Xtra West - Issue 265, Oct 16, 2003

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.
NAKED EYE COLUMN
What’s with the Crown?

story by Gareth Kirkby, Managing editor / The police say they’ve caught them all.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
VENUS RISING
Waiting for an empty lap

story by Michael Venus / Michael Venus: Okay, sugar, what’s been on your agenda?
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.