Gay pride ottawa

Capital Pride’s first-ever Ice Parade comes to Winterlude 2SLGBTQIA+ community and allies invited to celebrate Pride on world’s longest skating rink Ottawa, ON – Today Capital Pride announced its inaugural Ice Parade, taking place during Winterlude as part of a winter celebration of Pride. During the third week of August every year, you can join in diverse celebrations of Ottawa's 2SLGBTQ+ community in parks, streets, clubs and other sites across the city.

Highlights of Capital Pride include sporting events, a Rainbow Party, a family picnic and the always-popular Pride Parade. Ottawa Capital Pride is an annual LGBTQ pride event, festival, and parade held in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Gatineau, Quebec, from mid to late August. Established in , it has evolved into a 7 to 9-day celebration of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, advocating for equality, diversity, and inclusion in the National Capital Region.

Expect and exciting lineup of musical and drag performers at the TD Main Stage, as well as the fan-favourite Capital Pride Pageant where judges will crown Mr. Ms. and Mx. Capital Pride The Pride Parade kicks off Sunday, August 24 at 1pm. Please see event pages on our site for more details. This year’s Pride Parade takes place on Sunday, August 24 at PM, starting on Elgin Street and winding its way through Centretown, Ottawa’s unofficial gay village.

Expect rainbow flags flying high, live music, dancers, local community groups, and a whole lot of glitter. Don’t Miss: Pride Pageant – Drag royalty competes for the crown. As the site of Canada's first large-scale rally for gay rights almost 50 years ago, Ottawa has an important legacy to maintain, and Capital Pride is a vital part of how we share these stories with the world. These celebrations include a city-wide festival featuring a number of events for all members of the community, allies, and their families to participate in.

In , 10, people marched in the Ottawa Pride parade with thousands more lining the parade route. We hope the installations will create new ways for the community to celebrate and reconnect. The structure is composed of unique pieces that are united by a common colour. The viewer is invited to look through the coloured circles and into the mirrored shapes of the artwork to discover a new experience from every angle.

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The structure is a reflection of how perception can be altered by simply changing points of view. The success of the summer Pride celebrations allowed Capital Pride to extend its festivities into the winter months by creating new partnerships with Winterlude and the National Capital Commission. It's been running for decades and it's renowned in Ottawa.

So, having Winter Pride run alongside it really shows that Ottawa cares about the queer community. With , visitors taking part in Winterlude every year, the presence of Capital Pride is creating a snowball effect of acceptance and representation across the city. FedDev Ontario is proud to invest in organizations like Capital Pride that are working year-round to make Canada a welcoming and safe destination of choice.

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