‘Features’ Articles

Rhode Island may be a small state but it has a wealth of powerful and productive women. It’s important for us to share this lively energy and bring awareness of its existence to the rest of the community. A handful of this diverse group of women agreed to speak with GET. We were thrilled to [Continue]

Sometimes the only way you can get a real understanding about a special place is by….hearing it. If you have never been to Eddie C.’s Salon, the gay version of the old fashioned neighborhood hair salon/barber shoppe, pretend right now you are listening to an old fashioned radio show. You know, the days before television, [Continue]

When legions of disenfranchised African Americans marched on Washington and peacefully resisted police in the bowels of the American South, few, if any, could have imagined the path America’s quest for civil rights would take decades later. Those prophetic days of proclaiming one’s dreams on the national mall scarcely included transgendered or [Continue]

We all want to fall in love. Why? Because that experience makes us feel completely alive. Maybe you feel Valentine’s Day must be remarkable and should leave an unforgettable impression in the mind of your lover? It’s natural that each one of us wishes to celebrate this day uniquely. But the question arises as to [Continue]

GET’s “BEHIND-THE-SCENES” personalized Valentine’s ideas from the creatives on the set of ‘Celebrate Love in Style’. > It just happened EVERETT HOAG stirred curiosities to dig a bit deeper under his creative hat. Was it a shock to move to Rhode Island coming from NYC? I moved up here right after 9/11and wasn’t sure what [Continue]

The First Lady of Rhode Island has a long career of public service. She was Rhode Island’s first AIDS research nurse, for example, an experience that fostered her interests in many of the initiatives she advocates for today, especially those benefiting under-served populations. She co-founded the Rhode Island Free Clinic (the State’s only [Continue]

Of all the drag queen extraordinaires, no star shines so bright as Haley’s. Taking Rhode Island – and now the Internet – by storm, Haley Star’s rise to the top has been meteoric. I sat down with Ms. Star to talk about life, fame and being so damn fabulous. Davey Wavey: We’ve been friends for [Continue]

Photography: Marc Creedon “Diversity and mutual respects is really strong in Pawtuxet Village. There’s richness in the village. We have all classes … we’re all aware of the historic depth of the village. This is the second town settled in Providence Plantations. The native people forted Pawtuxet Village at Little Falls (Pawtuxet means [Continue]

Laurie Anderson is not someone to miss. It seems she transcends boundaries in all that she does, oft appearing in androgynous garb and speaking in “audio drag”. But that is just the surface of things. She tells stories in ways we hadn’t thought of and puts words, sounds, and images in our brains in an [Continue]

As it has for years, June was a great month for the GLBT+ community in Rhode Island. In addition to the ever welcome start to summer, there were also a wide variety of activities and events linked to the celebration of Pride. One particularly noticeable hub for this activity was not affiliated with the official [Continue]