Tag: France

The U.S. Soccer Women’s National Team defeated the Netherlands in the final round of the Women’s World Cup yesterday, team captain Megan Rapinoe said that their victory had one key ingredient: gays. “Go gays,” she told Yahoo! Sports. “You can’t win a championship without gays on your team. It’s never been done before. Ever. That’s science right there.” The team’s win secured the U.S.’s fourth Women’s World Cup win since the tournament was started in 1991. Rapinoe is gay, and the official...

Donald Trump might be weaseling out of his promise of a White House invitation after the U.S. won the Women’s World Cup, after Fox News broadcast people celebrating the victory by chanting “Fuck Trump!” Days ago, captain of the U.S. Women’s National Team Megan Rapinoe got into a war of words with Trump. She said in an interview that, if she’s invited to the White House, she definitely wouldn’t go. “I’m not going to the f–king White House,” she responded. “We’re not...

The iconic tv series Queer As Folk is returning in two different iterations. / Image via Channel 4 Not only are we getting a Queer As Folk reboot in the UK, but we’re getting a French one too?! Queer as Folk was an iconic tv series, created by tv legend Russel T. Davies and produced by Nicola Shindler, that originally ran in the UK for eight episodes in 1999 and then a two-episode follow-up in 2000. Despite its short run, the...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo renamed four squares and streets in Paris’ gay neighborhood of Marais to honor four LGBTQ icons. Honored by the city this year is Harvey Milk, Pierre Seel, Ovida Delect, and Gilbert Baker. The four new additions add to more than 40 LGBTQ people so honored since Hidalgo was elected in 2014. Baker’s plaque also resides in yet another location renamed this year: the newly-christened Stonewall Riots Square.  “With Wednesday’s inauguration of Harvey Milk square, Ovida Delect square, Stonewall...

Donald Trump is not taking soccer star Megan Rapinoe’s refusal to visit the White House well. Earlier this week, Rapinoe told Eight by Eight magazine that she would not visit the White House if the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team won the Women’s World Cup, which is being held now in France. “I’m not going to the f–king White House,” she said. She also said that she wouldn’t be invited anyway. “No f–kin’ way will we be invited to the White House,” Rapinoe...

Soccer star Megan Rapinoe said that she won’t be visiting the White House if her team wins the Women’s World Cup. Rapinoe is the co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team, and they are currently playing at the Women’s World Cup in France. Speaking with Eight by Eight magazine, Rapinoe said that she wouldn’t visit the White House if the team wins. “I’m not going to the f–king White House,” she said when asked if she was excited about the possibility...

No one ever accused Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being a liberal. After all, this is the man who has assiduously courted President Trump, going so far as to name a (probably imaginary) development in Israeli-occupied territory “Trump Heights.”  But there’s one big difference between the two: When it came time for Netanyahu to appoint a new Minister of Justice, he turned to Amir Ohana, a political ally with impeccably conservative credentials. Ohana is also gay. Israel’s Minister of Justice,...

In a move that proves internalized homophobia exists even in gay-loving France, actor and comedian Pierre Palmade has ignited controversy for saying there’s a difference between a gay man and a homosexual man. Palmade made the comments on the talk show We’re Not Asleep on May 4. During the broadcast, Palmade insisted that gay people flaunt their sexuality for no reason, whereas homosexuals don’t stand out from heterosexuals. For the record, Palmade came out as gay in 2008. “This is my...

Bilal Hassani, a 19-year-old from Paris, recently won France’s selection contest for Eurovision with his song “Roi.” Hassani was born to a Muslim family of Moroccan origin, is gay and performs in colorful wigs and heavy makeup. He was well-known in France before the contest as an internet personality and for performing in a song contest for youth when he was 15. The gender-bending singer,has received hateful messages and threats due to his sexuality and appearance and for his planned trip to...

Reports of homophobic and transphobic incidents are up 38% in France in the last year France introduced a national campaign in the fight to eradicate anti-LGBTI incidents in middle and high schools across the country. Starting today (28 January), France’s Ministry of National Education and Youth launched All Equal, All Allies. It’s a campaign that ensures all state schools put up anti-bullying posters, as well as provide accompanying guides about LGBTI students for teachers. https://twitter.com/EducationFrance/status/1089813724389670912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1089813724389670912&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Ffrance-introduces-national-lgbti-anti-bullying-campaign-all-high-schools%2F SOS Homophobia spearheaded the campaign, which aims to...

The amendment was put forward by around 50 members of the governing La République en Marche. An amendment which will protect LGBTQ asylum seekers, if they originate from countries that persecute LGBTQ people has been unanimously passed by the French parliament’s lower house, the Assemblée nationale. Currently under French law, asylum seekers can be deported from the country, even if they appeal, if their country of origin is on a designated safe list. The amendment was tabled by the La République en...

'The threat remains high' Terrorist attacks on gay clubs have been prevented by French police, according to a minister. Gerard Collomb, interior minister, has said a ‘plan of violent action’ targeting LGBTI clubs was thwarted by the authorities this year. Since the deadliest terror attack in French history on November 2015, in which 130 people were killed in multiple shooting and grenade attacks, security levels have been at record levels. Police stop terrorist attacks in France ‘The threat remains high,’ Collomb said. While Collomb gave...

New French President Emmanuel Macron raised LGBT rights and Chechnya in his tense first meeting with Vladimir Putin. The French leader met with the Russian leader today for the first time since his election earlier this month. During the pair’s behind-closed-doors meeting, President Macron raised the alleged purge of gay men in Chechnya, as well as wider issues regarding LGBT people’s rights across Russia. Macron, a strong supporter of equality, vowed in a joint press conference with Putin to be “constantly vigilant...

With the United States showing no signs of doing the same, France has started taking in gay refugees from Chechnya. “The first gay Chechen refugee arrived on French land,” Joël Deumier, president of French LGBT rights organization SOS Homophobie, said on FranceInfo today. “France has started to welcome Chechen refugees. This is going to continue.” Deumier also shared that SOS Homophobie helped with the refugee’s application and provided testimony indicating he was oppressed because of his sexual orientation. Deumier said SOS Homophobie was...