Our Mission:
Stella’s primary mission is to improve the quality of life and working conditions for sex workers who identify as women either in the context of their sex work or in their personal lives, to educate the greater public on the different ways that sex work happens as well as about our lived experiences as sex workers, so that sex workers might also enjoy and benefit from the same rights to safety and security that are commonplace for other people.
Stella Montreal seeks to:
- Offer support and information to sex workers so that sex workers can work and live in safety and with dignity.
- Help counter violence, the different factors that put sex workers at risk of contracting HIV and STIs and any other threats to our community’s general wellbeing.
- Fight discrimination towards sex workers as well as the social isolation and stigmatization that is endured by many.
- Work towards the decriminalization of all forms of sex work.
- Support the participation of sex workers involvement in our communities.
- Encourage the creation of platforms and forums used to discuss sex work on municipal, provincial, federal and international levels.
Stella’s team works towards these goals by promoting solidarity among sex workers and by creating spaces where sex workers can access power. Stella also participates in the international sex workers’ rights movement.
Sign up for Stella’s Bulletin
(For sex workers only)
Stella’s Bulletin includes the Bad Client and Aggressors List, which includes descriptions of the various incidents that are reported to us anonymously every month, in order to make it easier for sex workers to help each other avoid dangerous situations. It also includes a calendar of Stella’s monthly activities and other useful information.
Stella’s Bulletin is distributed monthly by Stella to sex workers and partner organizations that work with sex workers. If you are a sex worker and want to subscribe to the Bulletin, enter your email here:
*Available in English and French.
If you have experienced a bad client or aggressor, let us know. You can always find someone to talk to at Stella, and we can help if you want to file a complaint, need health services or psychological support. You can submit your description or account of an interaction with a bad client online, by fax, email, telephone, or you can come to Stella to fill out a description sheet.
Sign up for InterStellaire
(For everyone!)
InterStellaire is our quarterly newsletter that offers readers a peek into some of Stella’s work for sex workers’ rights at the local level. It also provides insight into the context for organizing for sex workers’ rights and the resistance work being done at local, national and global levels.
Enter your email here to sign up for the the InterStellaire:
Make a Donation
If you would like to support Chez Stella Montreal with a donation, you can send your cheque out to “Stella, l’amie de Maimie”. Tax receipts can be provided for any donation over $20.
You can also make a donation via CanadaHelps or through PayPal. We thank you very much for your contributions!