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Michael Harris

Michael Harris

Michael Harris is an award-winning author. His latest book is ALL WE WANT: Building the Life We Cannot Buy.

Simple, sentimental questions
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Simple, sentimental questions

And an ocean-wide chasm of uncertainty

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Leonard Bernstein’s legacy
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Leonard Bernstein’s legacy

A candid look through his daughter’s eyes

April 13, 2005
Simple, sentimental questions
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Simple, sentimental questions

And an ocean-wide chasm of uncertainty

April 13, 2005
The queerest Kinsey Three around
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The queerest Kinsey Three around

Margaret Cho on marriage, Bush and gay salad

March 30, 2005
Dance boundaries
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Dance boundaries

Wen Wei Wang’s cultural exchanges

March 16, 2005
Dance boundaries
Vancouver

Dance boundaries

Wen Wei Wang’s cultural exchanges

March 16, 2005
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Flannel never felt so right
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Flannel never felt so right

The Labrador’s matchmaking

March 16, 2005
Neither lesbians nor victims, exactly
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Neither lesbians nor victims, exactly

Identity is a complex, collaborative affair in Stop Kiss

March 2, 2005
Burning memories and melodrama
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Burning memories and melodrama

Will waits selfishly for romance in the face of death

February 16, 2005
Will joins the pack for a winter’s dip at Wreck Beach
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Will joins the pack for a winter’s dip at Wreck Beach

A pact is a pact

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Reworking Fidelity
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Reworking Fidelity

The path to true love

February 2, 2005
Happy birthday, Mr Blue
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Happy birthday, Mr Blue

Raving Theatre’s latest reckonings

February 2, 2005
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A pact is a pact
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A pact is a pact

Will joins the pack for a winter’s dip at Wreck Beach

January 19, 2005
Depressed testes
Vancouver

Depressed testes

Will gets his first scrotal ultrasound

December 23, 2004
The moral pornographer
Vancouver

The moral pornographer

Thomas Waugh’s Lust Unearthed brings erotic gay history to light

December 22, 2004
Behind the tutu
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Behind the tutu

Rex Harrington’s elusive retirement

November 24, 2004
Crying all morning
Vancouver

Crying all morning

Going home can be so hard

November 24, 2004
Our battles, our own battlefield
Vancouver

Our battles, our own battlefield

Canada’s first gay organization began right here

November 10, 2004
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