Velvet Steele

Welcome to the multifaceted world of Velvet Steele, a woman with a transsexual medical history. She is a fetish service provider of 25 plus years, known for her appearance on the wildly popular reality series, KINK. She is an advocate, an activist, a sensitivity facilitator, and story teller. She is a sensitivity facilitator, contracted with the CoV and VPD. She counsels on lifestyle, sex, sexuality and gender drawing on her lived experience. She educates on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the world of sex toys. Creator of the first Fetish Night in Vancouver. Life as a fetishist and visual artist has led
her to this world of activism on sex, sexuality, sexual health and sex worker rights.

Velvet is a staunch crusader for the rights of trans people, and sex workers. A life of social activism and advocacy that began when she won the right to access healthcare for people who are trans in British Columbia.

Her ongoing work with the LGBTQ2+ community has strengthened her resolve to fiercely fight for the rights, and specialized needs of minorities in her community whether defined by ethnicity, culture, social background, sexuality, sexual preference, or gender expression and presentation.

She advises to community groups, government agencies, NGO’s, and parent and youth groups on issues associated with the trans community. Her work here extends to
numerous educational institutions, conferences, and awareness projects, making her a much sought after presenter to share her knowledge and unique life experiences.

She was honoured to accept the opportunity to join the City of Vancouver’s Sex Work Task Force in response to the Wally Oppal findings, detailed in the Missing Women’s Commission Report. She educated employment offices, medical professionals, social workers and students on the multifaceted world of Sex Work as Sensitivity Facilitator
with Living in Community.

She advises to the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform and is a member of the British Columbia Coalition of Experiential Communities. She maintains relationships
with progressive sex worker organizations, throughout the country.

Her website www.velvetsteele.com presents her current body of work to the public.