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@max_ottawa and @OttawaHealth are holding another community pop-up mpox vaccine clinic on Wed. November 20 from 2:30-7pm at the Max office at 400 Cooper St. Suite 9004 Book your appointment now: tinyurl.com/arwxeyyb

The Ontario government plans to halt funding to ten supervised consumption sites in the province. We know this will result in more conflict, overdose and death. The evidence in favour of these sites has been out there for a long time! Harm reduction saves lives.

Sexual health is health. Enough said!

Pop up vaccine clinic on Tuesday!

Our new #safersex and #druguse poster equips guys into guys with tips for seeking intimacy and pleasure more safely and without stigma so they can have fun while minimizing any unwanted impacts. Hang it in locations where guys into guys access services! orders.catie.ca/products/ATI-8…

Five years ago on August 17, 2019, Ottawa mayor Jim Watson came out as gay with a column in the Ottawa Citizen a day before Pride! #ottawapride

MAX Ottawa presents: NOW WHAT? A casual group for GBT2Q guys over 55 years of age, who want to age with pride. Activities vary from month to month. Sometimes, it’s just a casual chat, and other times we have a guest speaker to increase our knowledge of aging with pride.

@max_ottawa and @InsideOutTO are presenting queer film screenings at the @ByTowne Cinema this year! On June 22 we’re showing WILDHOOD: a touching and tender queer road trip movie about Indigenous identities. Get your tickets and find out more here: bytowne.ca/movies/wildhoo…

June 5 is HIV Long-term Survivors Awareness Day! Here's an excerpt from a THR interview with Billy Porter about living with HIV since 2007. Read the whole article here: hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-n…

Tyra Blizzard has a great video up on SEXFLUENT.CA social media about how clinicians and healthcare providers don’t always give you all the STI testing options that are available when you go visit! It’s important to know what’s up - watch the video to find out more!

📍June 2, 2024 - 1:00pm TD Place, Lansdowne rue 1015 Bank St Ottawa Atletico vs the Halifax Wanderers FC am.ticketmaster.com/atletico/quick…

Start Pride Month off on the right foot with Club Atletico’s Pride Soccer Game! ⚽🏃‍♂️ Tix available now! $5 from each sold will go to @max_ottawa and @FierteCapPride! If you purchase tickets through our promo link (see comments), you could win 1 of 2 Atletico Alternate Jerseys!

Mpox is back in Ontario! There have been 4 cases in Ottawa from January to end of March 2024 😖 You can get your 1st or 2nd dose of the vaccine from the @OttawaHealth Sexual Heal Clinic on rue 179 Clarence St. **by appointment only**! Call 613-234-4641 to book!

While a lot of the imagery that appears on totes and t-shirts is more family friendly, Haring’s work was deeply political, often sexual. He was diagnosed with HIV in 1987 and much of his work in the last years of his life was focused on awareness and activism around AIDS.

On May 4, 1958, gay American artist and activist Keith Haring was born. He had an explosive career with a playful cartoon-like pop art style that penetrated the mainstream and is still found all over the world today.

@max_ottawa staff attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the future site of the Thunderhead monument in Ottawa the other day! The monument will commemorate and honour the victims of Canada’s LGBTQ2S+ purge. Learn more about it here: lgbtpurge.com/about-lgbt-pur…

@OttawaHealth @VancityReynolds So good!!!

The Ottawa Public Health Strategic Solar Eclipse Risk Reduction Research Task Force (or OPHSSERRRTF for short) has conducted exhaustive research into helping you avoid looking at the sun today. The result is this comprehensive list of things to look at which are not the sun.

Be safe today if you’re trying to view the eclipse! For information check out: ottawapublichealth.ca/solareclipse

Madonna’s Like A Prayer album was released in 1989, 35 years ago today. The patchouli scented LP carried safer sex info. At a time when homophobia was rife, spurred by fear of AIDS, this was an act of remarkable allyship. 🙏

Please help us share in your networks! ⚡️REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS⚡️ @max_ottawa is inviting qualified consultants to support a STRATEGIC PLANNING process to guide our work in the coming years, building off of our previous plan! Read the full RFP here: maxottawa.ca/request-for-pr…