Welcome to MAX Ottawa

Health and wellness services and programs for queer men, trans and non-binary people.

We're popping up across the festival to help make this a fabulous, sexy, safer, and healthier Pride season.

Fill out your GetaKit assessment and then pick up your swabs at the MAX office.

Get your mpox vaccines at MAX's pop-up clinic during the Street Festival.

The List - ottawa's queerest calendar

Interactive Workshop: Design Your Own Event

August 25 @ 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Everything you need to know about facilitating events or workshops or teach-ins at The Grove Studio!

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Interactive Workshop: Design Your Own Event

August 25 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Everything you need to know about facilitating events or workshops or teach-ins at The Grove Studio!

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Spectrum

August 25 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

A weekly queer youth drop-in organized by the Youth Services Bureau.

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Drag & Bowl 2

August 25 @ 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Get ready to strike and spare your way to victory at our second Drag & Bowl event, where the competition is fierce and the fun never ends!

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Naked Boys Reading

August 25 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

They get naked. They read. A different theme every month from Ottawa’s trailblazing literary salon — since July 2017.

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Frontrunners

August 26 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Weekly Tuesday runs with the Ottawa Frontrunners!

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Now What?

August 26 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

In this month’s programming for gay men over 50, we’re talking about previous Pride festivals and our own journeys.

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K1: Summer Safety

August 27 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

In this month’s programming for ACB queers, we’re discussing how to live our sexiest summers, safely!

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Grow With The Flow

August 28 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

An all-ages event for queers to mix, mingle, and talk all things plants!

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2SLGBTQ+ Adult Peer Support Group

August 28 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

A Cornwall-based support group for queer adults.

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Gay Men In Recovery

August 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:10 pm

A weekly NA group for gay men held in the MAX office.

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OGRC Weekly Run

August 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join the Ottawa Gay Run Club outside T’s Pub for weekly 5km runs!

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Karaoke Night

August 28 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Weekly karaoke at T’s Pub hosted by Jolene.

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Mööse Knuckle Boylesque: Pride Show

August 28 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Ottawa’s all-male-identified burlesque revue. Titillation and hilarity guaranteed. Since 2024.

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Frontrunners – Women’s Run

August 29 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Weekly Friday women’s runs with the Ottawa Frontrunners!

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Articles

Pop-Up Mpox Vaccine Clinic

MAX is working with Ottawa Public Health to host two pop-up immunization clinics for mpox. The clinics are open to…

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Community Call: Apply to be a Co-Pilot

MAX is recruiting volunteers for our Co-Pilot program. Co-Pilots will be a trusted presence in the community night scene, offering support and resources to partygoers and event organizers.

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Community Call: Apply to be a Tea2Go Delivery Volunteer

MAX Ottawa has been working to improve the health and wellbeing of queer and trans individuals in the National Capital…

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Appel à la communauté : Devenez membre du conseil d’administration de MAX

mai 2025 23 mai 2025 | Date limite : lundi 7 juillet 2025 MAX Ottawa santé communautaire : Champion de…

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Community Call: Join the MAX Board of Directors 

May 2025 May 23, 2025 | Deadline to apply: Monday, July 7, 2025 MAX Ottawa Community Health: Championing the health…

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Long-Acting Injectable PrEP Now Covered By Most Insurance Providers

You shouldn’t have to break the bank to access PrEP.

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Request For Proposals: Website Development and Maintenance

Posting Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Proposal Submission Deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Introduction MAX Ottawa Community Health is a…

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MAX Annual Report 2023–2024

*La version française du texte suit ci-dessous The past two years have been focused on growth, change, and renewed connection…

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Submitting events to the List? Check this out first!

An in-depth guide to submitting events to MAX Ottawa’s events calendar, the List.

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