The year is 2001. The place is Thornhill, Ontario.
Our scene opens on a Catholic high school situated next to Promenade Mall.
There, a band of rag-tag soon-to-be gays frolic through the Bulk Barn looking for rainbow candy necklaces, not knowing the life that awaits them.
"I Kissed A Girl" by Katy Perry won’t be released for another 8 years, and gay marriage won’t be legal in Canada for 4 years, but Avril is wearing a tie, and these teens are just about to discover Ani DiFranco…
…everything is about to change.
I was a teenage dirtbag, baby!