Lgbt - activities

Reopening of the famous feminist and LGBTQI+ bookshop Violette and Co, in the 11th arrondissement.

After closing in early 2022, the 11th arrondissement literary institution is back, thanks to the determination of feminist activists. More modern, the bookshop now houses a small café, which you can try out from October 13, 2023!

[Series] Heartstopper season 2: our opinion on the LGBT series that makes our hearts beat faster on Netflix

You've been waiting for it? It's now available! On August 3, Netflix released Season 2 of Heartstopper, the British series that tells the story of the budding love between Charlie and Nick, two teenagers who have nothing in common. A resolutely positive series, rooted in reality, to be discovered without delay if you haven't already... Find out what we think of season 2!

Over the Rainbow, the exhibition paying tribute to LGBTQIA+ artists at the Centre Pompidou

The fight for recognition of LGBTQIA+ rights has also been fought through art... The Centre Pompidou honors these artists of the 20th and 21st centuries with the exhibition Over the Rainbow, on view from June 28 to November 13, 2023.

LGBT+: a welcome center to open soon in Paris 4th arrondissement

An inter-associative shelter for the LGBT+ community will open from May 17, at 22 rue Mahler (4th arrondissement), the Ville de Paris announced. It will provide help and support to LGBT+ people in need.

Bros, review of Universal's first gay romantic comedy

Expected in cinemas on October 19, 2022, Judd Apatow's gossipy new production is unveiled in a first trailer. What makes it special is that it's the very first gay romantic comedy to be produced by a major studio.

François Ozon's Peter Von Kant: review, trailer and interviews

François Ozon returns with "Peter Von Kant", a remake of a film by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, in which Denis Ménochet plays a filmmaker who falls in love with a young man he takes under his wing. In cinemas July 6.

Coronavirus: the 2020 Pride march in Paris cancelled

Due to the health crisis and following the ban on festivals and large public events, the Gay Pride, initially scheduled for June 27, 2020 in Paris, is officially cancelled. The organizers invite associations to multiply the events of visibility and pride in Paris and throughout the Ile-de-France from November 2 to 7, 2020.

Homophobia in France : +36% anti-LGBT aggressions in 2019

On International Day Against Homophobia, the Secretary of the Interior is sorry to say that the number of anti-LGBT attack victims rose by 36%. According to the minister, “these numbers shows the deep integration of homophobia and transphobia in the society” and “fall within the scope of a wider context of increasing acts of hate and identity extremisms”.