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

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

Leo's Song Six months ago to the day, I asked Eugene, "Are you gay?" He said, "I'm really in doubt. Why don't you help me find out?" That...

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...

Update: Voting has closed. Vote On Rhode Island’s Best Queer And Trans People And Places Today! Winners will be announced at the Options...

Rhode Island voters are accusing candidates in Providence and Woonsocket of bashing their opponents for being LGBTQ while out on the...

In the latest Chattering Classes column, Options’ editor-in-chief asks Brett Smiley does he really want to be the mayor that presides...

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...

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...

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

Respectability has never saved us from abuse or police brutality. It’s never kept us from being disrespected or ridiculed, and it never...

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 is part of the Options’ opinion column Chattering Classes. State Senator Sam Bell’s challenger is mired in accusations of...

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...

Dear Reader, Cheers to Options Magazine for 40 years of telling the stories of Rhode Island’s Queer and Trans communities. What started...

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...