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Contents:

• 'GAY PAREE' TAK ON NEW MEANG
• THE GAY LOLS: THE PARISIAN LGBTQ TOURISM COMPANY OFFERG A DIFFERENT SI OF FRANCE
• PARIS GAY DISTRICT: LE MARAIS
• THE 10 BEST PARIS GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS PARIS
• GAY PARIS - PARIS FOM
• WHAT THEY MEAN WHEN THEY SAY ‘GAY PAREE’
• GAY PARIS: THE CY OF LOVE WEL EVERYBODY
• LE GAY PARIS
• LOVE TRIP PARIS: Y, MATT ROGERS IS A GAY, MEET HIS BOYIEND- DATG HISTORY
• WHY DID PARIS HILTON MARRY A GAY MAN?

'GAY PAREE' TAK ON NEW MEANG

"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. "We want to create a gay iendly spir across the whole cy, " said Lrent Queige, one of the project's anizers at Cy Hall.

THE GAY LOLS: THE PARISIAN LGBTQ TOURISM COMPANY OFFERG A DIFFERENT SI OF FRANCE

"It's an entire marketg mpaign voted to gay tourism: promotns, brochur, media trips, Web s, tour packag. Officials Paris say they are enuraged by a trend toward greater tolerance but are still battlg nservatism and Mayor Bertrand Delanoe, when elected last year beme the cy's first openly gay mayor and proudly led this summer's Gay Pri para.

Delanoe uldn't attend a meetg last month to gurate the gay-iendly tourism mpaign bee he was recuperatg om a stabbg attack by a man who said he disliked overall challenge for officials workg on the mpaign is to tweak the image of a cy famo for photographs like the 1950 Robert Doisne snapshot of a man and woman stealg a kiss cintally ont of Cy have only begun turng on the project, which is not to be publicly lnched until June 2003. After nveng a meetg of experts on gay tourism last month at Cy Hall for an ial brastormg ssn, a marketg blz was born.

Travel agents that ter to gay clients are planng package tours to ci wh summer ftivals like Gay Pri para, which last June drew a rerd half-ln people. Ias also clu disunt tours geared to the nightclub scene and other Paris is payg special attentn to the Amerin gay muny. An outdated gui lled Gay Friendly France is beg revamped for circulatn at French tourism offic the Uned Stat as of June 2003.

PARIS GAY DISTRICT: LE MARAIS

The Maison la France Los Angel is workg wh Amerin tour operators and helped anize this week's fully paid trip to France for gay media on the theme of gay is hardly the first European pal to target the gay tourist. Berl, London and Lisbon among others have geared marketg toward gay and lbian visors, particularly the Uned Stat, for years.

"We're not dog discreetly, " said Natascha Kompatzki, a spokwoman for Berl's tourist office, addg that gays are "an important group" for the German pal. Berl's mayor, Kls Wowere, is openly gay and marched Berl's Gay Pri para this and Berl, like Paris, have proment gay districts, which are featured on their tourism Web s along wh listgs for gay-iendly hotels and those ci have a natural advantage, said Remi Calmon, a spokman for France's 600-member Natnal Unn of Gay Bs. "`The French are not always -- how shall I say this -- the nict people, " said Calmon, whose group is part of Paris' gay-iendly planng mtee.

Details of how to make Paris more people-iendly were still beg worked out, he ia that has sparked great tert was dreamed up the small Loire Valley cy of Le Mans, bt known for s 24-hour to s own missn to attract gay tourism, Le Mans Cy Hall has drafted a "Lbian and Gay Friendly Wele Charter, " which they mailed to lol merchants this fall. Signatori paste rabow-lored stickers their wdows wh the msage "Wele to Mans" and a sey face to let ctomers know they are gay iendly. Nohels, you should always rema vigilant, particularly as homophobic attacks have risen recent years.

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

If need, the SOS Homophobie chary n help you fd assistance or report an cint. The gay parti are hosted once a month at Club Hssman, and they promise a great Saturday night out.

For gay travelers Paris, the cy offers some unique stor where you n happily shop till you drop.

GAY PARIS - PARIS FOM

The Gay Lols offers a range of gay-foced tours of Paris, cludg a day-to-night tour of Marais. You n fd a range of gay snas throughout the cy, cludg those near Le Marais.

Sun Cy is one of the biggt gay snas Paris, loted close to the cy center and Le Marais. As mentned, Paris is a very gay-iendly cy, so you n fortably choose om most hotels that su your travel preferenc. This is one of the bt spots to stay if you’re lookg for gay-owned acmodatn the cy.

WHAT THEY MEAN WHEN THEY SAY ‘GAY PAREE’

As Paris’s primary gay neighborhood, Le Marais is one of the bt areas for gay travelers to stay. Hotel Jul & Jim is a popular gay-iendly hotel Le Marais, offerg ntemporary rooms and a downstairs bar that attracts both guts and lols.

It remas a major hub for gay culture today and ntu to draw LGBTQ travelers om around the globe.

They, and many other queer people, achieved proment posns artistic and tellectual circl while beg openly gay. Paris beme a hotbed for gay liberatn groups, siar to those formg the US and Great Bra.

GAY PARIS: THE CY OF LOVE WEL EVERYBODY

Organizatns wh nam like Homosexual Front for Revolutnary Actn and Red Dyk phed for LGBTQ regnn and an end to discrimatn France. Twenty years later, the cy elected s first openly gay mayor whose tenure was fed by ntent protts both for and agast the marriage equaly movement. Trendy shops, high-end eateri, and rabow flags galore blanket this gayborhood.

LE GAY PARIS

Most visors to Paris only associate L Hall wh shoppg, but ’s also one of the cy’s olst gay districts. It’s not on the radar of many gay tourists, so ’s likely you may only enunter real Parisians at some of the bars this area. MecrediX and VendrediX are two weekly after-work gay parti that take place every Wednday and Friday eveng, rpectively.

LOVE TRIP PARIS: Y, MATT ROGERS IS A GAY, MEET HIS BOYIEND- DATG HISTORY

Two years ago crosswalks Le Marais were repated multilor to celebrate gay pri.

While still a big taboo North Ameri, naturism is more mastream Europe and is enjoyed by gays and straights alike. A former gay cisg spot on the river alongsi the Jard s Tuileri, Tata Beach fell out of e the 1990s.

However, has remaed an area where gay and queer people ngregate, and ’s mon to tch youngsters vogueg around here. All of the basics are vered, om gay non classics to the hottt new LGBTQ novel of the summer.

WHY DID PARIS HILTON MARRY A GAY MAN?

As if a silent nod to the LGBTQ muny, Sat-Etache is home to a triptych by the famoly vol gay artist, Keh Harg. The most vibrant gay scene is centered Le Marais, which featur a clter of art galleri, fashn ho, fe rtrants, and some of the most luxur shoppg the world. Stay at the gay-iendly Hotel Jul & Jim and vis the sexually-charged, male-only TiL'T Sna, which hosts regular foam parti for all ag -- or dance the night away at the historic Queen dis.