From the Editor: Signing Off
Dear Reader, As the sun sets on my time with you, I’m happy to report some excellent candidates have stepped forward to be considered for...
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Kwana Adams
- Sep 29, 2021
- 5 min
Haus of Codec Centers LGBTQ & BIPOC Businesses, Performers and Campaigns at Monthly Marketplace
Walking into the monthly Haus of Codec marketplace at Dexter Park in Providence for the first time, I was greeted with upbeat, catchy...
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Press Release
- Sep 29, 2021
- 1 min
Audition: LGBTQ+ Actors Sought for SHOUT!
On October 13, from 5:30-8:30pm, the URI Providence Campus Arts and Culture Program is holding auditions in URI’s Paff Auditorium (80...
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Jen Stevens
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
From the Editor, Aug. 2021
Dear Reader, Options has undergone many changes since I wrote to you in our last regular print edition this past February. We've brought...
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Jen Stevens
- Aug 31, 2021
- 1 min
Options Seeks Managing Editor
Options Magazine is an education and resource publication for the LGBTQIA+ community of Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts. Options is...
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Page Wooller
- Aug 30, 2021
- 5 min
Emerging from COVID-19 with Supported Wellness
by Page Wooller and Melissa DaSilva When we first meet people, there is a period of introduction. Some people open up slowly, awaiting...
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Kwana Adams
- Aug 28, 2021
- 3 min
Providence Mural Honors Local LGBTQ+ Community
Story and photo by Kwana Adams Providence, the Renaissance City, is a city of art and expression. Everywhere you go, you’ll find...
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Paul Martin
- Jul 31, 2021
- 1 min
PVD Gay Flag Football League Photo Gallery
Providence Gay Flag Football League, a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization, serves the Rhode Island LGBTQ community. Founded in...
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Kassie Hawkins
- Jul 31, 2021
- 2 min
Services for LGBTQ+ Survivors of Domestic Abuse Enhanced During Covid
by Kassie Hawkins, Manager of LGBTQ+ Programs, Sojourner House COVID has been difficult for everyone, but especially LGBTQ+ victims of...
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SAGE RI
- Jul 31, 2021
- 3 min
Report from SAGE-RI
by Tai Bacani and Cathy Gorman Through the pandemic, SAGE-RI has been able to grow, adapt, and reflect on who we are as an organization...
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Steve Ahlquist
- Jul 21, 2021
- 3 min
Youth-led Remembrance Vigil Honors LGBTQ+ Lives Lost
by Steve Ahlquist of Uprise RI An LGBTQ+ Remembrance Vigil was held in Prospect Park in Providence on Tuesday evening [July 13] in honor...
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Bradford Greer
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
Woonsocket's First Pride Celebration, Undaunted by Mayor's Obstruction
The first Woonsocket Pride celebration begins at 7pm tonight, June 28, at World War II Memorial Park (near 300 Social Street). Sponsored...
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Steve Ahlquist
- Jun 28, 2021
- 6 min
General Assembly Bill to End Discriminatory Process of Solemnizing Marriages is a Moment for Pride
Six years ago I was writing at RIFuture.org, and I stumbled across an interesting piece of legislative discrimination. Despite Marriage...
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Press Release
- Jun 28, 2021
- 2 min
General Assembly Expands Housing Discrimination Protections for LGBTQ+ Rhode Islanders
STATE HOUSE – The General Assembly today approved making the state’s law prohibiting housing discrimination more inclusive. The bill now...
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Page Wooller
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
Explore Local LGBTQ+ History at Providence Public Library
As we finally emerge from Covid into Pride Month, there has never been a better time to remember the past and the lessons it has to teach...
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Press Release
- Jun 15, 2021
- 4 min
Celebrate Equality, Pride + Freedom with PVD UNITED
Providence communities reunite with festivities beginning June 18. PVD United is a collection of events in Providence this June offering...
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Rev. Gwen Howard
- Jun 15, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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Press Release
- Jun 14, 2021
- 3 min
RI Senate Advances Bills Protecting LGBTQ Rights
RI General Assembly Press Release, June 8, 2021: The RI Senate passed several bills aimed at preventing discrimination against the...
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Press Release
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
Thundermist Health Center Launches TransVoteRI.com
Thundermist Health Center Press Release: A new website reduces barriers to voting for trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse Rhode...
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Press Release
- Jun 3, 2021
- 3 min
PPL Announces RI LGBTQ+ Community Archive
Press Release from Providence Public Library: The archive is home for the histories of Rhode Island’s LGBTQ+ communities where all can...
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