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>Plagiarism or embellishing a CV would not normally make it into the news, whether proven or alleged. It’s a matter for an employer or academic institution to deal with — it’s not in the public interest. Despite this, 249 articles on Arday were published in 22 days; 188 were published within the last 9 days of his life, after he had resigned from his position at Cambridge.

>It clearly wasn’t about forcing Arday to resign. The right-wing media used him as a political football to argue against DEI schemes — because they believe that they exclude white people from top jobs. They don’t. In fact, in my experience of academia and work in general, these schemes don’t even come close to levelling the playing field for those from demographics that are disadvantaged.

>Yep, I’m eight months late to the hubbub. Gay friends kept telling me to watch, but I resisted. Having been burned by gay-eye-candy shows without much substance (Red, White & Royal Blue, anyone?) I was done with watching gay-leaning content just to “support the cause.”

>Then my discerning Canadian pal James was emphatic — “You need to watch it, Joe. It’s only six episodes. It’ll change you.” Oh, come on. A gay sports story? One that’s believable? And well done?

>I wasn’t holding my breath.

>I took the plunge earlier this month. By episode four or five I felt like I’d been smacked over the head by a sledgehammer — in a good way! Now I’m floating here in the blessed honeymoon period, where it’s another day, another 24 hours and somehow I haven’t stopped thinking about the “Little-Gay-Hockey-Show-That Could,” weeks later. I’m one of those crazed, over-thinking fan converts, needing my Shane and Ilya daily-reflection fix.

>Elliot Page is once again under fire from transphobes for the crime of *checks notes* appearing in a major film. I wish I could say I was joking here, but that’s really all this recent wave of backlash to Page from transphobes comes down to.

>Four weeks ago, I told my traditional Indian parents that I am gay. This was a long time coming; I just needed to build up the courage to say it, and I finally had. I thought the worst day would be that one — saying it, out loud, finally. In retrospect, it now feels like it was almost the easy part.

>Each day since has been a little worse than the one before, and I can’t fully explain why. The words are out. It should feel lighter. Instead, it’s like I’ve been carrying something up a hill, and the top just keeps moving.

>A boy had to give up his entire family because the system offered him no other way out of the harm. Today he is a civil rights lawyer, and he testified against the practice in the Proposition 8 trial and before the legislatures of California, New York, and New Jersey.

>The minor can — must — flee, because he cannot sue.