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GAY SKI WEEK
Altitude with style
story by Robin Perelle /
WHISTLER— It’s all about the boys, laughs Alain Dubuc as he skids, naked, to a halt on his snowboard halfway down the mountain.
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NAKED EYE
No more cops
story by Gareth Kirkby, Managing editor /
Put about 150 average citizens in one room, give them a good question to answer, and it’s amazing how responsible and forward-thinking they can be.
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DAVIE VILLAGE
Village gets another five years
story by Robin Perelle /
It was actually kind of anticlimactic, says Randy Atkinson, of council’s decision to renew the Davie Village Business Improvement Association (BIA), Feb 3.
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FEDERAL ELECTION
Queer and conservative
story by Jeremy Hainsworth /
Vancouver Centre is ready for a fiscal conservative to sweep three-term incumbent Hedy Fry from office, say candidates for the Conservative Party nomination.
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QUEER HERO
Two-spirited entrepreneur
story by Diane Claveau /
He’s a familiar face in the West End. For a decade, Darryl Alexcee has worked as a cashier at the Shell gas station at Burrard and Davie streets.
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NEWS
In brief
story by Xtra West staff & Jeremy Hainsworth /
GAY FRIENDLY SCHOOLS As Xtra West goes to press, the COPE-dominated Vancouver School Board is poised to honour an election promise to the queer community.
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BLUSH
The last binge
story by Miss Cookie /
My second last night of drinking was reasonably uneventful, except for the unattractive guy I let masturbate me who pulled my foreskin back so far he made a small mechanical tear across my frenulum.
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CAMPUS CHRONICLES
Absolution
story by Michael Harris /
On Valentine’s Day, Will and Sharif decided to see other people. And not to see one another.
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LOOSE END
Like fresh-cut grass
story by Ivan E Coyete /
Spring is supposed to be coloured new-growth green and cherry-blossom pink.
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WATERBOYS
Writing over coffee
story by Diane Claveau /
He can often be spotted alone, writing stories in a restaurant. Sometimes he uses his laptop; other times, pen and paper.
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WATERBOYS
Fun and fresh
story by Diane Claveau /
When he was five years old, Patrick Fillion’s family moved from Quebec to Prince George.
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MUSIC
‘It’s a powerful experience’
story by Robin Perelle /
Dave Hicks still remembers the day Mrs Preston, his Grade 4 teacher, told him to stop singing and start lip-synching.
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