Gay rights France: After marriage equaly, what's next? - French nnectns

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• GAY RIGHTS FRANCE: AFTER MARRIAGE EQUALY, WHAT'S NEXT?
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GAY RIGHTS FRANCE: AFTER MARRIAGE EQUALY, WHAT'S NEXT?

Public OpnSurveys France have shown mixed views towards LGBTQ+ rights and SurveysSupport for Same-Sex Marriage of French support gay marriageViews on Homosexualy Among Mlims of French Mlims fd homosexual acts to be acceptableHistoryHomosexual activy France? Current statSce Mar 16, 2022Legal In 2022, France removed the ferral perd for gay and bi men donatg blood, replacg wh a new policy that appli to all donors, regardls of sexual (3-month ferral)In July 2019, Mister of Health Agnès Buzyn announced that the ferral perd would be rced to four months of abstence om 2 April "f s scrimatns don du sang pour l homm ayant s relatns sexuell avec s homm.

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(Rters) - Marchers filed through the French pal on Sunday to prott agast Print Franis Hollan’s plan to legalize gay marriage and is a timele on marriage and the rights of homosexuals France. 1995 - Sat Nazaire be the first cy to allow homosexuals to register as ncub, a legal ncept allowg limed shared rights for unmarried upl livg together. 2001 - Bertrand Delanoe, a Socialist who was one of the first French policians to publicly clare his homosexualy, is elected mayor of Paris.

In November, the bet approv a draft law allowg same-sex marriage wh adoptn rights that will be prented to parliament on January 292013 - On January 13, Catholics, nservativ, Mlims, evangelils and homosexuals opposed to same-sex marriage march Paris the first major street prott agast Print Franis Hollan. The small towns and villag around the Alps mounta range bee ski rort hotspots, wh annual gay ski weeks takg place like the European Gay Ski Week.

France was one of the first untri to legalize homosexualy 1791 and has long had place proactive anti-discrimatn legislatn for employment, genr inty and hate speech. Stefan and Sebastien are a gay uple who met London 2009 and have been travelg extensively together Asia, Lat Ameri, North Ameri and Europe.

France regrets that too many untri, lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) people ntue to be victims of harassment, acts of torture, arbrary arrts, and even murrs, plete impuny.

Followg the Orlando attacks, on12 June 2016, the Secury Council, chaired by France, adopted a claratn nmng the attack and s homophobic character. France is workg, ordatn wh s European partners, untri which ntue to penalise homosexualy, and we pay particular attentn to chang unrway the Stat which are tougheng legislatn on this actively participated wh s European partners drawg up the Guil to promote and protect the enjoyment of all human rights by lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex (LGBTI) persons which was adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council June also supports the termed efforts of human rights fenrs and NGOs.

France, the Netherlands and Norway created a Human Rights, Sexual Orientatn and Genr Inty Fund 2009, which provis an novative amework aimed at brgg together a wi variety of public and private stakeholrs mted to fightg homophobia and transphobia (Stat, associatns, foundatns). That’s why ’s time to dive to the French laws that protect and support members of the gay muny and the policians who have put the work to make them happen.

Homosexualy was crimalized France 1791, followg the French Revolutn, though members of the gay muny were still subject to social vlence and discrimatn (for parison, sodomy was a felony the Uned Stat until 1962).