CALL FOR ARTISTS: Capital Pride Public Art Project 2022

The Capital Pride Art Project is a public art competition held in our nation’s Capital. We are seeking artists to submit a proposal for an artwork that will be on view outside throughout the Capital Pride Festival, August 21-28, 2022.

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2022 Festival

Festival registrations now open!

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51 DAYS until 2022 Capital Pride FestivalAugust 21–28, 2022

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Community Group

Redefining Drag Race: Meet Deca Thlon

June 24, 2022

From getting picked last for a team on the playground to being discriminated against during varsity level sports, the world of athletics has not always been the safest space for members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Derek Brougham (they/he/she), a master’s...

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Ten Oaks Brings Overnight Camps Back for 2SLGBTQ+ Youth

June 10, 2022

The Ten Oaks Project is a charitable organization that creates spaces in which 2SLGBTQ+ children, youth, and families can thrive. The Ten Oaks Project has been running since 2004 and offers youth and young adult camps and other programs locally...

Community Group

Queer, Trans, Black and Proud: A Review

March 21, 2022

This review features the following events from the Queer, Trans, Black and Proud programming: Our Voices: Black representation in the media, Our Voices: Kim Katrin, and Queer Black Excellence Showcase. These events can still be watched online here. This year...

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“We Belong” program highlights the QTBIPOC communities

February 10, 2022

Welcome to Capital Pride’s Spotlight Series. In this series of blog posts, Capital Pride will share information about the amazing work of our community partners and how the 2SLGBTQ+ community can access their programming, get involved and learn about what...

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Our mission is to create opportunities to celebrate, advocate, educate and connect people, respecting the full diversity of the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Media Releases

Accepting Applications: Capital Pride Youth Art Showcase at the OAG

June 1, 2022

The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) and Capital Pride are teaming up together to curate a summer art exhibition featuring work from young queer artists in the city! The selected works will be showcased in the OAG’s public areas and the...

Capital Pride 2022 Community Consultation Survey Report

May 20, 2022

The mission of Capital Pride / Fierté dans la Capitale is to create opportunities to celebrate, advocate, educate and connect people, respecting the full diversity of the 2SLGBTQ+ community in Canada’s capital region, on the unceded and unsurrendered land of...

​​All Blood is Equal Coalition welcomes changes to blood donor policies at Canadian Blood...

April 28, 2022

Today’s decision by Health Canada to authorize Canadian Blood Services to change its approach to blood and plasma donor screening ends a decades-long discriminatory ban which has targeted Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, and queer men, trans women, and other men who...

Capital Pride is hiring 

March 29, 2022

Capital Pride is currently hiring students for summer positions to help coordinate the 2022 Capital Pride Festival. The available positions are: Social Media and Communications Coordinator  The positions are full-time from Monday, May 16 to Friday, September 2 and are...

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