A Canadian student association has published an apology after a playing the Lou Reed song Walk on the Wild Side during a university event. The apology describes the song as having 'transphobic lyrics'.

"The playlist was compiled by one of the Executives with the intent of feeling like a road trip from the 70s and 80s," wrote a representative of the University of Guelph Central Student Association. "The song was included solely on those terms and made in ignorance as the person making the list did not know or understand the lyrics."

Walk on the Wild Side featured on Lou Reed's 1972 album Transformer, and is arguably his best-known song as a solo artist. Its lyrics describe a number of individuals Reed knew from frequenting Andy Warhol's Factory - among them transgender 'Superstars' Holly Woodlawn and Candy Darling.