[OutVoice] Edmund White dreams of Stephen Crane+Little Sister's-hood powers past Canada Customs

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                              THIS WAY OUT
              the international gay & lesbian radio magazine
                   Program #1,050, distributed 05/12/08
   (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
 The prolific Edmund White dreams of American writer Stephen Crane;
             Little Sister's-hood powers past Canada Customs;
 A diluted partner registry passes Canberra muster, a weakened law
   criminalizing anti-queer hate incitement wins UK House of Lords
approval, the high court in the US state of Michigan nixes domestic
 partner benefits for lesbigay public employees, and more LGBT news

* In "NewsWrap": Lawmakers in the Australian Capital Territory pass a 
watered-down partnership registry bill for same-gender couples after the federal 
government nixes stronger civil unions legislation, while Britain's House of Lords 
passes a watered-down sexual orientation hate crimes incitement measure that 
allows a free speech or religious defense for perpetrators... a split decision 
by the Michigan Supreme Court interprets that state's ban on same-gender 
marriage to also prohibit domestic partnership benefits for public sector 
employees... Internet-circulated reports about the detention of an American gay man in 
the Cayman Islands for kissing his boyfriend on a nightclub dance floor 
crashes the Web site of its leading newspaper and brings an apology from the 
Caribbean nation's Tourism Director... and other LGBT news from around the world 
(written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by LEIGH MOORE and GREG GORDON).

* VANCOUVER, B.C.'s LITTLE SISTER'S BOOKSTORE has carved out a very special 
place in the world of LGBT publishing, and it's been a powerful force in 
forging a proud and vibrant community.   Last time on This Way Out, we heard about 
the store's beginnings in the early 1980s and the lean years while the business 
grew.   Then came the 15-year battle royale with Canada Customs over bringing 
queer materials into the country... and the initial notoriety that led to the 
store being bombed three times.   As we continue with the 25th Anniversary 
celebration of Little Sister's, correspondent HEATHER KITCHING ["Queer 
FM"/CiTR-Vancouver] continues to commemorate the bookstore's silver milestone with 
co-founder JIM DEVA, who has more stories about their legal ups and downs, and 
reaches into her archives for 1994 comments from long-time manager JANINE FULLER 
as the case was first being heard in trial court.

* Every time someone releases a list of the "best gay novels" or "the most 
influential queer authors of the last century," there is invariably one name at 
or near the top: EDMUND WHITE.   His nonfiction includes "The Joy Of Gay Sex", 
"States Of Desire: Travels In Gay America", and biographies of Jean Genet and 
Marcel Proust.   Among White's 19 novels, the best known are the 
semi-autobiographical trilogy that included 1982's "A Boy's Own Story", 1988's "The 
Beautiful Room Is Empty", and 1997's "The Farewell Symphony".   His latest book, 
"HOTEL DE DREAM: A NEW YORK NOVEL", which draws on both genres, imagines the 
final days of writer Stephen Crane ("The Red Badge of Courage") and his great gay 
novel that never was.   This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE sits down with White to 
chat about Crane, gay life, and the "Hotel de Dream". 
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