- 4 min
From The Editor: Maybe It’s Time To Make January A Month-Long Holiday
The Omicron variant is creating a surge of new cases across the United States and Rhode Island – bringing with it new restrictions and...
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Alex Morash
- Nov 19, 2021
- 4 min
From The Editor: McKee’s Too Busy With Business Handouts To Help Our Homeless
As homeless encampments grow, Rhode Island’s government is focused on selling off state-owned homes and giving profitable businesses a...
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Anthony Santurri
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
VOICES: Anthony Santurri
The way forward for RI Pride 2021. How do we go forward? How do we connect? How do we heal from the loss of our sense of community?
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Rex LeBeau
- Feb 1, 2021
- 0 min
Transosaurus Rex
Transosaurus Rex is a cartoon about a genderqueer T. rex
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Felicia Nimue Ackerman
- Dec 1, 2020
- 1 min
We Did It!
Poetry: "I thought that I would never see
A president as bad as T. . . "
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Marti Rosenberg
- Sep 30, 2020
- 4 min
First We Mourn. Then We Fight: Why You Need to Vote and Volunteer Now
On Friday morning, September 18, it was crucial for LGBTQ Rhode Islanders that we unelect Donald Trump as President.
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