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Two women ordered to pay €8,000 in damages after claiming ‘France’s first lady’ Brigitte Macron is trans

Two women ordered to pay €8,000 in damages after claiming ‘France’s first lady’ Brigitte Macron is trans

Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanual Macron, has been awarded €8,000 in damages after two women made claims ‘France’s first lady’ is transgender. Amandine Roy and Natacha Rey had posted a YouTube video in December 2021 alleging the French president’s wife had once been a man named Jean

French athlete Dimitri Pavadé comes out as gay after competing at the Paris Paralympics

French athlete Dimitri Pavadé comes out as gay after competing at the Paris Paralympics

French athlete Dimitri Pavadé, who represented his home country at this year’s Paralympics in Paris, has come out as gay following his fourth-place finish in the men’s long jump. Pavadé, who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Games, returned to the men’s long jump T64 classification final, where h

Critics cast aspersions on appointment of new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier for twice voting against gay rights in France

Critics cast aspersions on appointment of new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier for twice voting against gay rights in France

French media and some political opponents have cast aspersions on the appointment of new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier who, while serving in parliament in 1981, was among 155 lawmakers who voted against a law decriminalising homosexuality. Back in 1981, the 30-year-old lawmaker, who took over

French President Emmanuel Macron accused of “stigmatising trans people”

French President Emmanuel Macron accused of “stigmatising trans people”

French President Emmanuel Macron is under fire after accusing the New Popular Front, a left-wing alliance built for the upcoming legislative elections, of promoting “completely crazy things, like going to the town hall to change your sex.” The New Popular Front’s manifesto includes a proposal to “au

Thousands demonstrate in French cities at what they called an “offensive” against trans rights

Thousands demonstrate in French cities at what they called an “offensive” against trans rights

Thousands of demonstrators protested in French cities on Sunday, May 5 at what they called an “offensive” against transgender rights after lawmakers drafted a proposed bill of law that is scheduled to be debated on May 28. Activists, left-wing members of parliament, trade unionists and young people

French Parliament votes to compensate victims of anti-gay laws

French Parliament votes to compensate victims of anti-gay laws

The lower house of the French Parliament has passed a bill which will provide recognition and compensation for the estimated 10,000 people – mostly gay men – convicted of homosexuality between 1942 and 1982. The anti-gay law was originally introduced by the Vichy government during World War Two, wh

French President Emmanuel Macron appoints Gabriel Attal as France’s first openly gay Prime Minister

French President Emmanuel Macron appoints Gabriel Attal as France’s first openly gay Prime Minister

French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed Education Minister Gabriel Attal as France’s first openly gay Prime Minister. Attal lives in a civil union with Stéphane Séjourné, a member of the European Parliament for La République En Marche. During his political career, Attal received antisemitic a

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