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French President Signs Gay Marriage Into Law

AP | ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.18.2013 | Gay Voices

PARIS — France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage ...

Not-So-Gay Paris: Why France's Same-Sex Marriage Fight Is Far From Over

Real Clear World | Paul Ames | Posted 05.15.2013 | Gay Voices

It's Paris under the spring sunshine. Couples stroll hand-in-hand, steal kisses while window shopping past chic boutiques, or whisper sweet-nothings o...

Now, How Do We Celebrate Mother's Day?

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 05.12.2013 | Politics
Joan Z. Shore

With all the mommies working two jobs and many of the daddies laid off, how do they celebrate Mother's Day? More trenchantly, how do all the gay couples with children celebrate Mother's Day?

325,000 All Out Members Celebrate French Marriage Victory

Joe Mirabella | Posted 04.25.2013 | Gay Voices
Joe Mirabella

More than 325,000 All Out members signed the largest petition for equality in French history. All Out members organized pro-marriage rallies in 17 cities throughout the country. Members also raised enough money to purchase an ad in Le Monde on the day of the Senate vote.

Homophobic 'Death To Gays' Hashtag Trending In France

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 04.24.2013 | Gay Voices

As lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocates across France celebrated the country's decision to legalize gay marriage Tuesday, a homopho...

OOPS! Anti-LGBT Politicians Accidentally Vote For France's Gay Marriage

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 04.24.2013 | Gay Voices

Well, that's embarrassing. As many rejoiced over France's legalization of gay marriage, one French politician was left a bit red-faced after the vo...

Civil Marriage Is Now Universal

Christiane Taubira | Posted 04.24.2013 | World
Christiane Taubira

What are others losing? Or more directly, what could it be that is more precious for heterosexual couples and heterosexual parents, and how could this be changing it?

France Legalizes Gay Marriage

AP | LORI HINNANT and SYLVIE CORBET | Posted 04.23.2013 | Gay Voices

PARIS — France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and ...

Gunpowder Threat Sent To French Parliament Leader

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 04.22.2013 | Gay Voices

As France prepares to make a decision on gay marriage, opponents of the sweeping social rights legislation are stepping up their efforts to delay the ...

Protesters Deem Gay Marriage Law 'Threat To Social Fabric' In France

AP | By GREG KELLER | Posted 04.21.2013 | Gay Voices

PARIS -- Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to sunny Paris boulevards on Sunday to protest the expected passage this week of a bill legalizing ga...

France's Gay Marriage Proposal Prompts Last-Ditch Protests

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.21.2013 | Gay Voices

Tens of thousands of people were expected to cram the streets of Paris Sunday in a last-ditch protest to stop controversial gay marriage legislation f...

Why Gay Marriage Is Polarizing France

Agence France Presse | Martine Nouaille | Posted 04.21.2013 | Gay Voices

Gay marriage may have passed with barely hitch in many countries, but it has kicked up a huge storm in France, a country often seen as the champion of...

Bad News For France's Gay Marriage Opponents

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2013 | Gay Voices

PARIS, April 15 (Reuters) - French police arrested dozens of protesters against same-sex marriage on Monday as left-wing lawmakers brought forward t...

As France Prepares for Marriage Equality, Opponents Warn of Civil Strife

John Becker | Posted 04.14.2013 | Gay Voices
John Becker

The French people strongly endorse same-sex marriage, and support for the right of married gay and lesbian couples to adopt children sits just shy of 50 percent. But the push for equality in France has an ugly underbelly.

French Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

AP | Posted 04.12.2013 | Gay Voices

PARIS — The French Senate voted Friday to legalize same-sex marriage in France, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer. The v...

Anti-Gay Assaults Surge In France

Agence France Presse | Marianne Barriaux | Posted 04.11.2013 | Gay Voices

Wilfred de Bruijn's face is bloated, seeped in blood, his bruised right eye shut tight, his tooth broken -- the victim of a brutal attack in Paris whi...

Anti-Gay Attack Victim Becomes French Icon

AP | THOMAS ADAMSON | Posted 04.10.2013 | Gay Voices

PARIS — The shocking photo of a homophobic attack victim in Paris that went viral on social media this week and caused the French interior minis...

France's Fight For Gay Marriage Turns Violent

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2013 | Gay Voices

By Tara Oakes PARIS, April 10 (Reuters) - A gay man beaten up in Paris this month is using a photo of his injuries to fuel a growing ...

Gay Marriage Law Passes Crucial Vote In France

Posted 04.10.2013 | Gay Voices

Gays and lesbians in France may soon be able to marry and become parents. The marriage equality bill currently before lawmakers would grant French ...

Gay Marriage Debates and Interpretative Bird Dances in France

Scott Gunther | Posted 04.27.2013 | Gay Voices
Scott Gunther

So if the opponents of same-sex marriage weren't talking about sex or religion, what kinds of arguments were they making?

A Day in a Queer Life in France: An Ordinary Day

Olivier Steiner | Posted 04.23.2013 | Gay Voices
Olivier Steiner

2013-02-14-ADayInTheQueerLifeBanner.jpgHonestly, I hardly know what homophobia is anymore. Even my parents have worked through it. Everyone around me knows, and I live in a bubble of kindly indifference to homosexuality where it is no more an issue than the color of my hair. But I do remember.

French Subway Offers V-Day Special To Heterosexuals Only

The Huffington Post | Sara Gates | Posted 05.17.2013 | Gay Voices

The owner of a Subway shop in Angers, France is under fire for only offering a Valentine's Day special to heterosexual couples. Citing the current ...

The Political Genius Of 'Marriage for All'

Eloi Saint Bris | Posted 04.16.2013 | Gay Voices
Eloi Saint Bris

In France the political genius lay in linking gay marriage with the French tradition of (and obsession with) equality. In the end it wasn't about difference, empathy, recognition, historical progress or oppression. It had little to do with being gay, even. It was about legal equality.

Great News For France's Gay Community

AP | JAMEY KEATEN | Posted 04.14.2013 | Gay Voices

PARIS — France's lower house of parliament approved a sweeping bill on Tuesday to legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt chil...

Thoughts Of An American Au Pair In Paris On France's Fight Over Gay Marriage

Carrie Dennis | Posted 04.07.2013 | Gay Voices
Carrie Dennis

Why, in a modern European country with socialist leanings, does "liberté, égalité, fraternité" fall apart in the face of LGBT politics? France, particularly Paris, has a reputation as being culturally superior to all of America, but lately it seems that the so-called "city of love" is lacking in love.