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Shaking up the status quo

Ian McLeod calls Safe Streets Act ‘elitist’

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Dancing with Baryshnikov

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Ron Strandberg strengthens community policing in the Davie Village

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Lovers survive tsunami together

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Wherever the spirit takes them
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Wherever the spirit takes them

Brian Burke and Gary Paterson move west

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A bag full of life
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A bag full of life

Dan Christianson gives back to A Loving Spoonful after they helped him

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Workplace politics
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Workplace politics

Steve Houston works for gay rights through his union

November 24, 2004
Standing alone
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Standing alone

Tami Starlight challenges trans people to take it on

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A face to the movement
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A face to the movement

Andrew Sorfleet leads the Sex Workers Alliance of Vancouver

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John Patrick Gordon says weed saved his life

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