Montreal Metros Go Broke For Woke

They may not have any idea how to do it, but there’s no way in hell the Montreal Metros are going to risk losing their Captain to a more accepting team. Full of determination, grit, open hearts, and absolutely no savvy, this team is going to learn how to be allies, come hell or high water.
Hayden: did anyone do the optional inclusivity training last season?
J.J. Boizeau: no
Lawrence Olsson: no
Gilbert Comeau: no
Petro Andropov: no
Matty Wilson: no
Cam Stedlund: no
Albert Schneider: no
Aleks Miitka: no
Georges Gagnon: no
Patrice Drapeau: no
Hayden: excellent, we’re nailing this so far

Notes:

Because this is my Barbie Dreamhouse and I get to make the rules, Shane’s coming out to the team a year earlier than in canon.
Thank you to ritualist for inception-ing this idea into my brain when we talked about another character taking workplace DEI training. A thousand kisses to you 😙

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Work Text:

Aleks Miitka: this is ridiculous, there are at least five different group chats happening right now; let us just have one
Georges Gagnon: thank fuck, I can’t keep track of all this
J.J. Boiziau: okay but, just to be clear; does anyone have a problem with Hollzy being gay?; because if you do you should find a new group chat
Hayden: yeah, like the one for the Siberian team I will have you traded to
Matty Wilson: nah man
Albert Schneider: no problems here
Lawrence Olsson: all good
Petro Andropov: it is fine to be gay
Georges Gagnon: Andropov, isn’t it illegal to be gay in russia?
Petro Andropov: how many times must I say; I am Ukrainian
Gilbert Comeau: i’m still not totally sure I get the difference
Matty Wilson: Andropov is typing …
Cam Stedlund: Andropov is still typing
Matty Wilson: Andropov AND Pike are typing!!!!
Hayden: Comeau, shut the fuck up and read a newspaper; Andropov, I apologise AGAIN for our team; everyone here only barely managed to graduate high school
Lawrence Olsson: … if that
Petro Andropov: it does help to know that you are all very dumb
Patrice Drapeau: Comeau is typing …
Matty Wilson: don’t you dare defend yourself you dummy
Gilbert Comeau: shut up; okay i guess this isn’t embarrassing anymore since everyone already thinks i’m a dumbass; but I was asking in one of the other group chats before; is there a guide to how to hang around gay people or something like that?
Cam Stedlund: jfc
Aleks Miitka: wow
Albert Schneider: no I get it dude; I don’t want to fuck this up with Hollzy
Gilbert Comeau: yes, exactly
Petro Andropov: and you will, of course; since you do not even realize Ukraine and Russia are fighting a war; you probably still believe all gay men care about fashion and can sing every word of Rent
Cam Stedlund: feel better man?
Petro Andropov: yes actually
Gilbert Comeau: yeah, I know i’m a dumbass; that’s why i’m freaked about offending Hollzy
Patrice Drapeau: yeah that’s actually good point; it's a bit weird that he's gay; but this is the second last season left on his contract; if we fuck this up he could move to New York or LA or something
Lawrence Olsson: also, like; wanting to be a good person or some shit?
Patrice Drapeau: sure potato potahto
Hayden: choosing to ignore that; did anyone do the optional inclusivity training last season?
J.J. Boiziau: no
Lawrence Olsson: no
Gilbert Comeau: no
Petro Andropov: no
Matty Wilson: no
Cam Stedlund: no
Albert Schneider: no
Aleks Miitka: no
Georges Gagnon: no
Patrice Drapeau: no
Hayden: excellent, we’re nailing this so far; JJ could your girlfriend help us out?; isn’t she a gender studies major?
J.J. Boiziau: dude that’s kind of offensive; just because she’s a student, doesn’t mean she’s doing women’s studies??; Christie studies electrical engineering
Aleks Miitka: #girlpower
Hayden: who the fuck is Christie?; I was referring to Angelique
J.J. Boiziau: oh, right; yeah, we split
Hayden: when????? I literally spent twenty minutes at the bar talking to Angelique three nights ago
J.J. Boiziau: oh shit, really?; we broke up two weeks ago; do you think she’s stalking me?
Georges Gagnon: ahem
Hayden: right, we’re gonna table that; anyone else know anyone who can teach us how not to scare Hollzy away?
Matty Wilson: no, but can I request to be added to whichever group chat gets made to figure out if Boiziau’s being stalked by an ex with a gender studies major?
Patrice Drapeau: ditto
Cam Stedlund: same
J.J. Boiziau: ONE PROBLEM AT A TIME
Hayden: i’m gonna email HR and see if they have the slides or whatever from the training none of us attended; try not to go all Fatal Attraction while i’m gone

Inclusivity Training

Inbox ☓

Hayden Pike 3:04 PM (now)
To: Julia Longano▼

Hi Julia,

Bit of an odd request. Would it be possible to get a copy of the presentation from the “Allyship and Inclusivity Training Seminar” from last season?
Also, I think the team would be interested in attending the seminar if it were to be repeated. Is that something you could help organize?

Thanks,
Hayden Pike

Matty Wilson: place your bets people

Re: Inclusivity Training

Inbox ☓

Julia Longano 3:09 PM (now)
To: me▼

Hello Hayden,

Of course! Please see attached the slide deck from the seminar. I’d be happy to organize another training workshop - I’ll reach out to the organization we contract for these sessions and check their availability.

Best wishes,
Julia Longano
Learning and Development Partner, Montreal Metros

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Cam Stedlund: place your bets here too; i'm going poli sci this round

Re: Re: Inclusivity Training

Inbox ☓

Hayden Pike 3:13 PM (now)
To: Julia Longano▼

Thanks so much for this Julia.

I’ve just had a flick through the presentation, and I have a small concern that this might be a bit too intellectual for the team.
Actually, you know what, I’m just going to say it plainly: I think we’re going to be too dumb to understand the training. Is there maybe a version of the workshops that’s aimed at teenagers? Or children? That might have a better chance at getting the message through.

Thanks,
Hayden Pike

Hayden: buckle up fuckers; who’s ready to get the most basic dummy’s guide to being an ally

Re: Re: Re: Inclusivity Training

Inbox ☓

Julia Longano 3:14 PM (now)
To: me▼

Hey Hayden,

I appreciate your stating of your concern so plainly. I’ll see what we can do.

Best,
Julia Longano
Learning and Development Partner, Montreal Metros

Hayden: buckle up fuckers; who’s ready to get the most basic dummy’s guide to being an ally
Aleks Miitka: yes I am ready
Petro Andropov: let’s go
Cam Stedlund: hit me
Gilbert Comeau: do it Pike
Hayden: i’ve forwarded you all the presentation slides; but I know it’s been a long time since any of you read anything longer than a tweet; so here’s the short version; Educate yourself: Start by exploring available resources before reaching out to the people you wish to be an ally for. While it’s important to engage these people, it’s also important to remember that it’s not their responsibility to educate you.; Use Your Privilege: Leverage your position to challenge systemic inequality and advocate for change in spaces where marginalized voices may be excluded.; Amplify Others’ Voices: The role of the Ally is to amplify - to source a megaphone so that the voices of the marginalized cannot be ignored. Don’t centre yourself or speak on their behalf.; Call Out Inappropriate Behavior: Speak up when you hear people using stereotypes, discriminatory language, or offensive jokes.; Be Consistent: Allies stand in solidarity in all times, not just when it’s convenient. Your support is needed more than ever when it’s difficult or embarrassing to speak up.; Accept Feedback: Everyone makes mistakes. A good ally will accept their mistake, apologize, learn, and correct their behavior.; Everyday Steps: Build relationships with people in marginalized communities, consume media created by diverse voices, support community-led programs, and display your support with pride.
Patrice Drapeau: I think I might need to read this a few times
Georges Gagnon: same
Matty Wilson: can we regroup tomorrow?
Hayden: 👍

“What are you doing?” Shane asked, with a face of abject horror. Although that wasn’t anything new. Hayden had seen that face a million times, most recently when Wilson casually mentioned he bought his underwear at Walmart.

“Just taping up!”

“Are you out of regular tape, dude? You can use some of mine.”

“Nah, man. I like this one.” Hayden tore off the end with his teeth, making Shane wince again. “And you know the twins just fuckin’ love rainbows.”

“Pride Night isn’t for, like, months.”

“I mean, there’s no rule that says rainbow tape's only for Pride Night, is there?” Hayden frowned. “Wait, shit. There isn’t, is there? ‘Cause that’s so fucked. We cou—”

“No. No. No rule. But … Hayden, that tape sucks. You know that tape sucks.”

Hayden shrugged. “Whatever dude. I like what I like, and you do you, y’know?”

He watched Shane valiantly struggle to stop being a perfectionist know-it-all, achieving it only by physically removing himself from Hayden’s proximity. That was alright. Hayden knew you can’t change who you are.

@JJBoiziau ✔️ | Looking forward to showing the @NewYorkAdmirals who’s coming for the Cup this season. You’ll need all the luck you can get @ScottHunter - there’s a great smoothie shop opposite the Bell Centre 🥤 (BYO boyfriend) #GoMetrosGo

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@tres_tomatitos | The only explanation I have for Montreal v. New York is that this team is so superstitious, they’ve decided to out-gay the Admirals, just in case that’s what won them the Cup last season

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^{11:24PM • October 28, 2017}

Montreal Metros Go Broke For Woke

October 29 2017 7:59am

Brendan Watson

Despite the thousands and thousands of words written over the last five months, making every prediction under the sun about how Scott Hunter’s dramatic and romantic kiss on the ice would impact homophobia and queer visibility in the NHL: no one anticipated this.

There have been platitudes, there have been individual public messages of support, there has been highly visible silence, but until Saturday night, there had not been a team of hockey players who each wore a t-shirt emblazoned #LoveIsLove underneath their game day suits when they arrived and left the arena. Enter: the Montreal Metros.

Dozens of people with Twitter accounts and a predilection to weaponize them have questioned the Metros’ attempts to pivot to woke SJW allies this season. The cynical have decried this as an opportunistic attempt to ride the rainbow capitalist gravy train — and maybe they’re correct about that. But are we going to lob this accusation at every influential mover and shaker who tries to become a better person?

Regardless, the Metros are committed to the bit. All twenty players emerged from the locker room with rainbow tape wrapped around their sticks, and each one lined up to shake Scott Hunter’s hand before he left the rink (after breaking a four-game winning streak for the Admirals, going down to the Metros 2–1). Lip-readers, despite couching their analysis in cautions of possible errors, interpreted the Metros’ comments to Hunter as being ardently supportive. “You tell us if anyone gives you shit,” second line winger Lawrence Olsson was reported to say.

If this is the future of the NHL in the “politically correct” era, it doesn’t seem like such a bad thing at all.

Gilbert Comeau: is anyone else watching right now?
Cam Stedlund: you’d better fuckin believe I am
Hayden: what the fuck is happening
J.J. Boiziau: Boston’s trying to out-ally us; that’s what happening
Patrice Drapeau: those fucks
Matty Wilson: is that fucking GLITTER warpaint???
Hayden: Hunter looks like he’s about to cry; but I can’t tell if it’s happy or angry?
Petro Andropov: hold on, they’re wearing pride night shirts; I thought we can’t wear those for regular games?
Cam Stedlund: maybe they’re planning on eating the fines
Aleks Miitka: okay this means war; they think they can be more supportive than us?; we'll show them supportive
J.J. Boiziau: those bastards
Gilbert Comeau: Hunter looks so uncomfortable
Hayden: OH SHIT
Patrice Drapeau: Rozanov with the handshake turned cheek kiss
J.J. Boiziau: oh it’s war alright
Albert Schneider: fuck you Boston, we’re gonna put you to SHAME

@MetrosMitty ✔️ | Super happy to announce that the @MontrealMetros are heading to the @AsianRootsCollective’s drop-in volleyball game while we’re in #Toronto this weekend! Come join us to show your support for Asian-Canadian athletics!

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^{4:43PM • November 15, 2017}

Cam Stedlund: yo, Pike; question for ya
Hayden: i’m here
Cam Stedlund: so Coach was pretty fuckin clear that we’re not supposed to risk penalties tonight
Hayden: understatement
J.J. Boiziau: “anyone in the box is getting traded to Ottawa”; cruel and unusual punishment
Cam Stedlund: but what do we do if Toronto does what Toronto does every single game; start calling us cocksuckers and fags
Hayden: you don’t get a fucking penalty
Cam Stedlund: those rules said; stand in solidarity in all times, not just when it’s convenient
Hayden: ah fuck; fuck; I don’t know
Patrice Drapeau: 🤔
Aleks Miitka: hmm
Hayden: I think you’ll have to make your own minds up boys; I can’t tell you what to choose
Cam Stedlund: listen to your heart or some shit hey
J.J. Boiziau: poetry, man
Gilbert Comeau: this is some Sophie's Choice fuckery
Petro Andropov: have you watched that film?; she literally has to decide which of her children lives and dies; this is not the same situation
Lawrence Olsson: dude, spoilers
Petro Andropov: it was released before you were even born; it cannot be spoiled if it is old enough to buy alcohol
Gilbert Comeau: we should add it to the plane list
Aleks Miitka: this incredibly sad heartbreaking holocaust film?; great choice for team film, fantastic
Lawrence Olsson: wait hold up; this isn’t some anti-Jewish thing is it Mitty?
Aleks Miitka: wtf NO
Hayden: ok i’m breaking this chat up; meeting adjourned

Gilbert Comeau: Stepbrothers
Matty Wilson: Milk
Georges Gagnon: Terminator 2; The Big Lebowski
Lawrence Olsson: Sophie’s Choice

Listen to your heart or some shit, J.J. thought. Was this his heart speaking, ripping his gloves off and aiming his fist at Kent’s jaw? Around him, he was only dimly aware of the others, Hayden and Comeau and Andropov, in his periphery, racing towards the same decision, barely enough time for their ears to have processed limp-wrist cocksucker after their Capitaine had opened the scoring.

He got there first, which meant he’d bear the brunt of the penalties, and right now, his heart didn’t give a fuck. While he decided whether to keep hitting, or munificently let the others take their turn, he saw the rest of his team jumping off the bench, taking to the ice with bare knuckles.

Ces imbéciles, he thought affectionately, and since everyone else was tied up holding back the rest of the Guardians, he returned to his finest attempts at making sure Kent couldn’t move his jaw enough to speak another slur until they removed the wires from his face.

@GoComeau ✔️ | Hey Twitter, I want to make some gay friends. Anyone wanna hook a brother up? #ally #lgbt

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@GreenAglet | there are no memes that adequately express how I feel
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@readwith_zoe | #Community always provides #SixSeasonsAndAMovie

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@GreenAglet | yep, there it is
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^{6:16PM • November 20, 2017}

“Yo, listen up!”

Every set of eyes in the Montreal locker room swivelled and pivoted to find Drapeau, standing on a bench and clapping his hands.

“I just wanted to say: at morning skate, I used the word ‘crazy’ when we were talking about Stedlund’s goal. I shouldn’t have done that, I know ‘crazy’ has been used in the past to,” — at this point, he glanced down at his phone, to reference a pre-written script he’d adapted off the internet — “denigrate people with mental health conditions. I want to apologize to you all, and I promise I’ll keep trying to be better.”

Shane looked around to try and find someone to confirm whether this was an hallucination. Except every one of his teammates, to a man, was beaming at Drapeau and sagely nodding. “Well done acknowledging that, dude,” Gagnon yelled.

Drapeau held up his hands in Christ-like grace. “If you wanna thank someone, thank Miitka,” he said solemnly. “He’s the one who pointed it out.”

“Mitty!” Comeau roared, and the team cheered and crowded around him to whack him on the back and jostle his shoulders, and the only person Shane was able to make eye contact with was the equipment manager, who also appeared to be questioning whether he’d accidentally taken LSD.

@MattWilsonHockey ✔️ | #Proud to be Canadian

TrudeauuLGBTApology

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^{11:12AM • November 28, 2017}

@RealHaydenPike ✔️ | There’s always more work to be done, but this is a great step #LoveIsLove

TrudeauuLGBTApology

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^{11:14AM • November 28, 2017}

@Stedlund14 ✔️ | First I’ve heard of two-spirit communities. It’s never too late to learn! #lgbtq

TrudeauuLGBTApology

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^{11:15AM • November 28, 2017}

@DrapeauInGoal ✔️ | #proudcanadian

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^{11:28AM • November 28, 2017}

@LOLsson ✔️ | #diversity makes us stronger 💪

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^{11:40AM • November 28, 2017}

J.J. Boiziau: who had a 12 month peace bond?; you win the pool
Matty Wilson: pay up motherfuckers!!!

@stolemyheart | Story time: tried picking up a guy at Bar Le Stud last night, he told me very politely he was straight, but asked if I was interested in having a chat anyway

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^{10:52AM • December 8, 2019}

@stolemyheart | Bought me a drink and a plate of chicken wings and basically asked for my life story
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^{10:52AM • December 8, 2019}

@stolemyheart | Fast forward two hours and we’re crying over vodka sodas about suicide rates for queer teenagers
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^{10:53AM • December 8, 2019}

@stolemyheart | Swap phones numbers, big hug
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^{10:53AM • December 8, 2019}

@stolemyheart | Weird experience, but very life-affirming
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^{10:53AM • December 8, 2019}

@stolemyheart | This morning I show my brother our selfie and turns out it’s fucking @MontrealMetros player @MetrosMitty?????
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^{10:54AM • December 8, 2019}

Albert Schneider: I have a weird question
Hayden: let’s go bro, this chat’s the place for weird questions
Patrice Drapeau: better here than on Twitter
Albert Schneider: i’ve been feeling kind of bad that Hollzy’s so quiet in the locker room still; about hook-ups and shit; but I don’t really get gay sex beyond like 👉👌; how do I learn more about it without asking Cap?; since Pike said we shouldn't be asking Hollzy to teach us about being gay
J.J. Boiziau: oh i’ve got you; pornhub.com/v/5d277220-b866; pornhub.com/v/60d1e56e-2a69; pornhub.com/v/63217400-d5d5; pornhub.com/v/ccc6379e-40b6
Hayden: wow
Petro Andropov: I was just going to send you a YouTube video on dos and don’ts of gay sex; and J.J. comes swooping in with the pornos
J.J. Boiziau: everyone’s gone very quiet lololololol
Gilbert Comeau: well I can certainly say i’m more informed
Albert Schneider: alrighty; thanks JJ; are we 100% sure Hollzy’s not a virgin?; is it homophobic to say I can’t really picture him doing this?
Aleks Miitka: i’ve always pictured him as a celibate zen priest; regardless of sexuality
Hayden: he hasn’t talked to me about it before
J.J. Boiziau: he’s a rich hot superstar; I think it’s safe to assume he’s fucked
Petro Andropov: or been fucked
J.J. Boiziau: touché
Patrice Drapeau: is it crossing a line to ask which he prefers??
Hayden: YES; DO NOT DO THAT

Cam Stedlund: get your bets in

@mutinsfromthemoon | Can we talk about how hot it is when @ShaneHollander speaks French? It should be illegal for a man to be this sexy. How did he get so fluent?

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^{11:42PM • December 14, 2017}

@AlSchneider ✔️ | This is one step away from “How is his English so good?” Of course he speaks perfect French, our boy’s Canadian. Don’t be racist #microaggression
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^{11:56PM • December 14, 2017}

“I reckon I always play better after getting laid,” Schneider threw out there. Super casual. A super casual remark he’d super casually workshopped with Olsson and super casually rehearsed the tone of voice for before driving to practice. “Like: confident and relaxed, you know?”

Olsson picked up his cue: “Oh, for sure. Hey, Cap, you’re the hockey genius. Has that ever been researched?”

The brain and larynx of Shane Hollander were moving at the speed of a sloth wading across a bathtub of molasses. “Um. Not that. I. Know of?”

“Does it work like that for you? Playing better after sex?” Schneider turned away to locate and shrug on his jersey, in what was supposed to look like a fortuitous coincidence, but was specifically choreographed to let Hollzy blush in solitude.

“Um. Yeah. So. Not … really? I think I play better if … if I know I’m having sex after a game.”

Every single player not within Hollzy’s frame of view immediately picked up their phones and began typing.

“Oh, that’s cool. All that adrenaline, hey? Good for you, dude.” With one hand, Schneider offered his beet-red Captain a fist bump, and used the other to surreptitiously turn the phone in his pocket to silent.

@MattWilsonHockey ✔️ | I logged on today with the mission to #AmplifyQueerVoices, but immediately got distracted by how funny #QueerTwitter is

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^{7:44AM • December 17, 2017}

“You are on fire, Capitaine,” J.J. crowed.

“Not bad, hey?” Shane gloated, still panting and sweaty as he peeled off layers.

“Not bad? Not BAD?! He says this, after getting four points, christophe.”

“Yo, Hollzy, you gettin laid tonight? Is that why you're showing off?” Schneider shouted across the room.

And, fuck it. If he regretted this later, he had five whole days to get over it. “I’m spending the Christmas break with my boyfriend.”

In the decades that spanned between inhalation and exhalation, there was so much room for catastrophizing. Oh fuck, oh fuck, I shouldn’t have said that, it’s different when they know I’m getting fucked by a man tonight, they’ll be grossed out, they’ll be repulsed, th—

And then the shockwave of a roar broke over his ears, a physical thing, punctuated with shoves and punches and Hayden pinching his cheek.

“You SLY DOG!”

“Boyfriend!”

“Qui est-ce?”

“Pics! Pics! Pics!”

“Hollzy’s in love!”

“They grow up so fast.”

@bookworm_31415 | Just spotted the entire @MontrealMetros defensive line buying tickets for Call Me By Your Name at Cinéma du Musée. Didn’t have that on my bingo card.

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^{4:15PM • January 9, 2018}

Cam Stedlund: Superbad
Patrice Drapeau: Shrek 2
J.J. Boiziau: Trainspotting
Shane Hollander: Inception
Hayden: The Wolf of Wall Street
Aleks Miitka: A Single Man
Petro Andropov: are there any films about gay guys that aren’t super depressing??

@LOLsson ✔️ | Last night in post game media, I referred to the collective of reporters present as “you guys”. In doing so, I used exclusionary language that explicitly diminished the existence and impact of female sports journalists. I apologize. Women in sports media have fought tooth and nail to work their way into the press box and conference room, and their contributions deserve respect and inclusion.

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^{9:03AM • January 20, 2018}

@LOLsson ✔️ | Thank you to Fanny Rosenfeld, Helene Elliott, Christine Simpson, and countless others for your pioneering efforts. I’ll do better in the future.
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^{9:04AM • January 20, 2018}

@Krstnfrcn0 | what the fuck is happening in Montreal?
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^{9:05AM • January 20, 2018}

Hayden: can I ask you something kind of embarrassing?
J.J. Boiziau: obviously
Hayden: promise to keep it secret?
J.J. Boiziau: if you insist
Hayden: I do
Hayden: you wanna promise?
J.J. Boiziau: the promise is implied
Hayden: i’m gonna need it in writing
J.J. Boiziau: okay fine I promise
Hayden: have you ever tried pegging?

J.J. Boiziau: everyone welcome our newest member; Hayden is peg-curious
Hayden: dude you PROMISED
J.J. Boiziau: yes, and I promised everyone else here too; you’re welcome
Lawrence Olsson: no shame here Pike
Shane Hollander: 👋 hey Hayden
Albert Schneider: scroll up to the top of the chat; Cap wrote us a how-to guide
Matty Wilson: and once again, we thank him 🙇‍♂️

@GoComeau ✔️ | Thanks to my buddy @AndropovInMontreal for letting me join the community dinner at St. Mary the Protectress! Varenyky were off the charts tasty. Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦

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^{9:48PM • January 30, 2018}

Private Hire Enquiry

Inbox ☓

Ellie Kovacs 10:17 AM (now)
To: Enquiries▼

Att: Events Coordinator

Hello, my name is Ellie Kovacs, and I’m writing to you in my capacity as an assistant events coordinator for the Montreal Metros.
The team has expressed an interest in hiring a cinema screen to air the debut episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race on March 24, and I would like to enquire as to your availability and capacity to support this.
Please see below a number of preliminary questions:

1. What is the seating capacity of the largest available theatre?
2. What is your pricing structure for private hires? Are you able to provide a rough outline of involved costs?
3. The team is planning to raffle tickets to raise money for charity. Would you consider offering discounted prices to increase the proportion of revenue that can be donated?
4. Are you able to assist in organizing the licensing from VH1?

Kind regards,
Ellie Kovacs
Assistant Events Coordinator, Montreal Metros

@sunless_garden | Now we’ve conquered homophobia in hockey (jk), can we have a conversation about color? The #NHL is so white, where are all the Black players?

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^{11:14AM • February 8, 2018}

@GGagnon ✔️ | Appreciate the sentiment, but don’t forget that race is more than black and white. Players with Asian heritage deserve representation too ✊🏼
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^{11:26AM • February 8, 2018}

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Inclusivity Training

Inbox ☓

Julia Longano 9:13 AM (now)
To: me▼

Hi Hayden,

We’re organizing another session from our training partners on Allyship and Inclusion later this month. Would the team be interested in attending this one too? It’s the more advanced version of the seminar we organized for you last year.
Let me know so I can finish shoring up numbers.

Best,
Julia Longano
Learning and Development Partner, Montreal Metros

Hayden: anyone want to attend another ally workshop at the end of the month?
J.J. Boiziau: I kinda feel like I don’t need it?
Aleks Miitka: yeah, we are pros now
Gilbert Comeau: the greatest allies who ever lived
Albert Schneider: yeah i’m good to skip it
Petro Andropov: cap seems more comfortable now
Patrice Drapeau: yeah I don’t think we’re gonna lose him to NY anytime soon
Hayden: cool cool cool, i’ll tell Julia; don’t forget to post on socials the drag race fundraiser though
Cam Stedlund: 👍
Matty Wilson: anyone going to the lunar new year festival this weekend?
Georges Gagnon: fuck yeah i’m down
Lawrence Olsson: sorry, have to skip; Hollzy and I are doing the fun run for Interligne
J.J. Boiziau: ah, I am volunteering for that!; I will see you there at the finish line

Hayden: hey dude; this might be kinda awkward; and I thought you might prefer not to do this face-to-face
Shane Hollander: Is everything ok?
Hayden: yeah, it’s all good; a couple of the guys just mentioned to me that they were uncomfortable with you saying “man up” during intermission last night; i’m sure it was just habit; but we’re trying to stop using language implying that women are weak or fragile
Shane Hollander: Oh Jesus; I never thought about that before; I didn’t mean it like that!
Hayden: oh for sure dude, I know; we all know; we’re all learning; no biggie, just wanted to make you aware
Shane Hollander: I’m mortified
Hayden: nah, don’t stress about it; seriously
Shane Hollander: How can I fix this?

@MetrosUpdates | The entire @MontrealMetros team spotted at La Cage last night, just a few hours after beating Colorado on home ice. The team raucously cheered on the Canadian Women’s Ice Hockey Team in the #OlympicsPyeongChang gold medal match, staying up until 3am to see it through to the nail-biting penalty shootout.

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@MetrosUpdates | Metros Captain @ShaneHollander was quoted as saying: “It’s heartbreaking to lose like that, but these women played an incredible game, an incredible Olympic tournament, and we’re so proud of them.”
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