DAN CALLWOOD, Anxiety and Dire France's Gay Pornographic Film Boom, 1974-1983, Journal of the History of Sexualy, Vol. 26, No. 1 (JANUARY 2017), pp. 26-52
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Our gay events gui ntas a full round-up of the biggt and. You'll fd a cent gay scene Marseille centered around several venu, cludg bars, clubs, snas and cise clubs. La Cage x Foll (1978)Tradnally France has been seen as one of the most liberal untri the world, and boasts an enviable rerd on gay rights, spe the ocsnal rantgs om Brigte Bardot.
But has this homoiendly attu translated to s cema?
We’ve kept the list to films that are easily available to watch the UK, but honourable mentn should go to The Ostrich Has Two Eggs (1957), a dated farce that at least has a sympathetic gay son, albe one who never appears on screen, and L Amiés particulièr (1964), set a boys’ boardg school.
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Un chant d’amour (1950)French wrer Jean Ge is one of the key figur of gay culture, whose novels (cludg Querelle of Brt), plays and says have been champned by gay and straight rears alike. There’s nothg explicly gay here, but any film that shov Jacqu Perr a sailor su, squeez Gee Chakiris to tight whe troers and rat self wh lavish, lurid sets fely has a queer eye. La Cage x Foll (1978)“Une édie très gay” smirked the tagle for this box-office smash.
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Blier’s films often foc on two aquate men ung agast women (L Valss, the Osr-wng Get Out Your Handkerchiefs), and unrton of homosexualy have always lgered the air. Here ’s ma explic, albe an ocsnally homophobic ntext – the scen where the hband is forced to don women’s clothg are particularly unfortable. The arrival of the betiful and charismatic Gill threatens both his thory and his mand on his sexualy, as an unrequed homoerotic attractn tak hold.
Anatomy of Hell (2004)Gay men hate and fear women, even more than straight men. When a woman (Amira Casar) slash her wrists a gay bar, she challeng her homosexual rcuer (Italian porn star Roc Sifedi) to spend four nights wh her to “watch me where I’m unwatchable”. Fet the cliché of the gay bt iend, this guy n’t stand women.
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It’s easy to snigger at the portento dialogue (“The elasticy of a boy’s an don’t lie about the tightns of the lower tt”) and the assumptn of misogyny may rile male viewers, gay or straight.
Only the fal third is explicly gay, but homoerotic tensns simmer throughout. Most reviews foc on the showy performance of the equently naked Nilas Cazalé as the rebel whout much of a e the first chapter, but the emotnal heart li the fal third, as Morel explor the plexi of the vulnerable gay youth who mt choose between aternal loyalty and a chance at romantic happs. L Invisibl (2012)Sébastien Lifshz is bt known for his gay featur (Prque rien, Gog South), but his ft work to date is this revealg documentary which gay men and women their 60s and 70s talk about their liv and lov.
Stirrg archive footage om the 1960s shows pro-gay monstratns – tertgly, many of the straight onlookers support the liberal march.
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The wty, charismatic and urageo people paved the way for the eedom gay men and women enjoy today. Their disarmg ankns creat an valuable oral history, while their tal of opprsn show how far gay rights have progrsed over the s.
Ntled the gay-hotspot of Le Marais, the hotel (named after the Tfft film) is set a former 18th century prec metal factory. • Gay-only gutho: Le Moul Tet (External lk) Touloe and La Villa Ltoral (External lk) Montepellier (the former 30 m om downtown, the send a rort-type lodgg near the beach of Southern France) are ial if you're lookg for a gay-only stay an timate settg. A few days before the next GayPri (June 29), Ifop published a survey on the French view of homosexualy, same-sex parentg and their gree of adherence to different LGBTPHOBES prejudic and opns.
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Conducted wh a reprentative natnal sample of 3, 000 people, this study highlights a growg acceptance of homosexualy and homosexualy society, but also the persistence of certa heterosexist stereotyp, particularly the tegori of the populatn most fluenced by MAIN LESSONS OF THE SURVEY Greater social acceptance of homosexualyA stronger tolerance towards the visibily of homosexualy the public spaceIncreasg acceptance of the prciple of homosexual parenthoodThe persistence of homophobic and transphobic clichésFrench people who react more to homophobic remarksMuch progrs has been ma acceptg homosexualy.
In 1975, 42% of French people nsired homosexualy a flaw. Contrary to popular belief, the survey shows that the acceptance rate chang very ltle acrdg to age: 73% of people unr 35 accept homosexualy; 67% for those 65 and over. Surprisgly, homosexualy is ls accepted the cy wh 79% of membership urban Paris while is 86% the provce and 89% ral areas.
French people more aware of the progrs to be ma For 65% of those surveyed this year (pared to 43% 2004), the recent attacks on homosexuals prove that homophobia is still important.