Xtra West - Issue 270, Dec 25, 2003

COVER STORY
Mind traffic control

story by Steve Rosenberg / It relieves stress.It helps you relax and focus. Madonna is doing it.
NAKED EYE
Crown wrong

story by Gareth Kirkby, Managing Editor / The judge got it. The question is why didn’t the Crown?
AARON WEBSTER
A hate crime after all

story by Jeremy Hainsworth and Robin Perelle / Aaron Webster’s killing was a hate crime, a youth court judge ruled Dec 18.
COMMENT
Judge gets it

story by Jeremy Hainsworth / News that a judge ruled Aaron Webster’s killing a hate crime—and gave the convicted youth the maximum sentence possible—brought a sense of relief to Vancouver’s queer community.
COMMUNITY POLICING
Victory for the community

story by Robin Perelle / Det Roz Shakespeare bursts into a fit of uncharacteristic giggles.
QUEER HERO
‘I’m a big homo’

story by Diane Claveau / He quit Air Cadets after his first trip to the rifle range.
NEWS
In brief

story by Xtra West staff / “We won!” exclaims lawyer Ken Smith, still jubilant about a Dec 19 Ontario court decision on who counts as a spouse under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP).
BLUSH
One brick short

story by Miss Cookie / Back when I could count on one hand the number of men I’d had sex with, I found myself in the middle of a conversation negotiating a threesome.
CAMPUS CHRONICLES
Truly thankful

story by Michael Harris / “Just open it, will you?”
LOOSE END
Gran’s guts

story by Ivan E Coyote / Once, when I was about six she dragged me up onto her bony knee and whispered into my ear that I had been born special.
VENUS RISING
Barbie sexy

story by Michael Venus / Michael Venus: So why don’t you tell the readers who haven’t heard of you about your films and what has been happening with your filmmaking.
HOLIDAY READING
Good enough to lick

story by Michael Harris / You have a great smile. Do you want my fingers up your ass? Do you?