French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune told a magazine to be published on Wednesday that he is gay and plans to visit a so-called LGBT-free zone in Poland to support local activists.
The French capital has many nicknames, one of them being “gay Paris”. To be fair, this was in reference to the word’s original meaning of “cheerful” rather than homosexuality, but to celebrate Lesbian Visibility Day we’re taking a look at just how gay-friendly “gay Paris” really is.
A plan to attack gay nightclubs in Paris was among a dozen terror plots thwarted in France since the start of the year, according to Interior Minister Gerard Collomb.
A French TV show at the centre of a breast-kissing controversy earlier this year routinely disparages gays under the guise of humour, a gay rights group claims.
France's health minister is taking several French mayors to court after they ordered HIV awareness posters to be taken down in their towns, apparently because they featured two men embracing.
French media mocked President Francois Hollande on Tuesday after he described sexual orientation as "a choice", in his reaction to the Orlando gay nightclub massacre, comments that had provoked outrage on social media. The president then corrected his gaffe.
The head of Air France’s LGBT union tells The Local gay stewards should fly to Iran, just as they should "do their job" and work on flights to 20 other destinations where gay rights are not recognized.
First the Air France hostesses didn't want to wear veils when getting off the plane in Iran, now gay stewards don't want to go to a country where homosexuals could face the death penalty.
France will lift a ban on gay men donating blood, introduced in the 1980s to prevent Aids spread but heavily criticized by rights groups, the health minister said on Wednesday.
France's Protestant Church on Sunday gave the green light to its around 500 vicars to bless same-sex couples if they wish to have their union recognised in a temple.
France scores well on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) rights in a new review, but a spokesman for campaign group ILGA-Europe slammed a "degrading" sterilization requirement for gender reassignment.
UPDATED: France said on Wednesday it was sticking by its choice to send a gay diplomat to the Vatican despite three months of silence from the Holy See over the appointment.
A recent survey shows gay support for the National Front is rising. Some gays say the far-right party is more open to minorities than France’s mainstream parties, despite a history of homophobia.
A hardline French Catholic group has bought the gay bar next to its local church, hoping to turn it into a religious meeting place. But the head of the city's gay community tells The Local that the church will need "a whole bunch of exorcists" to turn it around.
Florian Philippot, one of the top members of France’s far-right party the National Front, is suing gossip magazine Closer for outing him as gay, demanding €50,000 in damages for the front-page splash of him and his alleged partner.
A French mayor known for his hardcore opposition to the country’s highly controversial decision last year to allow gay marriage, has found a same-sex union he can allow. He recently performed the wedding of his own son, who is gay.
France’s lifetime ban on gay men donating blood is facing a serious legal challenge after an influential judge in Europe’s top court found the prohibition amounts to discrimination.
The French government has dropped plans to teach gender equality to school kids after it provoked a venomous reaction from conservative groups. The U-turn has outraged women’s rights groups and left wing commentators alike.
A young French lesbian was dragged away from the home she shared with a friend and assaulted by armed members of her conservative, religious family opposed to her ‘lifestyle’, the French media reported.
A driver for car hire service Uber was fired this weekend because he refused to give a lift to two gay men after telling them homosexuals aren't allowed in his vehicle.
A private religious school in Paris is under investigation from national education officials after students alleged they’d been told in class that 'abortion is in akin to murder'. The private school has ties to the controversial fundamentalist group Opus Dei.
A public bus driver in northern France was fired after he doused two young lesbians with a bottle of water after apparently becoming offended by a kiss they shared just before boarding his bus, according to reports.
