Friends and collaborators of the late Lou Reed have reacted with utter disbelief after a student body claimed that his 1972 hit 'Walk on the Wild Side' contained transphobic lyrics. The Guelph Central Student Association, a group at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, issued an apology for including the song on a playlist at a campus event. The statement has since been deleted from Facebook but was archived and reported on by MRCTV. "It’s come to our attention that the playlist we had on during bus pass distribution on Thursday contained a song with transphobic lyrics (Lou Reed, 'Take a Walk on the Wild Side')," the statement read.

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