Hella Glitter [Queering613 & The ACO present]

Saturday // March 4th // 2017 The ACO // Queering613 present HELLA GLITTER A MAGNET PARTY bringing HIV-positive and HIV-negative men together in a stigma-free and safe environment Pull out all the glitter, glitter beards, glitter paint, glitter dancin' shoes! It's gonna be a sweaty one. featuring // DJ Dan Valin // The Ottawa Wolves // [boylesque dancer] Don Jovi The Ottawa Wolves will be keeping your thirstiness quenched all night! We would like to acknowledge and honour that all of the work we do is currently being done on unceded Algonquin Territory that was never given up and never surrendered. Happy Goat 35 Laurel Street Doors: Open at 9:30 PM Admission: $5 or PWYC 19+ Proceeds raised will be going to support programs and services for people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS. +++++ +++++ DJ Dan Valin mixcloud.com/danvalin Queering613 http://queering613.ca/ Snowblower Ottawa http://www.aco-cso.ca/Snowblower/ Happy Goat http://www.happygoatcoffee.com/ Ottawa Wolves http://ottawawolves.ca Don Jovi https://www.facebook.com/don.jovi.902 +++++ +++++ Accessibility note: Happy Goat is an accessible venue. The washrooms are located on the main floor and are accessible as well. The washrooms at this event will be gender neutral in recognition that so often gender variant, trans, two spirit and women identified people are at greater risk to violence and harassment. Q613 hopes to create safer spaces for folks to be who they are and to enjoy their night free from violence and body policing. This includes making a commitment to providing gender-neutral washrooms. This is a Liberation Space! Queering613 collectively strives to create spaces that are free of as many barriers as possible as means to working towards liberation. This means that we are all responsible for creating the spaces we desire, by educating ourselves, each other and ensuring that we are continually engaging in these conversations and creating relationships of support and collective responsibility. While we recognize that no space is exclusively “safe” for anyone, we must collectively work towards mitigating harms. Queering613 works towards recognizing dynamics of power and privilege that exist within society and which have historically oppressed our communities. We believe that these same dynamics and tensions exist within our own communities and we are working continuously towards addressing these tensions and creating supportive spaces. People participating in our events and dance parties are asked to be aware of their language and behaviour and to think about whether these may be harming others. Our spaces are not spaces for explicit or implicit violence, racism, sexism, ageism, transphobia, cissexism, sizeism, fatphobia, sexual harassment, and gender policing, or doing anything to another person without their consent. Acting in a way that disrespects, harms others or undermines these values will not be tolerated. Q613 reserves the right to assess & manage circumstances and situations in the best interest of our collective vision towards creating ‘liberation’ and ‘safer’ spaces.