David Nicola Cicilline is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he was the 36th mayor of Providence from 2003 to 2011,the first openly gay mayor of a U.S. state capital.
The Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) is a public community college in Rhode Island. It is the only community college in the state and the largest community college in New England. The college's primary facility is located in Warwick,with additional college buildings throughout the state.
Prostitution in Rhode Island was outlawed in 2009. On November 3,2009,Republican Governor Donald Carcieri signed into law a bill which makes the buying and selling of sexual services a crime.
"Rhode Island's It For Me" is the regional anthem of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It was officially adopted as the state song in 1996,replacing "Rhode Island" by T. Clarke Browne,which became the official state march.
Happy Endings? is a 2009 cinéma véritédocumentary film directed and produced by Tara Hurley. Filmed over 27 months,it chronicles the lives of the women in massage parlors in Rhode Island during a battle in the state legislature to once again make prostitution illegal. During the period of filming,prostitution in Rhode Island was legal as long as it was conducted behind closed doors.
Donna M. Hughes is an American academic and feminist who chairs the women's studies department at the University of Rhode Island. Her research concerns prostitution and human trafficking;she was a prominent supporter of the campaign to end prostitution in Rhode Island,and has testified on these issues before several national legislative bodies. She sits on the editorial board of Sexualization,Media,and Society,a journal examining the impact of sexualized media.
The legal status of striptease varies considerably among different countries and the various jurisdictions of the United States. Striptease is considered a form of public nudity and subject to changing legal and cultural attitudes on moral and decency grounds. Some countries do not have any restrictions on performances of striptease. In some countries,public nudity is outlawed directly,while in other countries it may be suppressed or regulated indirectly through devices such as restrictions on venues through planning laws,or licensing regulations,or liquor licensing and other restrictions.
Rhoda Perry is an American politician who was formerly a Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate,representing the 3rd District. Perry was the chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Health &Human Services and a member of the Senate Committee on Judiciary.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Rhode Island was on November 6,2012,alongside the presidential election,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,and queer (LGBTQ) people in the U.S. state of Rhode Island have the same legal rights as non-LGBTQ people. Rhode Island established two types of major relationship recognition for same-sex couples,starting with civil unions on July 1,2011,and then on August 1,2013 with same-sex marriage. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is outlawed within the state namely in the areas of employment,housing,healthcare and public accommodations. In addition,conversion therapy on minors has been banned since 2017.
Robert Emmett Craven,Sr. is an American politician and a Democrat in the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 32 since January 1,2013. He serves as Chairman of the House Municipal Government Committee and a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Craven also serves on the R.I. Governor's Justice Reinvestment Working Group.
Scott A. Slater is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 10 since 2009.
John M. Carnevale is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives representing District 13 from January 2009 to January 2017.
Umberto "Bert" Crenca is an American artist,arts administrator,arts advisor and educator. He is known for being a founder and long-time artistic director of the non-profit arts organization,AS220,in Providence,Rhode Island. He has been credited with helping to "lay the groundwork for much of the cultural development that shaped the Providence imaginary in the 1990s and early decades of the 21st century" by scholar Micah Salkind,and in 2010 was identified as one of Rhode Island's Most Influential People by Rhode Island Monthly.
Jonathan Aaron Regunberg is an American lawyer and progressive politician who served as the member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives for the 4th district from 2015 to 2019. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Rhode Island in 2018. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2023 special election for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district.
Brian G. Coogan is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives who represented District 83 followed by District 64 from 2000 until January 2005. In the Rhode Island House,he served on the Committee on Corporations. Coogan also served on the East Providence City Council from 2008 to 2010.
Roberto "Bob" DaSilva is an American politician currently serving as the first Mayor of the City of East Providence,Rhode Island. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a State Representative for District 63 in the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 2009 to 2013.
Marta V. Martínez is a community program administrator,activist and historian in Providence,Rhode Island.
Terri-Denise Cortvriend is an American politician,businesswoman,pilot,and yacht captain. She is a democratic member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives,and before that served as a member of the Portsmouth School Committee.
Project Weber/RENEW is a harm reduction organization in Providence,Rhode Island established in 2016 by the merger of Project RENEW and Project Weber. The organization is staffed entirely by people who have directly experienced mental health issues,substance abuse and/or sex work.
