Prom bombs and D/C Pride stuff

Montreal Pride-esque events kick off today with the first of three gay fests: Divers/Cité. Check out the Xtra coverage here.

Also, Did you hear Jian GOmeshi’s interview with Constance McMillen? About gay prom? It was good! She seems really together. And thrusted into an activist career. She even said she’s like to continue down this path. It’s funny tho, how that was a just like THRUSTED into her lap. Girl just wanted to go to prom with her gf.

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