"Queer Homecoming"

We were going to go to Montreal for Concordia's Homecoming, as we often do, but not now.  The highlight is "Queer Homecoming" and that's the limit.  President Alan Shepard is gay and has a "husband", something with which I have no problem, but to highlight homecoming with a "queer" event is too much.

When Loyola and Sir George Williams University merged a number of years ago to become Concordia it was understood both institutions would be honoured and any focus on sexuality or religion would be done away with.  Not now.  How can the highlight be a "Queer" event?!  Universities are supposed to be about learning, not about lifestyle, sexual preference or identity politics.  I sent an email to those in charge and got a reply blah-blah-ing about "inclusivity", etc., etc. What they don't seem to get is while Concordia prides itself on being "inclusive", this event is clearly "exclusive".     

Alan, you've gone too far.

We're not going this year.