In todays blog post we want to highlight the positive rights the LGBTQ community has in France and since when they apply.
Lets go downn the memory lane:
in 1791 France legalised homosexuality
in 1982 a law was passed to (re)equalised the age of consent at 15. (in 1832 it was fixed to 11 years for both sexes and later raised to 13 years in 1863. In 1945 the age of consent was set to 21 for homosexual relations and 15 for heterosexual ones and then lowered to 18 in 1974, making it the legal majority.)
in 1985 legislation was enacted to prohibit sexual orientation discrimination. (in employment, housing...)
in 1999 civil solidarity pacts called PACS were enacted for both same sex and unmarried opposite sex couples.
in 2004 an amendment was approved to make homophobic, sexist, racist, xenophobic etc comments illegal.
in 2012 the discrimination on the basis of "sexual identity" was banned
in 2013 the marriage was legalised for same sex couples
in 2013 married same sex couples were also allowed to adopt
in 2015 homosexuals were allowed to give blood with 4 months of abstinence which was removed in 2022
in 2016 the term "sexual identity" was replaced by "gender identity"
in 2017 a law passed that allow transgender people to legally change their gender without the need for sex reassignment surgery and forced sterilisation
in the 2017 transphobia became a cause of aggravation for all crimes that can be punished by prison.
in 2021 the assisted reproduction for lesbian couples and single women was legalised
in 2022 a law passed to ban conversion therapy
in the military lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender are allowed to serve openly
So can we say that France is a LGBTQ friendly country?
With all the laws passed you can see that the government protects the LGBTQ community and therefore we do believe that France is one of the safest counties in the world.
Some cities that are more than LGBTQIA friendly:
Lyon (the starting point of the gay pride), if you want to party you can try the Croix Rousse
Nice, most of the gay owned businesses are in the old town's Rue Bonaparte and the Place du Pim square
Montpellier (the second biggest gay pride after Paris), "gay Montpellier" is in the historic center
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