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Summer Singles Mingle

August 28, 2025

Come soak up the last of the summer sunshine & as you laugh with someone new!

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Spongebob Drag Pants

August 28, 2025

Hosted by EdithPuthie Feat. Mizrabelle, Canary Quinn, Yeti, Miss Patience Plush, and Opal Essence at The Lookout- 41 York St, 2nd Floor!

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House of Kink Presents: Hot n’ Heavy

August 27, 2025

HoK events are a safe space for all. Whether this is your first time or you’re a seasoned kinkster — you are welcome here!

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Queer Lifting Club

August 27, 2025

A weekly weight lifting club for queers.

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Trans About Town: Swim Night

August 27, 2025

Monthly swim night with Ten Oaks

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Pride Afterglow Social

August 27, 2025

An outdoor social and pizza party at the NAC rooftop garden with the Gay Garden Society.

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Drag Me To Live!

August 27, 2025

Drag Me To Live! presents it’s second ever Open Stage, hosted by the fabulous Eden Moore and featuring a lineup of upcoming drag artists!

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A Queer’s Guide to Spiritual Living

August 27, 2025

A film blending multiple art forms portraying the lives of queer people practicing different religions.

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Grief and Political Identity

August 27, 2025

What is the meaning of grief in the context of political identity? Who gets to grieve? When? How?

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A Queerly Crafty Afternoon – August edition

August 21, 2025

Join us for a chill afternoon of LGBTQ+ friendly crafting and creativity!

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Toast of Tenderness: Dykes of Colour Breakfast

August 21, 2025

Brunch for dykes of colour before the Dyke March

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Fierce Fusion

August 21, 2025

Queer open stage night followed by dance party at Swizzles

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Frigays Ottawa Pride

August 21, 2025

OTTAWA PRIDE – DO WE HAVE YOUR ATTENTION? We’re back for a third year with another ICONIC Drag Race Winner & Toronto’s hottest dance party!

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Come Through: Black Queer Drop-Ins

August 21, 2025

A queer space for Black joy, dancing, connection, and community.

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Slut Ranch

August 21, 2025

live music x rave DJs x save a horse ride a cowboy! Get wrangled into something sweaty, glitchy, and gloriously unhinged.

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Naked Boys Reading

August 20, 2025

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

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Grow With The Flow

August 20, 2025

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

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Now What?

August 19, 2025

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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Pop-up Vaccine Clinic

August 18, 2025

MAX is hosting a pop-up mpox vaccine clinic during the Pride Street Festival.

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Scenes and Zines: an Ottawa Dyke March Fundraising Event

August 14, 2025

A film screening of the Watermelon Woman and zine workshop to fundraise for the Ottawa Dyke March’s upcoming events

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