LGBTQ history in France

Some examples, like graffiti, can be seen in some cave and hundreds of buildings and phallic statues and also a carved double dildo, seen as evidence for female masturbation found at Gorge d'Enfere, France.

Ivo accused Rodolfo, archbishop of Tours, of convincing the King of France to appoint a certain Giovanni as bishop of Orléans.

In 1866, Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours featured Image 13, "The Flight of Lot," in reference to the biblical story of Sodom.

In 1906, Édouard-Henri "Paul" Avril published the pornographic book, De Figuris Veneris, complete with plate prints of sex acts throughout ancient history.

Due to strong prosecution, it had to stop its publication in early 1925 after only four issues.During World War II, Ovida Delect, a transgender woman, poet, and communist activist, was deported to a German concentration camp for her work with the French Resistance.

The same year, the leftist-oriented Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire was organized, initiating a number of upstagings of various institutions in order to draw attention to the legal plight of homosexuals in French society and combat heterosexism.

In 1981, On April 4, CUARH organized the largest demonstration for the reform of the age of consent in Paris, resulting in a promise by president François Mitterrand to do so the following year.

In 1999, Pacte civil de solidarité legalizes a form of domestic partnership; the organizing committee for Gay Pride in Paris is dissolved due to high amounts of debt, and replaced with Inter-LGBT.

On 31 December 2004, the National Assembly approved an amendment to existing anti-discrimination legislation, making homophobic, sexist, racist, xenophobic etc.

[14] In March 2008, Xavier Darcos, Minister of Education, announced a policy fighting against all forms of discrimination, including homophobia, in schools.

[15][16][17] On 6 November 2015, a bill to allow transgender people to legally change their gender without the need for sex reassignment surgery and forced sterilisation was approved by the French Senate.

[21] On 16 March 2022, France removed the four-month deferral period policy on gay and bi men donating blood.