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Location | Gay Village, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Coordinates | 45°31′21″N 73°33′7″W / 45.52250°N 73.55194°W |
Opened | 1996 |
Le Stud, or Bar Le Stud, [1] is a gay bar in Montreal's Gay Village, in Quebec, Canada. [2] [3] Established in 1996, the bar caters to bears and the leather subculture. [4] [5] The business has since been criticized for not allowing women in the past, but no longer has such a policy following a discrimination complaint that was filed in 2007.
Le Stud opened in 1996. [6]
In 2007, Audrey Vachon filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec. [7] [8] [9] According to the bar's owner, Michel Gadoury, women have not been allowed since the bar's establishment in order to provide masculine environment to its clientele. [10] [11] Vachon's discrimination complaint was settled in 2008. The terms were not disclosed, but the commission concluded that "businesses have the right to attract a particular clientele but not to discriminate by excluding other customers". [12]
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Location | Gay Village, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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Coordinates | 45°31′21″N 73°33′7″W / 45.52250°N 73.55194°W |
Opened | 1996 |
Le Stud, or Bar Le Stud, [1] is a gay bar in Montreal's Gay Village, in Quebec, Canada. [2] [3] Established in 1996, the bar caters to bears and the leather subculture. [4] [5] The business has since been criticized for not allowing women in the past, but no longer has such a policy following a discrimination complaint that was filed in 2007.
Le Stud opened in 1996. [6]
In 2007, Audrey Vachon filed a complaint with the Human Rights Tribunal of Quebec. [7] [8] [9] According to the bar's owner, Michel Gadoury, women have not been allowed since the bar's establishment in order to provide masculine environment to its clientele. [10] [11] Vachon's discrimination complaint was settled in 2008. The terms were not disclosed, but the commission concluded that "businesses have the right to attract a particular clientele but not to discriminate by excluding other customers". [12]