Are french people gay

Recent polls have indicated that a majority of the French people support same-sex marriage and in , [4] another poll indicated that 77% of the French population believed homosexuality should be accepted by society, one of the highest in the 39 countries polled. [5]. In , around 7, homosexual marriages were celebrated in France.

Following the gradual decriminalization of homosexuality, the Civil Solidarity Pact (PACS) was created for same-sex couples. In recent years, France has made significant progress in the realm of LGBT rights, and living openly as an LGBT individual is more accepted than in the past. In fact, many French people no longer view homosexuality as a flaw, with a notable decrease from 42% in to just 8% today. Between and , French authorities repressed homosexuality using a discriminatory law that set a different age of sexual consent for same-sex relations (21) than for heterosexual ones.

French people are increasingly tolerant of homosexuality and its expression in public, but continue to hold clichéd views of LGBT individuals, according to a survey published by pollsters. halts delivery of some US missiles to Ukraine, a wake-up call for Europeans.

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Who amongst Nantes' movie buffs had any idea that Jean-Serge Pineau and Henri Le Callonec, the managers of the Katorza arthouse cinema in the heart of this western French city, had served time in prison before living together for over 40 years? Their lives could have inspired one of the films in their program, but their past was not one to be flaunted. Almost 20 years after his uncle Henri's death, Alexandre Le Callonec, 39, revealed this love story from a different time to Le Monde.

Since Jean-Serge died at the end of , Henri's nephew has been far more than just this deceased couple's official successor: He is the heir to a heartbreaking family secret. The new law, which authorized relations between two consenting persons of the same sex from the age of 15 — the same age as for heterosexuals — rather than from the age of legal majority, brought homosexual peoples' rights into line with those of heterosexuals.

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Between and , French authorities repressed homosexuality using a discriminatory law that set a different age of sexual consent for same-sex relations 21 than for heterosexual ones The law enabled police and judges to arrest and convict thousands of homosexuals, mostly men, bringing public shame on them. Le Monde 's five-part series, which was first published in French in August , inspired legislation to rehabilitate the men and women convicted under the law that was abolished in You have The rest is for subscribers only.

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