Tag: French LGBTQ culture
Pride in Pictures: Paris celebrates queer culture dating back centuries
Although Paris didn’t start hosting Pride parades until 1979, queer culture has been recognized and documented in France dating back to the Middle Ages, according to twelfth century poet, Michael D. Sibalis.
During this time people were regularly convicted for same-sex activities. In the eighteenth century, historian Maurice Lever documented the rise of queer subcultures in Paris. He described this group as having “its own language, rules, codes, rivalries and clans.”
In the French aristocracy, there were several icons that were...
