Cosy fés, by bars and lightful dance floors - Travel Gay Europe's edor Kieran Watks reckons the Paris gay scene has somethg for everyone.
Contents:
- 'GAY PAREE' TAK ON NEW MEANG
- LE MARAIS: "GAY PARIS" AND THE CONSTCTN OF AN LGBTQIA+ MEC
- THE GAY LOLS: THE PARISIAN LGBTQ TOURISM COMPANY OFFERG A DIFFERENT SI OF FRANCE
- WHY PARIS HAS THE BT GAY VILLAGE IN EUROPE
- GAY PARIS
'GAY PAREE' TAK ON NEW MEANG
Paris Courts Gay Travelers * why gay paris *
The history of Paris’s LGBT scene Durg the Ancien Régime (om the late Middle Ag until 1789), homosexualy was a pal crime France, often rultg the ath penalty.
LE MARAIS: "GAY PARIS" AND THE CONSTCTN OF AN LGBTQIA+ MEC
Where are the hottt gay clubs Paris the days? The Marais. * why gay paris *
However, the French Revolutn crimalised homosexualy 1791, makg France one of the first untri to support the LGBT muny Europe. The relaxed laws allowed homosexual activi to ntue provid they rema private and discreet, which helped queer cultur to flourish across France the late 18th and 19th centuri.
Gay nightlife and drag balls flourished durg the Jazz Age of the 1920s.
THE GAY LOLS: THE PARISIAN LGBTQ TOURISM COMPANY OFFERG A DIFFERENT SI OF FRANCE
The Gay Lols is an LGBTQ tourism pany Paris that offers walkg tours of the Marais, personalized erary planng, and guis to Paris gay bars. * why gay paris *
The events of May 1968 helped spire the creatn of the Homosexual Revolutnary Actn Front (Le Front Homosexuel d’actn Révolutnnaire), which uned 4, 000 supporters by 1971.
WHY PARIS HAS THE BT GAY VILLAGE IN EUROPE
Dubbed "the cy of love," Paris is one of the more classic and luxur LGBT romance statns. Plan your gay Paris vatn wh Out. * why gay paris *
The succs of this group cis wh the fact that by the 1970s, all police fil on gay and lbian crim were stroyed, and certa laws agast LGBT nduct and people were repealed. The Paris Gay Pri Para is an important event nowadays too, memoratg the historic trials of the LGBT muny across the globe while celebratg diversy, equaly and eedom. Paris tourism officials want to give new meang to the term "Gay Paree.
"The French pal has always wooed visors wh s reputatn for fe dg and high fashn, and Paris ntually sh on s mystique as the land of love and, Cy Hall has a new strategy: sellg Paris as a leadg statn for gay travelers. At the mayor's office and the tourism bure, which has fund a prs junket this week for journalists om Amerin gay publitns, officials ll the next ontier of tourism.
GAY PARIS
* why gay paris *
"We want to create a gay iendly spir across the whole cy, " said Lrent Queige, one of the project's anizers at Cy Hall. "It's an entire marketg mpaign voted to gay tourism: promotns, brochur, media trips, Web s, tour packag.