Guid tour of Paris' gay neighborhood | mement

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• PARIS GAY DISTRICT: LE MARAIS
• GAY PARIS: DISVER THE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MARAIS
• TOP 10 GAY BARS PARIS
• THE GAY LOLSSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"THE GAY LOLS","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","ADDRSLOLY":"PARIS","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"FRANCE"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"5.0","REVIEWCOUNT":44},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F07\U002F4B\U002F1C\U002F0D\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOTHE GAY LOLS544 REVIEWS#333 OF 1,657 TOURS & ACTIVI PARISCY TOURS • WALKG TOURS • PRIVATE TOURSREAD MOREWRE A REVIEWSEE ALL PHOTOSFULL VIEW16ABOUTPARIS BASED GAY TOUR GUIS FOR ALL TRAVELERS. OUR SPECIALTY IS PRIVATE WALKG TOURS (3-4 HOURS) OF THE CY FOR UP TO 8 PEOPLE. WE OFFER NEIGHBORHOOD TOURS, FOOD TOURS, AND THEMATIC TOURS. WE ALSO LEAD ANIZED EVENG BAR HOPPG TOURS FOR ADULTS, EXPLORG PARISIAN GAY NIGHTLIFE.READ MOREPARIS, ILE--FRANCE, FRANCEEMAILVIS WEBSECONTACTSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGSIAR EXPERIENCGAY PARIS: DISVER THE EXQUISE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MARAIS1HISTORIL TOURSOM $116.48 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*PARIS COOKG CLASS: LEARN HOW TO MAKE MARONS250FOOD & DRKOM $144.48 PER ADULTLE MARAIS/PARIS - THE HISTORIC, TRENDY, JEWISH, LGBT DISTRICT152ART TOURSOM $36.96 PER ADULTTHE 10 TASTGS OF PARIS WH LOLS: MONTMARTRE PRIVATE FOOD TOUR77FOOD & DRKOM $193.76 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)DISVER PARIS: HIDN MONTMARTRE TOUR145FOOD & DRKOM $45.87 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)LIKELY TO SELL OUT*MONTMARTRE WALKG TOUR: PARIS' BT ART, CULTURE AND FOOD948HISTORIL TOURSOM $40.32 PER ADULTPARIS A DAY TOUR WH LOUVRE, NOTRE DAME, EIFFEL TOWER AND MONTMARTRE34FULL-DAY TOURSOM $195.95 PER ADULTA MAGIL EVENG PARIS WH LOLS: PRIVATE CY WALKG TOUR74PRIVATE AND LUXURYOM $92.96 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)LIKELY TO SELL OUT*MONTMARTRE DISTRICT AND SACRE COR - EXCLIVE GUID WALKG TOUR 89HISTORIL TOURSOM $112.79 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)MONTMARTRE WALKG TOUR TO THE SACRE COR & SKIP-THE-LE TO MéE D'ORSAY33ART TOURSOM $51.23 PER ADULTTHE GAY LOLSBOOKG UNAVAILABLE ON TRIPADVISORWANT OTHER OPTNS YOU N BOOK NOW?SHOW OPTNSTRAVELERS TALK ABOUT“THE GUYS”(4 REVIEWS)“AMAZG AFTERNOON”(2 REVIEWS)“LE MARAIS”(2 REVIEWS)CONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.POPULAR MENTNSTHE GUYSAMAZG AFTERNOONLE MARAISWALKG TOURSIGHT5.044 REVIEWSEXCELLENT41VERY GOOD0AVERAGE1POOR2TERRIBLE0AARON DCHIGO, IL1 NTRIBUTN0GREAT SERVICE!!JAN 2023BOOKED THE DAY TO NIGHT TOUR WH THE GUYS AND HAD AN AWOME TIME. WE SPENT THE LATE AFTERNOON TOURG AROUND THE CY CENTER AND THE SEE BEFORE CHECKG OUT THE MARAIS DISTRICT, WHICH IS HOME TO PARIS' GAY SCENE SCE THE 1970'S. AFTER THE WALKG TOUR PORTN WAS FISHED, WE SPENT AN HOUR BAR HOPPG AROUND CHECKG OUT THE LOL SCENE. DEFELY REMEND BOOKG WH THE GAY LOLS!READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 14, 2023THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.EPYOUNGPROFSNALEL PASO, TX5 NTRIBUTNS0BT GAY TOUR PARIS!APR 2022 • COUPLWE HAD A GREAT TIME WH JONATHAN! WE BOOKED A TOUR WH HIM FOR OUR FIRST NIGHT PARIS AND WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO GET THE SI SOP ON THE CY'S HISTORY, MT-SEE PLAC TO VIS (AND AVOID), AND THE OVERALL GAY SCENE. HAD THE BT TOUR AND END UP A THE OLT DRAG SHOW ART THE END OF THE NIGHT!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 15, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.LU G1 NTRIBUTN0WONRFUL AFTERNOON DISVERG LE MARAISMAR 2022SPENT AN AMAZG AFTERNOON DISVERG LE MARAIS WH JONATHAN. I REALLY ENJOYED HIS LOL SIGHTS AND HE TOOK ME THROUGH AREAS I WOULD NOT HAVE DISVERED ON MY OWN. OVERALL A GREAT EXPERIENCE I HIGHLY REMEND FOR ANYONE LOOKG TO DISVER THE CY THROUGH A LOL'S PERSPECTIVEREAD MOREWRTEN MARCH 31, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ADRIAN3 NTRIBUTNS1GREAT WELE TO A BETIFUL CY...MAR 2020 • SOLOJONATHAN WAS A GREAT HOST AND VERY ACMODATG, MAKG THE MOST OUT OF THE TOUR. IT WAS A PERFECT MIX OF HISTORIL AND PRACTIL RMATN LIVERED WH A SENSE OF HUMOUR (AND STYLE!) A LOVELY SIGHT TO THE PRETZELS AND ALL!READ MOREWRTEN MARCH 2, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.STEVEN_AND_TOMSAN FRANCIS, CA17 NTRIBUTNS0TOUR OF FONTAEBLE - THE PALACE OF THE KGSFEB 2020 • COUPLJONATHAN AND BRYAN WERE GREAT TO ORDATE WH THE PLANNG OF A DAY TOUR OUT TO THE FONTAEBLE AREA AND THE PALACE. ON THE BIG DAY, JONATHAN ARRIVED EARLY AND WAS GRAC AND ENTHIASTIC TO MAKE THE DAY A MEMORABLE ONE. WE HAD A R ARRANGED AND HIS WTY STORI MA THE HOUR EACH WAY EVAPORATE. THE FUN AND BEHD THE SCEN MENTARY WAS TERTG AND NOTEWORTHY AND WE LEARNED SO MUCH JT HANGG OUT DURG THE TOUR AND OVER LUNCH. WE’D FELY BOOK JONATHAN AND THEIR TEAM AGA! MERCI BEUP!READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 17, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.IVAN3 NTRIBUTNS0PROFNALY AND URTY : HIGHLY REMEND!OCT 2019 • COUPLMY BOYIEND AND I TOOK A TOUR OF MONTMARTRE WH JONATHAN AND WAS AMAZG! IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A GUI THAT KNOWS THE AREA SO WELL. WE HIGHLY REMEND THIS TOUR!!READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MRCHRISAGUILARMIAMI, FL87 NTRIBUTNS4BT THG FOR MEJUN 2018 • SOLOI HAD A WEDDG ITALY LAST SUMMER WH A LN IENDS OM MIAMI BUT WANTED TO VENTURE OUT ON MY OWN PARIS AND LONDON BUT NEVER BEEN BEFORE. THANKFULLY I FOUND THIS GUI WHO BEME MORE LIKE A IEND. IT WAS VERY RMATIVE, HISTORIL, AND THOROUGH BUT ALSO FUN, FUNNY, AND JT WHAT I NEED. BEG A GAY MAN ALONE PARIS ISN'T EASY SO WAS ALSO GREAT TO KNOW WHAT SCEN ARE FOR WHO AND WHERE THE GAY DISTRICT. I FELY REMEND THE GUYS AND NOW I N'T WA TO GO BACK!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 15, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.KHAVBALTIMORE, MD182 NTRIBUTNS3INFORMATIVE TOUR MAY 2019FUN TRO TO THE MARAIS! I HAD A GREAT WALKG TOUR, AND THE GUI WAS VERY PERSONABLE (WH PRIVATE TOURS THERE’S ALWAYS A RISK OF AWKWARD SILENC BUT EVERYTHG WAS GREAT!). LOVED LEARNG TIDBS ABOUT ARCHECTURE AND FIGURG OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT STYL. WOULD DO AGA WH IENDS READ MOREWRTEN MAY 8, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.VATN441525839121 NTRIBUTN2GREAT TRO TO PARIS AND MARAISSEP 2018 • COUPLMY HBAND AND I SCHLED A WALKG TOUR OF THE MARAIS WH BRYAN THE AFTERNOON WE ARRIVED ( PART TO KEEP AWAKE WHILE ALG WH JET LAG). IT WAS AN AMAZG AFTERNOON. HE IS VERY LAID BACK AND FUN BUT ALSO PROFSNAL AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT FRENCH HISTORY. HE LEFT WH AN UNRSTANDG AND APPRECIATN FOR THE ARCHECTURE AND HISTORY OF THE MARAIS THAT WE WOULD HAVE MISSED OUT ON OTHERWISE. ALONG THE WAY HE POTED OUT BARS, F, AND RTRANTS OF TERT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE VERY HELPFUL LATER ON OUR STAY. WHEN WE EMAILED LATER TO ASK ABOUT SOME MORE REMENDATNS, HE RPOND IMMEDIATELY. HE EVEN GAVE ME THE NAME OF HIS FRENCH LOGNE WHICH I TOTALLY PIED AND BOUGHT BEFORE I LEFT. THANKS BRYAN!READ MOREWRTEN OCTOBER 30, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.DANIEL GVERMONT54 NTRIBUTNS1ABSOLUTE MT, IF YOUR VISG PARIS AND YOUR GAY!!!!!!!SEP 2018 • COUPLWE SET UP A TOUR, JT TO GET ORIENTED TO THE MARIAS, SEE A FEW GAY BARS, POPULAR RTRANTS, HERE ABOUT GAY CULTURE PARIS. WE GOT WAY MORE. IMAGE SPENDG A FEW HOURS WH A GAY HISTORY PROFSOR, WHO IS SMART AS N BE, IENDLY, DOWN TO AND JT FUN TO HANG OUT WH. BRIAN, OUR GUI HAD SPELL BOUND AS HE WEAVED THROUGH PARIS HISTORY, CULTURE, WH A GOLD THREAD OF GAY THROUGH OUT. I MEAN SERLY, WHERE N YOU LEARN ABOUT GAY ROYALTY, BEHEADGS, BARON QUEENS, AND THE BT OF TODAYS GAY BARS, ALL ONE CY. THEN, AS IF HIS SPIR WAS STILL WH THE NEXT DAY, HIS ADVISE ALLOWED TO MANAGE A VIS TO VERSAILL THE SMART WAY, AND NOT BE SUBJECT TO A HIO TWO E LONG LE OF JAPANE SCHOOL GIRLS. WE AR STILL MENTG ON THGS BRIAN SPOKE ME ARE THE FOLKS YOU NEED PARIS!!!!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 27, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.12…SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 43DANIEL GVERMONT54 NTRIBUTNSWE ARRANGED AND PAID FOR A TOUR DURG OUR HONEYMOON PARIS, BUT NOW WE NNOT GET A RPONSE OM THE PANY. WE ARE LOOKG TO NFIRM AND FD OUT WHERE WE WILL MEET THE GUI. DO ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REACH THE FOLKS?TARAMCMILLEN1245SEATTLE, WA1 NTRIBUTNBRYAN EMAILED ME A UPLE DAYS BEFOREHAND. ALSO, HE WAS VERY QUICK TO RPOND TO FURTHER QUTNS.READ ALL REPLIVIEW ALLTHE GAY LOLS (PARIS) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO
• GAY PARIS: DISVER THE EXQUISE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MARAIS
• COOL GAY NEIGHBORHOOD PARIS - LE MARAIS
• GUID TOUR OF PARIS' GAY NEIGHBORHOOD
• THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PARIS
• THE GAY/HIP AREA PARIS - LE MARAIS
• THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS
• LE MARAIS: "GAY PARIS" AND THE CONSTCTN OF AN LGBTQIA+ MEC
• EUROPEAN CI HAVG AT LEAST 60 GAY AND LBIAN BS 2004EUROPEAN CI HAVG AT LEAST 60 GAY AND LBIAN BS 200413IF PARIS APPEARS AS A PAL OF HOMOSEXUALY BEE OF THE QUANTY AND DIVERSY OF S MERCIAL OFFERGS TEND FOR GAYS, CERTALY DO NOT HAVE THE IMAGE OR THE RA OF S TWO MA PETORS, ON THE EUROPEAN OR WORLD STAGE. THE HOMOSEXUAL MUNI THERE APPEAR MUCH LS STCTURED AND ENGAGED THE SOCIAL AND POLIL FIELD THAN BERL (GRéSILLON 2000), AND ACRDG TO OUR OBSERVATNS, MUCH LS FTIVE, AVANT-GAR, AND EXTROVERTED THAN LONDON. GENERALLY, ONE NOT THAT BEE THEY ARE STILL RELATIVELY ISOLATED AND MARGALIZED THE SPACE AND THE LIFE OF THE CY, THEY ARE LS EVINCE THAN OTHER INIC PLAC OF HOMOSEXUAL MUNI. NOHELS – AND THE ELECTN 2001 OF AN OPENLY GAY MAYOR IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE – THGS HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFINTLY RECENT YEARS.14FIRSTLY, THE GAY PRI EVENT, [11] A GREAT ANNUAL FTIVAL MIXG TECHNO RHYTHMS AND POLIL SLOGANS (FIG. 2) IS, WH (FOR SEVERAL YEARS) APPROXIMATELY HALF A LN MONSTRATORS THE STREETS OF PARIS (PARED TO ONLY 800 1979), THE LARGT GATHERG OF THE YEAR TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, EVEN IF DO NOT RONATE TO ANY GREAT EXTENT THE MEDIA. THEN, IF THE DOMANT POSN OF PARIS ON A EUROPEAN SLE IS NTTED, THE PAL RETAS S NATNAL HEGEMONY. INED, THE DISTRIBUTN OF GAY TABLISHMENTS REVEALS A VERY HIERARCHIL STCTURE. IF LYON HAS A GAY MERCIAL FABRIC OF ABOUT 30 TABLISHMENTS, OTHER MAJOR CI ARE LS WELL PROVID FOR (ONLY 5 PROVCIAL CI HAD AT LEAST 20 TABLISHMENTS 2004). FALLY, NO TABLISHMENT THE PROVC N PETE WH THE RENOWN AND ATTRACTIVENS OF THE MOST FAMO PARISIAN GAY BARS OR DISTHEQU, WHICH SOME S HAVE AN ATTRACTIVENS ON A NATNAL OR EVEN NTENTAL SLE. WH PARIS, THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTN OF GAY AND LBIAN MERCIAL TABLISHMENTS IS ALSO VERY UNEVEN, BUT EVEN WHEN RTRICTG ONELF TO THIS GEOGRAPHY, THE SPATIALI OF HOMOSEXUALY APPEAR LS SIMPLE TO UNRSTAND THAN ONE MIGHT THK. BETWEEN VISIBILY AND ANONYMY, LICENSED STAT AND ILLEGALY, THE TERRORI OF HOMOSEXUALY SKETCH A SUBTLE ARRANGEMENT OF MULTIPLE CENTRALI.FIG. 2THE PARIS GAY PRI, BETWEEN FOLKLORE AND SOCIAL AND POLIL MANDSTHE PARIS GAY PRI, BETWEEN FOLKLORE AND SOCIAL AND POLIL MANDS

PARIS GAY DISTRICT: LE MARAIS

This unique tour of the Marais district of Paris will show you the bt of the cy’s lively “gayborhood” one of the olst areas Paris, the Marais has only veloped as the gay neighborhood the past few s, rultg a unique mix of historic archecture and chic boutiqu. As you stroll through the charmg streets of the Marais, your gui will share wh you their extensive knowledge of the gay muny of Paris and the important plac, people and movements that have ma the cy and the Marais the gay-iendly statns they are today.

GAY PARIS: DISVER THE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MARAIS

If ’s nceled bee the mimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refundThis tour/activy will have a maximum of 8 travelersFor a full refund, ncel at least 24 hours advance of the start date of the attractns will I vis wh Gay Paris: Disver the Exquise Gay Neighborhood of the Marais? This tour is a unique mix as well – of gay/lbian history, stori of yterday and today, and the bt plac to vis durg your time 'll end atHôtel Ville75004 Paris, FranceSee addrs & tailsGreat Baguette Makg ClassMy granddghter and I took this class and really enjoyed . You’ll get to see some of the bt shoppg, rtrants and bars that are happy to wele gay travelers om across the you stroll through the charmg streets of the Marais, your gui will share wh you their extensive knowledge of the gay muny of Paris and the important plac, people and movements that have ma the cy and the Marais the gay-iendly statns they are today.

You’ll also dive to the history of homosexualy France, and learn about fluential gay and lbian figur that left their marks on French history, om the medieval perd to the legalizatn of gay marriage France!

99(72)Private room • Paris Clothg optnal accepted • Host shar gay lol tips • LGBTQ+ venu nearbyExcellentonChosen by 1M LGBTQ+ travelersRewards Program: Earn travel creds and shbackHelp LGBTQ+ nonprofs and support an LGBTQ-owned bsHotels Most Booked by our CommunyGenerator Paris★ 4. This tour is a unique mix as well – of gay/lbian history, stori of yterday and today, and the bt plac to vis durg your time 'll end atHôtel Ville75004 Paris, FranceSee addrs & tailsGreat experience wh lots of good rmatn.

TOP 10 GAY BARS PARIS

Helpful Vobulary When Talkg About Gay Life ParisUn marais - A swampUn hôtel particulier - A French mansn orlerally “a private hotel”L’âge d’or - The Goln age Un bar - A barAller boire un verre - To go get a drkPrendre un verre - To have a drkAller en boîte - To go to the clubFaire la fête (tf*) - To partyRearch has shown that the number of same-sex hoeholds holdg PACS (pacte civil solidaré, or civil unns) is evenly distributed throughout the cy, ditg that gay people live everywhere throughout Paris, not exclively the Marais. Th, no geographer has llaborated wh the many dictnari and encyclopedias published recent years, which have been voted to homosexual cultur, nor participated the symposiums spired by Gay and Lbian Studi the Uned Stat on this subject, (such as the Renntr ternatnal sur l cultur gays et lbienn [Internatnal Meetgs on Gay and Lbian Culture] anized Paris by the Ge Pompidou Center 1997). 2“What we should be askg ourselv is not about why gay and lbian cultur exist (…); but rather why they are ncealed, ” the philosopher and soclogist Didier Eribon, a specialist on homosexual culture France, pertently remds (2003, 16).

It requir a knowledge, or even a practil experience of the terrori ncerned, an sight to the logic of those who nstct them and of the habs of those who equent them, difficult issu bee the anizatn and the dynamic of the spac of homosexualy are part visible, as we will monstrate. It is natural that Paris should be the lotn for the study bee is the only cy France today which has a regnized, visible gay neighborhood, [1] likely to reprent the terrorial basis for a llective homosexual inty. That is why we n wele the exceptn, which is the recent Dictnnaire la géographie et l’pace s sociétés, eded by Jacqu Lévy and Michel Lslt (2003) which, unlike prev works of the same genre, propos an entry for “sexualy” and another for “sexuatn, ” and even refers to Gay and Lbian Studi.

THE GAY LOLSSEE ALL THGS TO DO{"@TYPE":"LOLBS","NAME":"THE GAY LOLS","URL":"\","ADDRS":{"@TYPE":"POSTALADDRS","ADDRSLOLY":"PARIS","ADDRSCOUNTRY":"FRANCE"},"AGGREGATERATG":{"@TYPE":"AGGREGATERATG","RATGVALUE":"5.0","REVIEWCOUNT":44},"IMAGE":"HTTPS:\U002F\\U002FMEDIA\U002FPHOTO-O\U002F07\U002F4B\U002F1C\U002F0D\","@NTEXT":"HTTP:\U002F\"}SEE ALL THGS TO DOTHE GAY LOLS544 REVIEWS#333 OF 1,657 TOURS & ACTIVI PARISCY TOURS • WALKG TOURS • PRIVATE TOURSREAD MOREWRE A REVIEWSEE ALL PHOTOSFULL VIEW16ABOUTPARIS BASED GAY TOUR GUIS FOR ALL TRAVELERS. OUR SPECIALTY IS PRIVATE WALKG TOURS (3-4 HOURS) OF THE CY FOR UP TO 8 PEOPLE. WE OFFER NEIGHBORHOOD TOURS, FOOD TOURS, AND THEMATIC TOURS. WE ALSO LEAD ANIZED EVENG BAR HOPPG TOURS FOR ADULTS, EXPLORG PARISIAN GAY NIGHTLIFE.READ MOREPARIS, ILE--FRANCE, FRANCEEMAILVIS WEBSECONTACTSUGGT EDS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE SHOW.IMPROVE THIS LISTGSIAR EXPERIENCGAY PARIS: DISVER THE EXQUISE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MARAIS1HISTORIL TOURSOM $116.48 PER ADULTLIKELY TO SELL OUT*PARIS COOKG CLASS: LEARN HOW TO MAKE MARONS250FOOD & DRKOM $144.48 PER ADULTLE MARAIS/PARIS - THE HISTORIC, TRENDY, JEWISH, LGBT DISTRICT152ART TOURSOM $36.96 PER ADULTTHE 10 TASTGS OF PARIS WH LOLS: MONTMARTRE PRIVATE FOOD TOUR77FOOD & DRKOM $193.76 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)DISVER PARIS: HIDN MONTMARTRE TOUR145FOOD & DRKOM $45.87 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)LIKELY TO SELL OUT*MONTMARTRE WALKG TOUR: PARIS' BT ART, CULTURE AND FOOD948HISTORIL TOURSOM $40.32 PER ADULTPARIS A DAY TOUR WH LOUVRE, NOTRE DAME, EIFFEL TOWER AND MONTMARTRE34FULL-DAY TOURSOM $195.95 PER ADULTA MAGIL EVENG PARIS WH LOLS: PRIVATE CY WALKG TOUR74PRIVATE AND LUXURYOM $92.96 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)LIKELY TO SELL OUT*MONTMARTRE DISTRICT AND SACRE COR - EXCLIVE GUID WALKG TOUR 89HISTORIL TOURSOM $112.79 PER ADULT (PRICE VARI BY GROUP SIZE)MONTMARTRE WALKG TOUR TO THE SACRE COR & SKIP-THE-LE TO MéE D'ORSAY33ART TOURSOM $51.23 PER ADULTTHE GAY LOLSBOOKG UNAVAILABLE ON TRIPADVISORWANT OTHER OPTNS YOU N BOOK NOW?SHOW OPTNSTRAVELERS TALK ABOUT“THE GUYS”(4 REVIEWS)“AMAZG AFTERNOON”(2 REVIEWS)“LE MARAIS”(2 REVIEWS)CONTRIBUTEWRE A REVIEWUPLOAD A PHOTOREVIEWSQ&AFILTERSENGLISHMOST RECENTDETAILED REVIEWS: REVIEWS ORR RMED BY SCRIPTIVENS OF ER-INTIFIED THEM SUCH AS CLEANLS, ATMOSPHERE, GENERAL TIPS AND LOTN RMATN.POPULAR MENTNSTHE GUYSAMAZG AFTERNOONLE MARAISWALKG TOURSIGHT5.044 REVIEWSEXCELLENT41VERY GOOD0AVERAGE1POOR2TERRIBLE0AARON DCHIGO, IL1 NTRIBUTN0GREAT SERVICE!!JAN 2023BOOKED THE DAY TO NIGHT TOUR WH THE GUYS AND HAD AN AWOME TIME. WE SPENT THE LATE AFTERNOON TOURG AROUND THE CY CENTER AND THE SEE BEFORE CHECKG OUT THE MARAIS DISTRICT, WHICH IS HOME TO PARIS' GAY SCENE SCE THE 1970'S. AFTER THE WALKG TOUR PORTN WAS FISHED, WE SPENT AN HOUR BAR HOPPG AROUND CHECKG OUT THE LOL SCENE. DEFELY REMEND BOOKG WH THE GAY LOLS!READ MOREWRTEN JANUARY 14, 2023THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.EPYOUNGPROFSNALEL PASO, TX5 NTRIBUTNS0BT GAY TOUR PARIS!APR 2022 • COUPLWE HAD A GREAT TIME WH JONATHAN! WE BOOKED A TOUR WH HIM FOR OUR FIRST NIGHT PARIS AND WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO GET THE SI SOP ON THE CY'S HISTORY, MT-SEE PLAC TO VIS (AND AVOID), AND THE OVERALL GAY SCENE. HAD THE BT TOUR AND END UP A THE OLT DRAG SHOW ART THE END OF THE NIGHT!READ MOREWRTEN APRIL 15, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.LU G1 NTRIBUTN0WONRFUL AFTERNOON DISVERG LE MARAISMAR 2022SPENT AN AMAZG AFTERNOON DISVERG LE MARAIS WH JONATHAN. I REALLY ENJOYED HIS LOL SIGHTS AND HE TOOK ME THROUGH AREAS I WOULD NOT HAVE DISVERED ON MY OWN. OVERALL A GREAT EXPERIENCE I HIGHLY REMEND FOR ANYONE LOOKG TO DISVER THE CY THROUGH A LOL'S PERSPECTIVEREAD MOREWRTEN MARCH 31, 2022THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.ADRIAN3 NTRIBUTNS1GREAT WELE TO A BETIFUL CY...MAR 2020 • SOLOJONATHAN WAS A GREAT HOST AND VERY ACMODATG, MAKG THE MOST OUT OF THE TOUR. IT WAS A PERFECT MIX OF HISTORIL AND PRACTIL RMATN LIVERED WH A SENSE OF HUMOUR (AND STYLE!) A LOVELY SIGHT TO THE PRETZELS AND ALL!READ MOREWRTEN MARCH 2, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.STEVEN_AND_TOMSAN FRANCIS, CA17 NTRIBUTNS0TOUR OF FONTAEBLE - THE PALACE OF THE KGSFEB 2020 • COUPLJONATHAN AND BRYAN WERE GREAT TO ORDATE WH THE PLANNG OF A DAY TOUR OUT TO THE FONTAEBLE AREA AND THE PALACE. ON THE BIG DAY, JONATHAN ARRIVED EARLY AND WAS GRAC AND ENTHIASTIC TO MAKE THE DAY A MEMORABLE ONE. WE HAD A R ARRANGED AND HIS WTY STORI MA THE HOUR EACH WAY EVAPORATE. THE FUN AND BEHD THE SCEN MENTARY WAS TERTG AND NOTEWORTHY AND WE LEARNED SO MUCH JT HANGG OUT DURG THE TOUR AND OVER LUNCH. WE’D FELY BOOK JONATHAN AND THEIR TEAM AGA! MERCI BEUP!READ MOREWRTEN FEBARY 17, 2020THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.IVAN3 NTRIBUTNS0PROFNALY AND URTY : HIGHLY REMEND!OCT 2019 • COUPLMY BOYIEND AND I TOOK A TOUR OF MONTMARTRE WH JONATHAN AND WAS AMAZG! IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE A GUI THAT KNOWS THE AREA SO WELL. WE HIGHLY REMEND THIS TOUR!!READ MOREWRTEN NOVEMBER 6, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.MRCHRISAGUILARMIAMI, FL87 NTRIBUTNS4BT THG FOR MEJUN 2018 • SOLOI HAD A WEDDG ITALY LAST SUMMER WH A LN IENDS OM MIAMI BUT WANTED TO VENTURE OUT ON MY OWN PARIS AND LONDON BUT NEVER BEEN BEFORE. THANKFULLY I FOUND THIS GUI WHO BEME MORE LIKE A IEND. IT WAS VERY RMATIVE, HISTORIL, AND THOROUGH BUT ALSO FUN, FUNNY, AND JT WHAT I NEED. BEG A GAY MAN ALONE PARIS ISN'T EASY SO WAS ALSO GREAT TO KNOW WHAT SCEN ARE FOR WHO AND WHERE THE GAY DISTRICT. I FELY REMEND THE GUYS AND NOW I N'T WA TO GO BACK!READ MOREWRTEN MAY 15, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.KHAVBALTIMORE, MD182 NTRIBUTNS3INFORMATIVE TOUR MAY 2019FUN TRO TO THE MARAIS! I HAD A GREAT WALKG TOUR, AND THE GUI WAS VERY PERSONABLE (WH PRIVATE TOURS THERE’S ALWAYS A RISK OF AWKWARD SILENC BUT EVERYTHG WAS GREAT!). LOVED LEARNG TIDBS ABOUT ARCHECTURE AND FIGURG OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT STYL. WOULD DO AGA WH IENDS READ MOREWRTEN MAY 8, 2019THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.VATN441525839121 NTRIBUTN2GREAT TRO TO PARIS AND MARAISSEP 2018 • COUPLMY HBAND AND I SCHLED A WALKG TOUR OF THE MARAIS WH BRYAN THE AFTERNOON WE ARRIVED ( PART TO KEEP AWAKE WHILE ALG WH JET LAG). IT WAS AN AMAZG AFTERNOON. HE IS VERY LAID BACK AND FUN BUT ALSO PROFSNAL AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT FRENCH HISTORY. HE LEFT WH AN UNRSTANDG AND APPRECIATN FOR THE ARCHECTURE AND HISTORY OF THE MARAIS THAT WE WOULD HAVE MISSED OUT ON OTHERWISE. ALONG THE WAY HE POTED OUT BARS, F, AND RTRANTS OF TERT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE VERY HELPFUL LATER ON OUR STAY. WHEN WE EMAILED LATER TO ASK ABOUT SOME MORE REMENDATNS, HE RPOND IMMEDIATELY. HE EVEN GAVE ME THE NAME OF HIS FRENCH LOGNE WHICH I TOTALLY PIED AND BOUGHT BEFORE I LEFT. THANKS BRYAN!READ MOREWRTEN OCTOBER 30, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.DANIEL GVERMONT54 NTRIBUTNS1ABSOLUTE MT, IF YOUR VISG PARIS AND YOUR GAY!!!!!!!SEP 2018 • COUPLWE SET UP A TOUR, JT TO GET ORIENTED TO THE MARIAS, SEE A FEW GAY BARS, POPULAR RTRANTS, HERE ABOUT GAY CULTURE PARIS. WE GOT WAY MORE. IMAGE SPENDG A FEW HOURS WH A GAY HISTORY PROFSOR, WHO IS SMART AS N BE, IENDLY, DOWN TO AND JT FUN TO HANG OUT WH. BRIAN, OUR GUI HAD SPELL BOUND AS HE WEAVED THROUGH PARIS HISTORY, CULTURE, WH A GOLD THREAD OF GAY THROUGH OUT. I MEAN SERLY, WHERE N YOU LEARN ABOUT GAY ROYALTY, BEHEADGS, BARON QUEENS, AND THE BT OF TODAYS GAY BARS, ALL ONE CY. THEN, AS IF HIS SPIR WAS STILL WH THE NEXT DAY, HIS ADVISE ALLOWED TO MANAGE A VIS TO VERSAILL THE SMART WAY, AND NOT BE SUBJECT TO A HIO TWO E LONG LE OF JAPANE SCHOOL GIRLS. WE AR STILL MENTG ON THGS BRIAN SPOKE ME ARE THE FOLKS YOU NEED PARIS!!!!READ MOREWRTEN SEPTEMBER 27, 2018THIS REVIEW IS THE SUBJECTIVE OPN OF A TRIPADVISOR MEMBER AND NOT OF TRIPADVISOR LLC. TRIPADVISOR PERFORMS CHECKS ON REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR DTRY-LEADG TST & SAFETY STANDARDS. READ OUR TRANSPARENCY REPORT TO LEARN MORE.12…SHOWG RULTS 1-10 OF 43DANIEL GVERMONT54 NTRIBUTNSWE ARRANGED AND PAID FOR A TOUR DURG OUR HONEYMOON PARIS, BUT NOW WE NNOT GET A RPONSE OM THE PANY. WE ARE LOOKG TO NFIRM AND FD OUT WHERE WE WILL MEET THE GUI. DO ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REACH THE FOLKS?TARAMCMILLEN1245SEATTLE, WA1 NTRIBUTNBRYAN EMAILED ME A UPLE DAYS BEFOREHAND. ALSO, HE WAS VERY QUICK TO RPOND TO FURTHER QUTNS.READ ALL REPLIVIEW ALLTHE GAY LOLS (PARIS) - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU GO

“Long forced to exprs self the margs of urban society, homosexual culture n now flourish broad daylight, the central districts of the metropolis, ” not Boris Grésillon (2000, 312) when speakg about Berl.

While their fluence has always been nsirable artistic and lerary productn (Eribon 2003; Tamagne 2000) and the var movements mpaigng for equal rights, seems that homosexual women have a more discreet liftyle, more stable, and any se very different om that of men (particularly rpect of their needs and ways of meetg). Homosexual relatnships were mon and accepted the ci of ancient Greece (Halper 1990), jt as they were wispread (but already tolerated ls) the Italian ci of the Renaissance (Rocke 1996), or most of the large European ci om the seventeenth century onwards (Higgs 1999). ), homosexuals, bee of their limed number and their safety needs, mt fd or create plac of solidary and fe works of sociabily, build livg spac which, if not a muny, are at least llective nature (Altman 1983; D’E 2002; Murray 1996).

GAY PARIS: DISVER THE EXQUISE GAY NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MARAIS

The cy is the terrory that n bt meet the expectatns and is even the only one allowg pe om the domatn, even hostily, of the majory groupgs: “They (ci) beme plac where gays uld, to some gree, pe om the nstant prsur of an tolerant heterosexual society” (Lria and Knopp, 1985, 158). Two ditive pots: even if not only lookg at homosexual upl, wh nearly 130 “regnized upl” [4] per 10, 000 habants aged 18 years or more, pared wh the average of 60 France at the end of the 2004 [5], Paris is well ahead terms of the number of people signg a PACS (uple’s civil ntract), regardls of the sex of the signatori. Siarly, if we look at the plac of rince of ers who subm classified ads for enunters on gay webs, the ma urban agglomeratns clearly domate (after the number of ads has been related to the size of the ci).

But is also reasonable to assume that, all major ci of veloped untri, the homosexual populatn is over-reprented and has been for a long time (Higgs 1999), even if the phenomenon has probably been magnified recent s, as a rult of the wispread crease mobily. The ci polarize young homosexuals for whom the provc have been too rtrictive, and who are sure to experience – by “gog up” to the pal or the big cy – the cktail of anonymy and visibily, paradoxilly only appearance.

COOL GAY NEIGHBORHOOD PARIS - LE MARAIS

If one accepts the theory of gentrifitn proposed by David Ley (1980), favorg the cultural dimensn to expla the emergence and creasg mand for hog the center, gays, wh their terts, their preference for plac wh good ameni (Black et al. [9] “Ever sce my childhood, an imaged Paris had been the shg pla twklg at the center of my ner stellar map” (Whe 1998, 12) nfs the young gay hero of the betiful novel by Edmund Whe, La Symphonie s adix, as he leav New York for Paris.

GUID TOUR OF PARIS' GAY NEIGHBORHOOD

In the Amerin versn of the Brish gay seri Queer As Folk, most of the characters dream aloud of gog to vis and even live Paris…12Wh nearly 140 mercial tablishments [10] 2004, followg exponential growth durg the 1980s and 1990s, the French pal is ranked jt ahead of Berl (but behd if this number is related to the rint populatn) and que clearly ahead of London (Fig. The historian Florence Tamagne (2000) has shown that, om the begng of the twentieth century and ntrast to the suatn neighborg untri, the French pal was benefg fully om the relative benevolence of the thori and the absence of ercive measur even if, as the other pals, “the progrsive tablishment (…) of a homosexual subculture a fear of ‘ntagn’ public opn and feeds the myth of nspiracy (…)” (Tamagne 2002, 13). This predomance at the European level is rerced durg the 1930s as a rult of the Nazi reprsn Germany, general, and particularly Berl (Tamagne 2000) 1European ci havg at least 60 gay and lbian bs 2004European ci havg at least 60 gay and lbian bs 200413If Paris appears as a pal of homosexualy bee of the quanty and diversy of s mercial offergs tend for gays, certaly do not have the image or the ra of s two ma petors, on the European or world stage.

The homosexual muni there appear much ls stctured and engaged the social and polil field than Berl (Grésillon 2000), and acrdg to our observatns, much ls ftive, avant-gar, and extroverted than London. Wh Paris, the spatial distributn of gay and lbian mercial tablishments is also very uneven, but even when rtrictg onelf to this geography, the spatiali of homosexualy appear ls simple to unrstand than one might thk.

THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS

Between visibily and anonymy, licensed stat and illegaly, the terrori of homosexualy sketch a subtle arrangement of multiple 2The Paris Gay Pri, between folklore and social and polil mandsThe Paris Gay Pri, between folklore and social and polil mands4 –. The Multi-Faceted Centrali of Parisian Homosexualy15Across the arrondissements (districts), the distributn of gay and lbian tablishments Paris prents a clear ntrast between the center and the periphery (Fig. Moreover, an analysis of the geography of the PACS shows an over-reprentatn of signatori both the center and the east of Paris (Ruelland and Tonnerre, 2003) 3Distributn of gay and lbian bs Paris, 2004Distributn of gay and lbian bs Paris, 200416In fact, the distributn of bs is not at all nfed by the lims of the arrondissements.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS PARIS

The existence of a gay district, maly posed of bars, rtrants, fashn shops – almost all tend for male homosexuals – supports the need to appropriate public space (for example by flyg the rabow flag there, the emblem of homosexuals), to display and onelf, short to exhib, to prent onelf.

THE GAY/HIP AREA PARIS - LE MARAIS

Unniably, this volv a level of mercializatn which some nsir excsive, alienatg, imposg uniformy and likely to generate soc-enomic divisns wh gay and lbian muni, but also which creat eedom, sociabily and culture, ed a llective inty.

This excsive mercializatn and tough screeng based on money was vigoroly nmned by homosexual associatns and would rult both the disappearance of almost all of the stutns the early 1980s and the replacement of the e Sate-Anne district by the Marais.

THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS

The Marais: “A Safe Nursery, a Center of Attractn like No Other” [12]19From the outset, the Marais district had all the advantag for rapid velopment and succs relatn to homosexual muni: a perfect geographil centraly, excellent accsibily (particularly wh the nstctn of the RER (rail work) 1977), very old buildgs (which do not lsen the charm of the neighborhood) and space available at very low st. Ined, those who now rail agast the existence of an area of nspicuo homosexualy the heart of Paris, one of s olst, most central, well-known and betiful districts are perhaps fettg that at the time the first gay bar was opened 1978 (a bar aptly lled Le Village), the e du Plâtre, the Marais was very much the middle of beg renovated and rehabilated (a procs given impet at the end of the 1960s by the Malrx law) and that was far om havg the appearance has today. 20The tablishment of gay bs, which was facilated by the existence of a supply of vant premis and very low land pric, was slow at first and then accelerated the 1980s, would make a signifint ntributn to the functnal and archectural renaissance of the Marais.

If today the Marais, along wh the spac which surround , is the Parisian, even the French ht li (fed as a “place where valu nnse, where practic nverge and emotns are experienced” [Debarbix 2003]), of the homosexual inty, ow much to David Girard, one of the inic entreprenrs of the gay mercial scene of the 1970s and 1980s. 21At the same time as the birth of the Gai Pied and Masqu magaz 1979, the emergence of a neighborhood which was both an enomic and tourist space and an inty-affirmg terrory, the diversn of part of the public space, vted and then transformed by the homosexual muni, really marks the begng of a new era: that of mass nsumptn, of “g out” and of openg out to the cy. In Paris as other ci, appears that the time spent the gay district is lived as though were a crossg pot or a stopover a rather plex soc-spatial erary, rrpondg to the pot of sexual tonomy and pennce om the fay.

This is the heart of the gay quarter, the one which, wh s substantial ncentratn of gay premis equented very regularly by an ostentat and monosex clientele, is most symbolic of the ia and reprentative of the image eher of the village or the ghetto for the heterosexual populatn as well as for the homosexuals who do or do not equent . Such a ncentratn of gay tablishments such a small area, which greatly creas the opportuni for enunters (which is one of the raisons d’être of gay neighborhoods), is very unual (see the map of the cy plans the Spartac gui), bee is not an extensive area, and is too small to acmodate many nightclubs or sex-clubs, which “vour” space. The e du Temple, the e Vieille-du-Temple, the e Sate-Croix--la-Bretonnerie and those of the Archiv have been succsful” (Laferie 2003, 32) 4Lotn of gay and lbian bs the Marais and surroundgs (2004)Lotn of gay and lbian bs the Marais and surroundgs (2004)22The agglomeratn effect is felt full and the “good” lotns, the high-traffic on, are rare and therefore expensive.

LE MARAIS: "GAY PARIS" AND THE CONSTCTN OF AN LGBTQIA+ MEC

While homosexuals have ntributed greatly to promotg land and property valu the Marais, and is sentially gay shops (which are now the largt employers the 4th arrondissement [Garcia 2002]), which have enabled the substantial enrichment and gentrifitn of the neighborhood, they are turn victims of their own succs. 23If remas the ma center of attractn for Parisian homosexualy, “the Mec of Mecs, ” the gay Marais should be seen ls as a “village, ” such as there are North Amerin ci, than as a kd of gateway that one go through on a more or ls regular basis: “the crossg pot of a megacy of sire, a kd of ‘ner door’ for anyone who will then proceed to another, often ls visible, center” (Laferie, 2003, 32). Jt as there are several ways of livg out one’s homosexualy, bee an dividual n have multiple inti, acrdg to the sphere (public or private) which he fds himself, there are multiple spac, multiple spatiali of homosexualy, wh greater or lser gre of visibily.

Alongsi the “tablishments/street-shows” (and mirrors…) of the Marais, plac of sociabily and enunters where is jt as important to be seen as to see, there is a another geography of homosexualy Paris, ls well known, the geography of gay cisg and sexual activy.

EUROPEAN CI HAVG AT LEAST 60 GAY AND LBIAN BS 2004EUROPEAN CI HAVG AT LEAST 60 GAY AND LBIAN BS 200413IF PARIS APPEARS AS A PAL OF HOMOSEXUALY BEE OF THE QUANTY AND DIVERSY OF S MERCIAL OFFERGS TEND FOR GAYS, CERTALY DO NOT HAVE THE IMAGE OR THE RA OF S TWO MA PETORS, ON THE EUROPEAN OR WORLD STAGE. THE HOMOSEXUAL MUNI THERE APPEAR MUCH LS STCTURED AND ENGAGED THE SOCIAL AND POLIL FIELD THAN BERL (GRéSILLON 2000), AND ACRDG TO OUR OBSERVATNS, MUCH LS FTIVE, AVANT-GAR, AND EXTROVERTED THAN LONDON. GENERALLY, ONE NOT THAT BEE THEY ARE STILL RELATIVELY ISOLATED AND MARGALIZED THE SPACE AND THE LIFE OF THE CY, THEY ARE LS EVINCE THAN OTHER INIC PLAC OF HOMOSEXUAL MUNI. NOHELS – AND THE ELECTN 2001 OF AN OPENLY GAY MAYOR IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE – THGS HAVE CHANGED SIGNIFINTLY RECENT YEARS.14FIRSTLY, THE GAY PRI EVENT, [11] A GREAT ANNUAL FTIVAL MIXG TECHNO RHYTHMS AND POLIL SLOGANS (FIG. 2) IS, WH (FOR SEVERAL YEARS) APPROXIMATELY HALF A LN MONSTRATORS THE STREETS OF PARIS (PARED TO ONLY 800 1979), THE LARGT GATHERG OF THE YEAR TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS, EVEN IF DO NOT RONATE TO ANY GREAT EXTENT THE MEDIA. THEN, IF THE DOMANT POSN OF PARIS ON A EUROPEAN SLE IS NTTED, THE PAL RETAS S NATNAL HEGEMONY. INED, THE DISTRIBUTN OF GAY TABLISHMENTS REVEALS A VERY HIERARCHIL STCTURE. IF LYON HAS A GAY MERCIAL FABRIC OF ABOUT 30 TABLISHMENTS, OTHER MAJOR CI ARE LS WELL PROVID FOR (ONLY 5 PROVCIAL CI HAD AT LEAST 20 TABLISHMENTS 2004). FALLY, NO TABLISHMENT THE PROVC N PETE WH THE RENOWN AND ATTRACTIVENS OF THE MOST FAMO PARISIAN GAY BARS OR DISTHEQU, WHICH SOME S HAVE AN ATTRACTIVENS ON A NATNAL OR EVEN NTENTAL SLE. WH PARIS, THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTN OF GAY AND LBIAN MERCIAL TABLISHMENTS IS ALSO VERY UNEVEN, BUT EVEN WHEN RTRICTG ONELF TO THIS GEOGRAPHY, THE SPATIALI OF HOMOSEXUALY APPEAR LS SIMPLE TO UNRSTAND THAN ONE MIGHT THK. BETWEEN VISIBILY AND ANONYMY, LICENSED STAT AND ILLEGALY, THE TERRORI OF HOMOSEXUALY SKETCH A SUBTLE ARRANGEMENT OF MULTIPLE CENTRALI.FIG. 2THE PARIS GAY PRI, BETWEEN FOLKLORE AND SOCIAL AND POLIL MANDSTHE PARIS GAY PRI, BETWEEN FOLKLORE AND SOCIAL AND POLIL MANDS

The Invisible Geography of Plac for Anonymo Enunters24The numero plac Paris for enunters and anonymo sexualy are not apparent to the uniated (heterosexuals and some gays), but for the most part are well known to male homosexuals (Proth 2002). Like homo-sociabily spac, which they plement as much as oppose, the practic the plac of transgrsn are part of the velopment of the homosexual inty, particularly the break that they e wh heterosexual liftyl, which are often seen by gays as rtrictive bee they are characterized by long-lastg relatnships between upl. 5) 5Lotn of anonymo sexual meetg plac Paris 2004Lotn of anonymo sexual meetg plac Paris 200426There are two typ of “visible” plac for male homosexualy: on the one hand, mercial tablishments (snas men’s clubs or sex-clubs), which are certaly more fortable than the pornographic movie ho and public toilets that they have replaced and on the other hand, the external meetg plac which erase the le between public and private by illicly (homo)sexualizg urban spac (Proth 2002).

Some of the unseen lotns, nstutg cy “bld spots, ” which often share several , sometim shady or even unual – such as the cemetery of Père Lachaise, for example, [13] immutable or mobile time and the Parisian space, have bee almost mythilly graed the homosexual imagatn. 27Immortalized on film, like the toilets of the Gare du Nord by Patrice Chére his Homme blsé (1983) or the Quai d’Aterlz, of which Cyril Collard, whout realizg , celebrat the end his nscent Nus fv (1992), the functnal spac – far removed om any sentimentaly or romanticism like specialized tablishments – bear wns to the very signifint ratnalizatn of sexualy and therefore of gay spac.

“Homosexual cisg is ditive of a qut for efficiency and enomy wh, at the same time, the maximizatn of performance exprsed quantatively ( the number of partners and asms) and the mimizatn of st (time wasted and the risk of rejectn of advanc)” not Mr.