Ossie Michelin, a fellow journalist, friend and person of native ancestry, had this to say:

I don't think I'll be doing a story on this one any more now that they've changed the theme and apologized for it on their website. One of the problems with being an aboriginal people is that you're looked upon as some sort of mythical creatures that don't exist anymore, you know like unicorns or red tories, so it's ok to apropriate culture because in the minds of many we stop existing when the Europeans built their cities.

That being said I would love to see people apropriate red tory culture: yay social programs and small government!

Reports from the back-to-school frosh tours as students trickle into the city are starting to come in. Edward Lee says it best. He writes:

"The folks in management decided to do their frosh by doing 'tribal' themes, including, Inca, Maori, etc tribes... while this may seem innocent on the surface, you can imagine what kinds of activities you would end up doing when using this kind of theme (ie 'tribal' team cheer, etc). I mean, if it were other kinds of racially or culturally based tribes (ie asian, black, white or muslim versus jewish, etc), it would not have been okay, so why would creating 'tribes' related to Indigenous groups (especially present-day communities like the Maori) be okay? Plus many, if not most Indigenous communities across this country would never even use the word 'tribe' to describe themselves or their particular community."

Anybody with more info on this should speak up!

I never much cared for Froshers. Or McGill. In University, (Concordia BA '07), I always felt a little tension among McGillites and Concordians. Usually at parties after a kegger or two. But yeah, they suck.

Well, he's a fraud and a homophobe, even if he is telling the truth about hiring a luggage carrier for his OUTING in and around EUROPE. The NY Times' Frank Rich runs it down for Rekers -- point by devastatingly cutting point:

"Thanks to Rekers’s clownish public exposure, we now know that his professional judgments are windows into his cracked psyche, not gay people’s. But there is nothing funny about the destruction his writings and public activities have sown. His fringe views have not remained on the fringe. His excursions into public policy have had real and damaging consequences on a large swath of Americans."

Can homos be homophobic? Yes, they hate themselves and so therefore all other gay things too. Thoughts? Don't care? Care? Comment below.

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A new lesbian/lgbtq prom blog on tumblr!

Saw The Runaways last night at the old Paramount. I bought it. Go watch it now. 

Read: Can animals be gay? The NY Times investigates.

Play: Go play basketball in Montreal. Many leagues but only one for women. Anyone know if the lesbian pick-up games are still happening?

Read: Catholic Church blames child rape on hippies and gays.

Listen: David Byrne and Fatboy Slim collaborate, listen on NPR. This album is about Imelda Marcos and 20 guest women singers portray the story's two main characters, including Sharon Jones, Annie Clark of St. Vincent, Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Tori Amos, Nellie McKay, Kate Pierson of the B-52's, Martha Wainwright, Santigold and Cyndi Lauper. Kinda epic.

Read: A transgender tip sheet for keeping safe.

Watch: I really love the United States of Tara. Toni Collette plays a mother with multiple personality disorder. This season, one of her personalities, a butch top named Buck, is having an affair with Chasing Amy's Joey Lauren Adams.

Read: A Top 50 list of lesbian and bisexual characters on screen.

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Watch: So-Called, the Movie, about Kleismer band leader Josh Dolzgin.