Le Stud

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

The bar's exterior, 2017
Le Stud Location within Montreal
Location	Gay Village, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Coordinates	45°31′21″N 73°33′7″W
Construction
Opened	1996 (1996)

History

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]