http://www.xtra.ca http://xtra.ca/images/logo_xtra.gif Canada's online source for gay and lesbian news I was out of town last August when members of the local chapter of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QuAIA) protested the inclusion of Israeli films in the Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF). I’m sorry I missed their pinkwashing protest, their hedgehog masks and their pres... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/Keep_showing_Israeli_films-13614.aspx Robin Perelle Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:00 EST His name was Thunderbird, he told us later. After he hobbled toward us, trailing fumes of cheap alcohol. He was trying to get to a shelter at Main and Hastings. My parents and I were on our way to dinner, far from Main and Hastings. I pointed him toward the nearest bus stop, gave him d... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/The_Thunderbird_vote-13537.aspx Robin Perelle Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EST Looking back over these columns as they have unfolded to date, I realize that I may have given the impression that the gay ’70s in Vancouver were all about clubs, tubs, drag shows, drugs and orgies. There was a lot of all of that, but it wasn’t the whole story. It just happened to be wh... http://www.xtra.ca/public/Vancouver/QQ_and_the_Trotskyites-13538.aspx Kevin Dale McKeown Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 EST