Media Advisory - MAX Ottawa and ViiV Healthcare to Announce Spill the Tea program

Grant from ViiV Healthcare will support awareness and anti-stigma campaign around safer partying for guys who are into guys in the Ottawa area

OTTAWA, July 11, 2018 /CNW/ -

WHO:	Roberto Ortiz, Executive Director of MAX Ottawa Sarah Leclerc, General Manager, ViiV Healthcare Canada MAX Ottawa, Capital Pride and ViiV Healthcare Canada Volunteers
WHAT:	Photo Opportunity and Media Availability
WHEN:	10:30-12:30 PM Photo Opportunity at 10:45 Thursday, July 12^th 2018
WHERE:	MAX Ottawa 251 Bank St., 2^nd Floor
WHY:	MAX Ottawa
	MAX Ottawa, in partnership with ViiV Healthcare Canada and others will be packing condom kits for use at MAX events in the coming year, including Capital Pride.
	MAX Ottawa and ViiV Healthcare Canada will also launch Spill the Tea, a new year-long campaign to raise awareness and provide education on safer partying for guys who are into guys in the Ottawa area. There are many ways guys into guys party and connect with each other: bars, apps, sports, activism, sex, drugs. However, there is a lot of stigma surrounding drugs and sex which is a barrier to having discussions in these communities.

MAX Ottawa is a community-based organization that focuses on maximising the health and wellness of gay, bisexual, two-spirit, queer and other guys who are into guys, whether cis or trans (GBT2Q) by educating, addressing disparities in health outcomes, and delivering activities to support health and wellbeing. Formerly known as the Ottawa Gay Men's Wellness Initiative, MAX is proud to be the first stand-alone GBT2Q men's health organization in Ontario.

SOURCE MAX Ottawa

please contact: Michael Powell, ViiV Healthcare Canada Public Affairs, O: 613-233-8906, C: 613-797-7313, [email protected]