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COVER STORY
No closure yet
story by Gareth Kirkby /
It’s no time for closure on Aaron Webster’s murder, Kim Hoath wants to emphasize.
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NAKED EYE COLUMN
What’s with the Crown?
story by Gareth Kirkby, Managing editor /
The police say they’ve caught them all.
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AARON WEBSTER
Why not murder?
story by Gareth Kirkby /
Why are there no murder charges against any of the four men arrested for the killing of Aaron Webster?
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BIG BROTHER
Invasion of privacy
story by Robin Perelle /
A collective howl is rising from the PumpJack Pub over a potential addition that patrons say is an invasion of privacy.
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ANALYSIS
Pride street fair controversial
story by Robin Perelle /
A cloud of questions is gathering around the Vancouver Pride Society (VPS) as it heads into its annual general meeting later this month.
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GAY HISTORY
The mystery of Li Shiu Tong
story by Ron Dutton /
It is late autumn 1993. In an apartment block dumpster behind 1260 Barclay Street, a tenant notices several suitcases among the trash.
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NEWS BRIEFS
In brief
story by Xtra West staff /
OOS FUNDING CUT In a surprise turn of events BC’s gaming branch reversed part of its decision to cut Out on Screen’s (OOS) funding after Xtra West looked into the story.
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SLAP & TICKLE COLUMN
Bondage is freedom
story by Elaine Miller /
Recently, at the start of a bondage demo for a theatre full of eager conference-going leatherdykes, I had occasion to call for an audience volunteer for the bondage takedown.
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WHAT THE FUCK COLUMN
Eating marriage cake
story by Ann Travers & Bubba Jones Patton /
Okay, we’ve made our point over the past few issues about the problems with gay marriage.
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ART
The harmony of James Tan
story by CE Gatchalian /
When taking in the turbulent yet exquisite paintings of James Tan, one word comes to mind more than any other: harmony.
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VENUS RISING
Waiting for an empty lap
story by Michael Venus /
Michael Venus: Okay, sugar, what’s been on your agenda?
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POWER OF WORDS
A master writer speaks
story by Gareth Kirkby /
Our first attempt to interview Edmund White by phone from his New York apartment was interrupted before it began by the arrival of his work-out instructor.
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