Articles about French

25 April 2013
France: Anti-gay MP accidentally votes in favour of equal marriage 31 An anti-gay French MP, who strongly opposes equal marriage, accidentally voted in favour of it during a parliamentary debate on Tuesday.
23 April 2013
‘Vive la France!’ as campaigners celebrate equal marriage victory 40 Campaigners are celebrating the news that France has become the 14th nation in the world to legalise marriage rights for same-sex couples and Justice Minister Christiane Taubira says the first weddings could be held as soon as June.
23 April 2013
France: Water cannons deployed in Paris ahead of same-sex marriage vote 35 Security is being stepped up around France’s National Assembly building in Paris ahead of today's landmark equal marriage vote.
19 April 2013
Video: French filmmaker reaches out to those opposed to equal marriage: ‘Fear not’ 6 A French filmmaker has posted a YouTube video of himself addressing those in France opposed to legalising equal marriage, in which he reaches out to them, and gives reassurances around common misconceptions linked to same-sex marriage.
12 April 2013
French Senate backs same-sex marriage bill 22 French lawmakers have approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children.
12 April 2013
Comment: The real face of Manif pour Tous 25 Journalist Patrick Cash writes about last weekend’s violent homophobic attack against Wilfred de Brujin in Paris and profile’s the anti-gay French group Manif pour Tous.
11 April 2013
France: Anti-gay Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim quits over plagiarism row 7 France’s Chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, who has written essays against equal marriage, has resigned in a plagiarism row.
4 April 2013
France: Same-sex marriage bill reaches Senate 5 The French Senate will debate the country’s proposed same-sex marriage bill today.
19 February 2013
Comment: France’s Justice Minister Christiane Taubira has become an equal marriage hero 3 Writing for PinkNews, French student David Browne says France’s Justice Minister Christiane Taubira is now synonymous with the debate on gay rights in the country.
12 February 2013
French National Assembly approves equal marriage bill 12 France took a step closer to legalising equal marriage and adoptions for same sex couples, as its National Assembly approved a bill to do so, during its second reading today.
22 January 2013
France: Karl Lagerfeld supports equal marriage with lesbian brides at couture show 1 Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has used his lastest fashion show to support equal marriage amidst divides across France on the issue.
2 January 2013
Lesbian couple celebrate with France’s first baby of 2013 3 The first baby in France to be born in 2013 was by a lesbian couple, although current inequality means only one of the parents has formal legal recognition.
6 August 2012
France: Catholic Church opposes gay adoption in revived national prayer 42 The Catholic Church in France is reviving a tradition begun in the 17th century of praying for the country on 15 August to hope the government does not listen to "special requests" and to oppose gay adoption.
15 June 2012
French blood donation ban for gay men to be lifted ‘in coming months’ 57 The ban on the donation of blood by men who have sex with men in France is due to be lifted 'in the coming months'.
1 June 2012
French prime minister: Equal marriage and adoption laws to be introduced ‘quickly’ 30 The French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault told a French television station this morning a change in legislation to allow gay couples to marry and adopt children will be done 'quickly' and that a draft is 'ready'.
9 May 2012
New French president may signal ‘no miracle’, trans candidate says 3 Brigitte Goldberg, one of two trans candidates in the recent French Presidential election, yesterday expressed herself only slightly moved by the replacement of right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy with socialist Francois Hollande.
23 April 2012
France: Presidential elections highlight trans voters’ rights gap 27 As the dust settles on the first round of the French Presidential election this morning, a sharp warning that discrimination by the French state means that trans citizens can no longer count on access to that most basic of Human Rights – the right to vote!
19 January 2011
Gay marriage to be debated in French Constitutional Council 21 A lesbian couple from rural France will challenge the Civil Code ban on gay marriages.

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