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NEWS
In brief
story by Xtra West staff & Amy Steele /
DENMAN ST BASHING A group of eight or nine men in a white pick-up truck allegedly assaulted two men on Denman St early Sat morning, police say.
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COVER STORY
L is for let-down
story by Robin Perelle /
The L-Word captures more diversity than it gets credit for, Ilene Chaiken tells me as her crew gets ready to shoot the final episode of season two right here in Vancouver.
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NAKED EYE
Come to Jan 23 demo
story by Gareth Kirkby, Managing Editor /
It didn’t take long. Soon after the decision came down Dec 10 finding Danny Rao not guilty, and allowing Ryan Cran to go home for Christmas prior to sentencing, you, dear readers, were phoning Little Sister’s asking if there was a protest you could come to.
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WEBSTER DECISION
Rao walks
story by Robin Perelle /
Emotions ran high in BC Supreme Court Dec 10 as Justice Mary Humphries acquitted one man and found the other guilty of manslaughter in Vancouver’s highest profile gaybashing case in years.
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WEBSTER TRAIL
Rao threatens key witness
story by Robin Perelle /
Danny Rao threatened the one witness who maybe could have put him away. Justice Mary Humphries acquitted Rao of manslaughter Dec 10, in the biggest gaybashing case Vancouver has seen in years.
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WEBSTER CASE
Convicted youth still in custody
story by Robin Perelle /
He’s still in youth youth detention—for now. The first youth convicted of killing Aaron Webster returned to court Dec 17 for his mandatory one-year sentence review. The youth (who can’t be named) pleaded guilty to manslaughter Jul 30, 2003.
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QUEER HEROES
Wherever the spirit takes them
story by Diane Claveau /
Brian Burke and Gary Paterson go back a long way, both in politics and as United Church ministers.
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NEWS
In brief
story by Xtra West staff /
MENINGITIS SCARE An unusually high number of meningitis cases among local gay men has prompted the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) to give free vaccinations for all men who have sex with men in the Lower Mainland.
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OPINION
Was justice served?
story by Brad Teeter /
“He killed a man, “ someone shouted from near the back of the crowded courtroom and finally—after years of silently tolerating a justice system that has often failed to protect gays from physical violence—many of us found our voice.
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THE GLUE THAT BINDS
The straight boy
story by Phillip Banks /
It had been going on for a couple of months before I even told my good friend Chris. We’ve been friends since high school and I had never kept any big secrets like this from him.
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LOOSE END
Game on
story by Ivan E Coyote /
On Sep 12, 2003, Johnny Cash passed away at the age of 71. Naturally, this deeply affected the butches of East Vancouver. How would we properly honour the Man In Black? How to celebrate his legacy?
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CAMPUS CHRONICLES
Depressed testes
story by Michael Harris /
The dust-grey lips, stirred with their lugubrious purpose, angled upward to Will Gray and said: “Scrotal ultrasound?”
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REFLECTED LIVES
The moral pornographer
story by Michael Harris /
Thoughtful porno Porno may sound at first like an oxymoron. But consider what British author Angela Carter called the “moral pornographer.” As a visionary thinker, the moral pornographer would discover “a world of absolute sexual license for all the genders.” Sounds nice. But where to find one?
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GAY SKI WEEK
Moguls ahead
story by Robin Perelle /
As the producers of Whistler’s world-famous gay ski week gear up for Altitude 2005, questions are surfacing about the event’s viability and the integrity of its new owner.
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NEWS
In brief
story by Xtra West staff /
CITY SCREWS PUMPJACK — AGAIN City council voted Dec 2 to refuse an application for a beer store at the former Book Warehouse site at 1181 Davie St.
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