Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire

Homosexual Front for Revolutionary Action[1]) (FHAR) was a loose Parisian movement founded in 1971,[2] resulting from an alliance between lesbian feminists and gay male activists.

The movement had no official leaders, but Guy Hocquenghem and Françoise d'Eaubonne were among its most prominent representatives, while other members included Christine Delphy, Daniel Guérin, and Laurent Dispot [fr].

The group was originally formed by an alliance of feminists from the MLF and lesbians from the Arcadie organization, who were joined by gay men in February 1971.

The foundations for an organization had been laid when posters for the "Comité d'action pédérastique révolutionnaire" (English: Committee of Revolutionary Pederastic Action) were put up at the Sorbonne during May 1968.

[4] The name they gave themselves, "Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire", with the initialism FHAR, was registered officially as "Fédération Humaniste Anti-Raciste".

They also intervened in communist political meetings, in particular with Mutualité where Jacques Duclos said to them: "Allez vous faire soigner, bande de pédérastes, le PCF est sain!

("caressez-vous" being a French slang expression meaning "masturbate"), "Lesbiennes et pédés, arrêtons de raser les murs !"

Daniel Guérin left because of excesses by Gazolines during the funeral of a Maoist killed by a vigilante in 1972, while Françoise d'Eaubonne, who believed it had become nothing more than a place for flirting, also quit.