Tuesday is free night for women!  Join the dyke gang from 7:00 - 9:30 pm.  All you need to pay for is your drinks!  Kool!  The players range from those trying to figure out which end of the cue stick to hold, to some really great players. Players of all skill levels are welcome and the good players are always willing to help with some coaching.  Dooly's is located at 2277 Gladwin Crescent, just south of the Queensway and off St Laurent. Their web site is www.doolysottawa.com.  You don't need to RSVP ... just show up if you want to join in the fun.

Spell your heart out to raise money for Pride and the GLBT Village Project.  Yes, it's time for another Bee.  Challenge some of Ottawa's best GLBT spellers or just sit back and watch the fun!  Co-hosts China Doll and Glenn "Gay Smiley" Crawford will be joined by the fabulous Glenn Nuotio on keyboards for musical performances. Want to spell? Email glenn@jackofalltradesdesign.com to register today! Prizes for best speller of the night. Since this is a fundraiser, there is a small cover charge of $5.  Shanghai Restaurant, 651 Somerset Street West. 9:00 pm.

LIX Chick, Carol-Anne Grenier, brings you another fabulous sale of her glass fusion art, glass masks, bowls, plates, functional glass, glass tiles, jewelry and Christmas decorations.  10:00 am. - 4:00 pm. at 127 Fairmont Ave (corner of Edgar Ave.).  Visit the Incredible Designs by Carol-Anne web site at http://idbcagrenier.spaces.live.com/ or call her at (613) 291-3547 for a Studio Tour. 

Wherever you fall on the spectra of sexuality and gender. Whatever your relationship to the LGBTQI community. Come out and join in for a time of exploration, reflection and celebration of gender and sexual diversity. Presented by the Welcoming Congregation Team, this annual Sunday service acts as the spiritual kick-off to Ottawa Pride. 10:30 am. First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa, 30 Cleary Avenue, off Richmond, just east of Richmond and Woodroffe. For more information, please go to the web site at www.uuottawa.com.

Get ready Ottawa for Capital Pride 2008: Live Your Pride!  This year, the organizers are planning more events and more excitement as they launch a new logo and a new theme.  Visit the web site often as they continue to add more events and information regarding Ottawa's most colourful event.  For more information, go to www.capitalpride.ca.

This powerful film is a compilation of footage documenting the first ACT UP meeting in 1987 in New York City's Wall Street and continuing to 2002. Amateur video recording – at the demonstration level and from the private, behind-the-scenes meetings and training – reveals the astonishing camaraderie that united a politically enraged community, regardless of age, race, ethnicity or gender. This political group taught how to fight back against government complacency, to protest the high cost of pharmaceutical drugs, and to simply ask others, "Where is your rage?" (75 min).  Doors open at 7:00 pm; movie starts at 7:30.  FREE admission; $5 suggested donation.  Snacks for sale.  Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street.  For more information, visit the web site at http://DivergenceMovieNight.com.

As part of Pride Week celebrations, the Ottawa GLBTQ Grad Students Group presents a public lecture by Professor Dan Irving at the Ottawa Public Library, 120 Metcalfe St., Doors open at 7:00 pm.; lecture at 7:30 pm. Refreshments provided. Professor Irving will discuss Female-to-Male identities in relation to the idea of a "self-made man".  What is a "self-made man"?  Where does the idea come from? How is it used by trans activists?  What are the social and political ramifications of talking as "self-made men"?  Dan Irving is a FTM scholar who works as an Assistant Professor in Sexuality Studies and Human Rights in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University.  For more information, go to www.ottawagradgroup.com.

Laugh your ass off (in a good way) with Marga Gomez, Darcy Michael and host Andrew Johnson.  Yuk Yuk's Downtown, 88 Albert Street.  Yuk Yuk’s, 88 Albert St. 8:30 p.m.  Tickets $25.  For more information go to www.yukyuks.com.

The Ron Kolbus Centre at Lakeside Gardens.  Doors open at 9:00 pm. and the dancing continues until 1:00 am.  This year we have chosen to give the largest portion of the proceeds to Pink Triangle Services.  We will also be making a donation to Pride.  The rest of the proceeds will go to the LIX 'kitty' (operating budget) to ensure that we can continue to bring you fun LIX events throughout the year!  Tickets are available at After Stonewall, mother tongue books, and Venus Envy.  Advance tickets are $15; $20 for tickets at the door.  Please keep in mind that this dance sells out every year so if you want to guarantee yourself admission, buy your tickets in advance.

This combined Monthly PSP Event and PSP Women's Social will be a special fundraiser for Capital Pride. Cold hors 'oeuvres and sweets will be served. A $5 donation is requested at the door, which will go towards PSP's donation to Capital Pride. Tao Night Club, 158 1/2 Rideau Street (at Dalhousie).  5:00 - 7:30 pm.  The monthly PSP Women's Social will return the third Thursday in September. For more information on this and future events contact Sarah at psp_women2008@yahoo.ca or go to www.publicservicepride.ca.

Take to the streets. Stand up for queer women's rights. Celebrate our lives and our families.  Meet at the Human Rights Monument (Elgin and Lisgar) at 2:00 pm for the Rally & March.  At 3:00 pm. there's a Queer Family Picnic and Concert at Minto Park (Elgin and Gilmour). Free food! Open to everyone!  This year's entertainment includes musicians Rae Spoon, Lisa Bozikovic, Amy Campbell and DJ CPI; and spoken word artists Luna Allison and Faye Estrella.

After the Picnic at Minto Park, consider heading over to City Hall (110 Laurier) where from 5:00 - 8:00 pm. you can enjoy Women's Stage III.  Comedienne Christine O’Leary hosts performers Nancy Rancourt, DJ Jen, Tara Holloway, Jenna Taggart, Mad June, Nikki Gregoire and more! All Welcome! $5.00 entry covers Capital Pride Day as well!  For more information, go to www.capitalpride.ca.

The Ottawa Children's Aid Society is actively recruiting adoptive and foster parents in the LGBT community.  They hold two information sessions a month.  The first Thursday of every month is for LGBT people interested in adoption.  The last Thursday of the month is for those interested in fostering.  Sessions take place at the CAS offices, 1602 Telesat Court, Gloucester from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.   If you're interested in attending, please RSVP to Anik at (613) 747-7800 x2857.

Ottawa queers and allies are invited to shake their booty for a PTS (Pink Triangle Services) fundraiser...Queer Grooves and Dance Moves, a youth-led and organized dance-off fundraising event organized by Pink Triangle Youth (PTY) – the longest running for-youth-by-youth support group, the first GLBTTQ youth group in Canada and PTS flagship program.  Show your support for PTS and Ottawa’s GLBTTQ community by getting involved as a spectator, by pledging for a dancer you know, by collecting pledges or by signing up as part of a dance team.  Location: Britannia Park @ the Pier. 2:00 - 7:00 pm.  All ages. Free admission ($5 requested minimum donation).  For more information on showing your support, contact the event coordinators at queergrooves@gmail.com or by calling Claudia at (613) 563-4818.

The fifth annual celebration of Queer diversity in the Seaway Valley!  Come to Lamoureux Park on Saturday, August 30th for Community Day.  The opening ceremony begins at Noon and will include the raising of the rainbow flag at the intersection of Pitt and Water Streets.  Then there'll be loads of live, family friendly entertainment from 1:00 pm at the Cornwall Lions Club Bandshell, the city's premier outdoor entertainment venue.  The highlight of the day comes at 8:00 pm when The B-Girlz, (www.b-girlz.com) Canada's most fabulous queer musical comedy troupe, take to the stage as this year's headliners.  There will also be vendors, info booths and many other activities all day and into the evening.  Best of all, admission is free!  The annual Pride Gala takes place on the evening of Sunday, August 31st at Army/Navy/Air Force Veterans' Club #342, 14 Marlborough Street North.  The evening begins at 7:00 pm with a wine & cheese and silent auction.  Then the party gets into full gear when dancing begins at 9:00 pm.  There will be door prizes, the ever-popular 50/50 draw, and the organizers will be announcing the winners of the annual rainbow quilt raffle.  Alain Merizzi, one of Cornwall's hottest DJ's, will be on hand to spin discs all night long!  Be sure not to miss it!  Many details will be announced in the weeks leading up to the festival so stay tuned to the Facebook page as the countdown progresses.
www.facebook.com/pages/PrideFierte-Cornwall/26852068104.  NEWS UPDATE: The organizers are proud to announce the début of their very own channel on YouTube.  Check out two videos: one which highlights Pride 2008 itself, and the other which shows the natural beauty of the venue for their August 30th community day, Lamoureux Park.  You can find them at http://youtube.com/pridefiertecornwall. 

Meetings are held at Swizzles at 246B Queen Street (below the Green Papaya...entrance on the west side of the building) from 7:00 - 9:00 pm.  You don't have to be self-employed and/or promoting a business to attend...at least half of the gals come to check out lesbian businesses and to socialize.  If you have any interest in presenting a five-minute infomercial about your business/volunteer work/special interest group, etc. at one of the networking meetings, please contact Lucy at info@girlswanttoknow.com.

Vancouver B.C. Coast Plaza Hotel.  The organizers are expecting about 200 lesbians and dykes, ages 50+ years, from across Canada and the U.S. to converge on Vancouver September 4-7.  As well, younger friends, partners and lovers are very welcome.  Women under 50 are an important part of the conference.  The program is spilling over with stimulating and thought-provoking workshops, presentations, outdoor activities, socials, meals and entertainment...and there’s still more to come!  Registration information and conference details can be found at http://www.soundsandfuries.com/BOLD.html.  Please check the website occasionally for program updates.

When officials began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, this country went to war over a word.  How different is a "gay marriage" from a heterosexual one?  The Year of Paper chronicles the newlywed year of three couples - lesbian, heterosexual and gay - exploring why they got married and how saying "I Do" has changed their relationships.  Although each newlywed year takes a different path, these couples deal with similar issues.  Family acceptance of their relationship, finances, resolving conflict and starting a family of their own are among the experiences they share.  In experiencing their everyday lives, we see the human faces behind this issue.   It also follows the firestorm of debate that surrounds the very idea of marriage for same-sex couples.  91 minutes.  Doors open at 7:00 pm; movie starts at 7:30.  FREE admission; $5 suggested donation.  Snacks for sale.  Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street.  For more information, visit the web site at http://DivergenceMovieNight.com.

Tickets are now on sale for this rare concert opportunity!  Renowned Canadian lesbian singer-songwriter, Ferron, will be performing at the Library and Archives, 395 Wellington Street at 8:00 pm.  Tickets are $30 and are available at the Ottawa Folklore Centre, After Stonewall, CD Warehouse and Compact Music.  For more information, go to www.nutshellmusic.com.

Women For Sobriety is a self-help recovery program for women that can be used with or without a 12-step program.  Meetings are strictly confidential and anonymous.  Any woman with a sincere desire to start dealing with her addiction is welcome.  Meetings run from 7:00 - 8:15 pm. at the headquarters of the Christmas Exchange Program at 1390 Prince of Wales, 4th floor.  The office building is in behind the Chateau Royale apartments and has a Chinese restaurant on the first floor.  Turn west at the lights between Dynes Road and Meadowlands Drive East.  Parking is free.  Tim Horton's is on the south side.  For more information, call (613) 220-3588 or send an email to w.f.s.in.Ottawa@gmail.com.  WFS has a private Facebook page that you can join by sending an email to this same WFS email address.

A safe space for LBTQ women of all ages and all stages of coming out.  Meetings are held at the PTS offices, 251 Bank Street, Suite 301.  7:00 - 9:00 pm.  Check out Women's Night on Facebook, call (613) 563-4818 or send an email to ptswomen@yahoo.ca.

The "Keep it Simple" group of Al-Anon meets every Sunday evening at 7:30 pm. at the Jack Purcell Community Centre on Elgin Street.  Millions of people are affected by the excessive drinking of someone close to them.  If you fall into this category and are looking for a safe LGBTQ space to get help and support, this meeting is for you.  For more information call (613) 860-3431 or go to the web site at www.al-anon.alateen.on.ca.

...is a large, vibrant organization that organizes a wide variety of recreational and social activities for lesbians in the National Capital Region.  Recent activities have included hiking, cycling, dining out, movie nights, pool, dog-walking, darts nights, picnics, camping weekends, indoor rock climbing, dances, games nights, gathering/potlucks etc.. etc..  For more details, visit their web site at www.lesbianoutdoorgroup.ca.

...brings together lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) public servants from all departments of the federal government.  According to the mandate, the Network provides LGBT federal public servants with opportunities to develop professional communication networks, meet for social events, provide support to colleagues in the workplace, share information about experiences, and raise awareness regarding LGBT issues.  For more information and to see the calendar of events, please visit their web site at www.publicservicepride.ca.  The women in the PSP group have decided that they will meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month.  For location and more details, send an email to Sarah at psp_women2008@yahoo.ca.

...is an Ottawa-based women's literary fundraising magazine...that will donate its proceeds back into various events and charities in the community.  The creators are looking for interested subscribers as well as women who wish to submit writing, photography or artwork for upcoming issues.  The yearly subscription rate is $18.  Find details on advertising, sponsorship, subscriptions, submitting work and more at www.mwdesign.ca/TheVoice.

...takes place on the first Sunday of each month at the Church of the Ascension, 253 Echo Drive, Ottawa at 7:00 pm.   Integrity Ottawa is a gathering of gay men, lesbians and straight friends living in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa.  They are interested in supporting the lives of LGBTTQ people in the Anglican Church of Canada and abroad in the wider Anglican Communion.  For more information, check out: www.ottawa.integritycanada.org.

...regularly holds workshops of interest to women.  To see what's happening, check out the web site at www.venusenvy.ca.  Venus Envy is located at 320 Lisgar Street.