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Grow The first minute of a new day brought the sounds of rain falling softly outside my window It was a comforting sound, steady and...

Providence Vibes, an Options podcast is out with its second episode and its much more coherent than before. In the second episode of...

Mindset I’m in that evolving artist mode That touch and go That ebbs and flows From within my hold That grasp that knows Where to show My...

Update: Nominations for the 2022 Options Awards are now closed Nominate People And Places Today! Options Magazine presents the first...

On "Don't Say Gay" Laws The narrow fellows in the House Of sundry Southern states Have mandated that public schools Reflect some nasty...

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...

Options Magazine has launched its first podcast series, Providence Vibes, with co-hosts Ephraim Melmer and Alex Morash. The series is a...

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...

Lights When Oasis was born she found light Beauty in the most inconspicuous materials String lights, television, mirror reflections So I...

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....

This piece originally appeared in UpriseRI and is republished with permission at Options. Little Compton’s LGBTQ+ Coordinating Committee,...

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...

This piece was by both Bradford Greer and Greg Wright. As Options celebrates its 40th anniversary as a mainstay in the RI LGBTQ...

Options Magazine sits down with Rhode Island’s local Queer movie sensation Graham Stokes to talk about his many films, including his...

Myra Shays is best known in our local LGBTQ+ community as the woman who brought PFLAG to Rhode Island. PFLAG (formerly Parents & Friends...

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...

"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...

What a rich tapestry we make when we come together for a common cause. In May, Options will turn 40. Forty years of newsletters,...

Stability Half of all marriages end in divorce; Transition stability's better. So when a kid sets her sights on that course, The sensible...

Rhode Island Pride has formally announced the return of both the Illuminated Night Parade and all traditional pride programming. On March...