Chez Nous / Our Place: African and Newcomer Pride 2026 - a three-day celebration of African and Newcomer queer and trans identity through dialogue, performance, community building, and ballroom culture.<br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" id="isPasted" fr-original-style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><br style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="color: rgb(12, 16, 20); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">Taking place July 24&ndash;26, 2026 in Ottawa, this event centers Black African and racialized African newcomer LGBTQ+ voices, and creates an affirming, intergenerational space rooted in joy and resistance - for us, by us. This event series is a collaboration between <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.kindspace.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Kind Space</a> and the&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.centretownchc.org/programs/lgbtqia%2B-newcomer-program" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">LGBTQ+ Newcomer Program</a> at Centretown Community Health Centre. Funds raised go directly to helping us cover the expenses so Chez Nous can remain free for participants and for artists and performers to be fairly compensated.&nbsp;

Chez Nous / Our Place: African and Newcomer Pride 2026 - a three-day celebration of African and Newcomer queer and trans identity through dialogue, performance, community building, and ballroom culture. Taking place July 24–26, 2026 in Ottawa, this event centers Black African and racialized African newcomer LGBTQ+ voices, and creates an affirming, intergenerational space rooted in joy and resistance - for us, by us. This event series is a collaboration between <a href="https://www.kindspace.ca/" target="_blank">Kind Space</a> and the <a href="https://www.centretownchc.org/programs/lgbtqia%2B-newcomer-program" target="_blank">LGBTQ+ Newcomer Program</a> at Centretown Community Health Centre. Funds raised go directly to helping us cover the expenses so Chez Nous can remain free for participants and for artists and performers to be fairly compensated.

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