Stella, l’amie de Maimie is 25 years old!

It took a movement of sex workers to build Stella and it has taken a movement and many different generations of sex workers to maintain it. Since our birth in 1995, Stella has been a source and symbol of strength, creativity, resilience and community for sex workers in Montreal and those passing through the city.

Despite several attempts of nay-sayers to invisibilize sex work from the city, sex worker rights organizations run by and for sex workers – like Stella – ensure a space and voice for the respect for the rights of people working in the sex industry and those selling and trading sex.

Join us for a year-long series of celebrations, education, and community building as we take our city by storm and remind the world of our rightful place in this city: sex workers are here and we are not going anywhere.

Long live Stella! Happy Birthday!

Live, from Stella’s 25th…

These posts are dedicated to writings about our 25^th anniversary activities. Here you will find thoughts, themes, and important messages that each of the events have highlighted.

Maimie Pinzer Mural

Maimie Mural project. A collaboration between the Mile End Chavurah and Stella, l’amie de Maimie, 2025.Maimie Pinzer crowned Montreal’s next Jewish Messiah, 2023. On July 6th, 2023, Tamara Kramer, with the Mile End Chavurah in Montreal, organized an event in search of the next “Jewish Messiah”. “If Not Leonard…?” sought to honour Jewish Montrealers who […]