Keep Area Quear

I had this post all queued up and it didn’t publish this morning. My apologies. Better late than never.

Have you taken a ride on the new Canada Line yet? Turns out some other queers have. Xtra’s editor-in-chief was heading back downtown from the airport last Friday and took a photo of a sticker inside the front car. Political artistry? Artistic activism? What do you think?

Photo credit: Gareth Kirkby

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