Location: 2335 30 Ave NE, Calgary, AB T2E 7C7, Canada
Join us every second Friday for 2S+ Youth group. As always, there will be family dinner, smudge, and good times with Auntie Sarah and Uncle River! Open to youth ages 12-29. We are located at 2335 30th Ave NE For more information or any questions send us a DM or email at diamondwillow@miskanawah.ca We look forward to having you join us!
Location: MNP Community & Sport Centre, 2225 Macleod Trl SE, Calgary, AB T2G 5B6, Canada
🌈💦 Dive into #Diversity, join our #LGBTQ+ swimming club!
🏊♂️🏳️🌈 Welcoming all orientations and skill levels
📧 info@differentstrokescalgary.org
Location: The Sentry Box, 1835 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB T3C 0K2, Canada
Come join Queer Calgary for a fun evening of board games, laughter and fun! We welcome anyone to attend, whether you’re a newcomer to gaming or an experienced board game enthusiast.
This event is happening at The Sentry Box. Please note that The Sentry Box is made up of two separate business entities. To access the building, please enter through the west entrance into the Sentry Box, not The Sentry Box Cards. We’ll be on the upper mezzanine, and signs will be placed on the tables to indicate our tables.
Please be aware that this event is not wheelchair accessible due to the approximately 9 stairs into the building.
However, please remember that these events are meant to be a safe space for the Queer community. Transphobia, homophobia, and discrimination of any kind are not welcome. Being a safe space also includes being respectful of photography. Before taking any pictures including people, please always ask for permission.
You can RSVP on Meetup here! Please note you are not required to sign up to attend, all of our ongoing programs are always open to walk ins!
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Queer Calgary is a grassroots initiative and registered non-profit that aims to combat queer isolation and foster a queer community in Calgary. We champion this by organizing regular community events, including this weekly board game event. For more information, you can find us on Facebook, Meetup, or Instagram.
Feel free to check out our Linktree to find our websites, our discord server and everything else we have going on!
If needed, don't forget to ask about our Community Access Fund! Which aims to make our programs accessible to all in the form of bus/transit tickets. Please reach out to us via email at hello@queercalgary.ngo for more details.
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Queer Calgary is a grassroots initiative and registered non-profit that aims to combat queer isolation and foster a queer community in Calgary. We champion this by organizing regular community events, including this weekly board game event. For more information, you can find us on Facebook, Meetup, or Instagram.
Feel free to check out our Linktree to find our websites, our discord server and everything else we have going on!
However, please remember that these events are meant to be a safe space for the Queer community. Transphobia, homophobia, and discrimination of any kind are not welcome.
If needed, don't forget to ask about our Community Access Fund! Which aims to make our programs accessible to all in the form of bus/transit tickets. Please reach out to us via email at hello@queercalgary.ngo for more details.
this is a recurring weekly event that takes place at different locations - info from Prime Timers Calgary website:
Friday Night Dinner - Prime Timers Calgary
Every Friday at 6pm
Various Locations - please email primetimerscalgary@gmail.com for more details.
Prime Timers Calgary (PTC) was re-established in September 2003 to provide opportunities to interact socially with other mature gay and bisexual men. Our goal is to foster positive interaction for our members by facilitating social, recreational and educational activities.
Location: 736 6 Ave SW #1900, Calgary, AB T2P 3N4, Canada
This occurs at our new office space: #1900 736 6 Ave SW
Open Hearts is for all trans, non-binary and gender diverse individuals. As well as those looking to affirm, to explore, or are questioning a trans or gender-diverse identity. Open Hearts focuses on building community and connections.
As distinct from some of the other groups, this is an open format group that is casual and informal in nature. It is about creating space for individuals to share and just be themselves.
This event will be held in the room near the entrance of the building. Look for the Skipping Stone sign!
Location: The New Gallery, 208 Centre St S, Calgary, AB T2G 2B6, Canada
UPCOMING EXHIBITION/
Otipemisiwak Fantasy - Riel Starr
OPENING RECEPTION:
October 23rd, 2026
7PM - 9PM
ARTIST'S TOUR:
6:30PM
The New Gallery
208 Centre St S, Calgary
Otipemisiwak Fantasy is an exploration of contemporary Métis culture through an Indigiqueer and twospirited perspective. It is a love letter to my culture, a way of thanking my relatives who worked so hard to maintain our connection to our culture and land, and allowed me to dream and imagine Indigiqueer futures, Métis spirituality, and the role of the twospirited Otipemisiw. Through historic and contemporary ways of making, Otipemisiwak Fantasy takes the form of a boudoir setting, a sort of dressing room for the artistic personas Otipemisiwak Fantasy Husband and Wife, Indigiqueer representations of Métis gender roles.
The exhibition asks the questions that linger on the lips of the public as they perceive and interact with Indiqueerness and the Michif culture as it exists in history and a contemporary context, revealing the discomfort in invasive conversations regarding native, trans bodies. In implicating the viewers, members of the general public who will pass by and possibly enter The New Gallery and engage with the work in their daily lives. I invite the public to sit with the discomfort of both the unapologetic displays of queerness and the heavy history of my people, reminding the audience that we did not end in 1885, we continue to own ourselves.
@redrivercarts
Riel Starr descends maternally from Métis families from the historic Red River Settlement and Batoche, notably their Berthelet ancestors were community leaders in Pointe à Grouette and their Caron ancestors fought in the Northwest Resistance of 1885. They were born in Amiskwaciywâskahikan, Edmonton, Treaty 6 territory and have been residing in Mohkinstsis, Calgary, Alberta since 2020. They introduce themselves in this way, the traditional way of the Métis to contextualise their knowledge and experiences and situate themselves on this land.
Location: Online
Our October book is "I Want to Be a Wall" by Honami Shirono! This "slice of life" manga graphic novel is about the unique relationship between an asexual woman & a gay man and the world they navigate together. The manga is written in 3 parts; this meeting will focus on part 1, but we may discuss the other parts if people decide to read them too. Most of it is available to read for free online!
Please RSVP here: https://www.abacesandaros.ca/event-details-registration/book-club-25
We will email you the online meeting link an hour before Book Club starts, so that it's at the top of your inbox.
Everyone is welcome to join us, whether you’re a-spec yourself, or interested in reading books with a-spec characters/themes. This is a "no obligations Book Club" and everyone is welcome to attend, whether you read the book or not (just be aware you might hear some spoilers). We usually hold meetings every month, depending on the book chosen and its availability at libraries across Alberta. Feel free to bring suggestions for what we should read next!
Let us know if you have any questions (email: info@abacesandaros.ca).
Wondering what else our Book Club has read? Check out this list of past books!
Location: Killarney Swim Club, MNP Community & Sport Centre, 2225 Macleod Trl SE c/o, Calgary, AB T2G 5B6, Canada
🌈💦 Dive into #Diversity, join our #LGBTQ+ swimming club!
🏊♂️🏳️🌈 Welcoming all orientations and skill levels
📧 info@differentstrokescalgary.org
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