Priape (meaning Priapus in French) is a privately held Canadian company, headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.
Priape owned and operated several retail stores specializing in DVDs, books, clothing, leather, sex toys, and other products that appeal to the gay consumer.
The company was founded in Montreal, Quebec in 1974 by Robert Duchaîne and Claude Leblanc, originally at 1111 De Maisonneuve Boulevard.
[2] In 2001, the chain's then-owner, Bernard Rousseau, purchased Montreal's Librairie L'Androgyne bookstore,[3] although he closed that store within a year due to declining sales.
Priape was also a minority investor in Maleflixxx Television, a Canadian subscription cable channel offering gay porn programming.