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Pope Leo XIV began a four-day visit to Paris, Lourdes and Metz on September 25. France's oldest LGBT association is showing up to be seen, and its members say kind words are no longer enough.
A five-day gathering centering Black LGBTQI+ life lands in France next week, with a human rights conference, a Trans Excellence gala, and a march through Château Rouge to République.
Pierre Picavet, head of the French police LGBTQ+ rights association FLAG!, was struck with a bottle and hit with slurs outside a bar in Paris's historic gay district — even after identifying himself as an officer.
France's new 2026-2029 national plan targets everything from school bullying to trans people's civil status, arriving as reported anti-LGBT+ offenses hit a record high and a quarter of suspects are teenagers.
As France debates a bill to restrict medical care for trans youth, its own Defender of Rights is pushing the opposite way — and a promised reform to let minors change their gender marker remains stuck. Here's where things stand.
France was an early mover on marriage equality and has solid legal protections on paper. But trans recognition still runs through the courts, hate crimes are rising, and a resurgent far right has made LGBTQ+ rights a live political target.
Across Western Europe, the fight over LGBTQ+ rights has moved into schools. From cancelled diversity programmes in Italy to challenged equality curricula in France and Germany, a once-stable region is quietly importing an American culture-war playbook.
France is often assumed to be a Western European leader on LGBTQ+ rights. The 2026 picture is more complicated: real legal protections alongside a documented surge in anti-LGBTQ+ offences.
One of Europe's largest Pride marches caps a week of events on June 27, running from the Palais-Royal to Place de la Nation. Here is what to know before it sets off.
Twenty-one feature films are competing for the 16th Queer Palm, and seven of the 22 films in the Official Competition feature LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Almodóvar, Lukas Dhont, Ira Sachs, and Jane Schoenbrun all bring new work to the Croisette.
Two newly elected French mayors removed rainbow flags and shut down planned Pride celebrations, including one set for April 25 in a Lille suburb. Organizers call it 'an attack on a symbol of unity.'
