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Ryan Elias

Stories by Ryan Elias

life

A Tyee Series

Girl Meets Boy II

Dinner winding down, I ask more about my transgender friends' experience with sex, families and tough criticism. Last of two.

By Ryan Elias, 21 Oct 2011

life

A Tyee Series

Girl Meets Boy

I always wondered how my transgender friends Amy and Gavin dealt with love, sex, surgery -- everything, really. So I invited them for dinner. First of two.

By Ryan Elias, 20 Oct 2011

news

Call to Investigate Forest Camp 'Nightmare'

Workers tell of ordeal as BC Fed demands probe into why protections weren't enforced.

By Ryan Elias, 11 Aug 2010

artsculture

Busking Loose in Vancouver

This is the summer street performers joined to challenge the city's 'no fun' rules. Are they winning?

By Ryan Elias, 5 Aug 2010

books

Five Essential Eco-thrillers

Nature on the brink is a hot theme for novels right now. The best might have been written in 1851.

By Ryan Elias, 28 Jul 2010

books

A 'Storybox' Full of Downtown Eastside Voices

Thursdays are for writing at Carnegie Centre. The group's latest collection brims with humour and grit.

By Ryan Elias, 21 Jul 2010