The Association Arcadie , or simply Arcadie , was a French homophile organization established in the early 1950s by André Baudry , an ex-seminarian and philosophy professor. From its creation in the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s, Arcadie played a dominant role in the lives of French homosexuals as both a political and a social organization.
29-550: The Association Arcadie was founded in 1954 as the first homophile group in French history . The goal of the organization was "to present homosexuals as respectable, cultured, and dignified individuals deserving of greater social tolerance". The Arcadie association also aimed to "educate adult homophiles, who, too weak and lacking knowledge, could not on their own live with dignity" through social activities and through its publication, Revue Arcadie . The Association Arcadie began publishing
58-679: A German concentration camp for her work with the French Resistance . In June 2019, Paris named a square Ovida Delect square for her. On 6 August 1942, the Vichy government introduced a discriminative law in penal code: article 334 (moved to article 331 on 8 February 1945 by the Provisional Government of the French Republic ) increased the age of consent to 21 for homosexual relations and 15 for heterosexual ones. In 1954, Arcadie Club ,
87-588: 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 1974, after being denied access to the Museum of Fine Arts (the traditional meeting place), the FHAR gradually ceased to exist. They were succeeded by a number of groups known as the Groupe de libération homosexuelle , which organized film viewings and journal publications. In 1979,
116-413: A potentially humorous scene with the personification of the sun and the moon in gay sexual practices , possibly analingus . In 1924, Inversions , the first French magazine for homosexuals, is founded. 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
145-446: Is attacked and later murdered in Paris as the result of a homophobic hate crime, becoming a cause célèbre across Europe. In 1985, France prohibits discrimination based on lifestyle ( mœurs ) in employment and services. In 1998, André Labarrère becomes first member of Parliament to come out as gay. In 1999, Pacte civil de solidarité legalizes a form of domestic partnership;
174-661: The Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881 . In 2005, civil partners in PACs were allowed to file joint tax returns after entering into PACs rather than wait for three years. In March 2008, Xavier Darcos , Minister of Education, announced a policy fighting against all forms of discrimination, including homophobia, in schools. In April 2009, the French National Assembly voted to approve
203-645: The Coutumes de Beauvaisis dictated that convicted sodomites were burned and had their property forfeited. Written on July 21, 1776, the Letter LXIII became infamous for its discussion of homosexuality. Mathieu-François Pidansat de Mairobert published the letter in his 1779 book, "L’Espion Anglois, Ou Correspondance Secrete Entre Milord All’eye et Milord Alle’ar" (aka "L’Observateur Anglais or L’Espion Anglais") ("The English Spy, or Secret Correspondence Between my Lord and my Lord All'eye Alle'ar" [aka "The English Observer or
232-596: The Journal Officiel the next day, and took effect on 1 January 2017. In 2011, a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in France was defeated in conservative ( UMP ) majority National Assembly . In 2013, despite protests by anti-gay marriage groups, the law to legalize same-sex marriage was voted by the National Assembly and Senate which had a Socialist majority under François Hollande . The bill passed 331–225 in
261-557: 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. In 1907, Avril provided erotic illustration including a lesbian image, for a republication of the novel, Fanny Hill . In the same year, Georges Méliès ' The Eclipse, or the Courtship of the Sun and Moon ( L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune ) featured
290-698: The English Spy"]). In 1783, the Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau discussed homosexuality in his Erotika Biblion . In 1789, François-Rolland Elluin engraved an image of God 's wrath against the homosexuals . Elluin engraved the image for the Liberté Opera's Le Pot-Pourri de Loth in Les Hymnes et les Potpourri . In 1791, Revolutionary France (and Andorra ) adopted a new penal code which no longer criminalizes sodomy. France thus becomes
319-608: The Euro-Mediterranean Summer Universities for Homosexuals are established, leading to the establishment in the same year of CUARH. 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 that year, France equalizes the age of consent; CUARH leads the first pride parade in French history in Paris. In 1983, Composer Claude Vivier
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#1732883870204348-630: The French provinces and in Belgium. The Arcadie club was also known as the Club littâeraire et scientifique des Pays Latins (CLESPALA) and the Paris-Club. The Club Arcadie disbanded in 1982 and publication of the Revue Arcadie ended shortly after the laws governing homosexual behavior were brought into accord with the laws governing heterosexual behavior. In a final letter to the readers of Arcadie published in
377-738: The King of France to appoint a certain Giovanni as bishop of Orléans . Giovanni was well known as Rodolfo's lover and had relations with the king himself, a fact of which the king openly boasted. Pope Urban, however, did not consider this as a decisive fact. Giovanni ruled as bishop for almost forty years, and Rodolfo continued to be well known and respected. Around 1260, in France , first-offending sodomites lost their testicles, second offenders lost their member, and third offenders were burned. Women caught in same-sex acts could be mutilated and executed as well. In 1283,
406-612: The Marquis de Brunoy, to whom he was a creditor for a significant sum. Although it was believed that he was acting on behalf of a higher authority, the Parlement of Paris issued a public reprimand against him on 27 March 1779. Feeling disgraced, Mairobert went to a bathhouse that evening, where he first opened his veins with a razor before taking his life with a pistol. The parish priest of the Church of St. Eustache in Paris agreed to bury him only upon
435-660: The May 15, 1982, issue, the leaders of the association explained their reasons for closing the club and ceasing publication of the review: Julian Jackson, Living in Arcadia: Homosexuality, Politics, and Morality in France from the Liberation to AIDS , University of Chicago Press, Dec 15, 2009 LGBT history in France This article is about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) history in France . Around
464-606: The National Assembly and 171–165 in the Senate. President Hollande promulgated the bill, which was officially published on 18 May 2013. In 2020, the engineer Marie Cau was elected (in March) and inaugurated (in May, after a delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic ) as mayor of Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes , making her the first openly transgender mayor in France. On 16 March 2022, France removed
493-457: The belief of the group "that public hostility to homosexuals resulted largely from their outrageous and promiscuous behaviour; homophiles would win the good opinion of the public and the authorities by showing themselves to be discreet, dignified, virtuous and respectable." As such, Arcadie prohibited overt demonstrations of romantic affection such as kissing on its dance floor. At various points in its history, Arcadie also sponsored activities in
522-486: The end of Paleolithic , humanity started to make artifacts which suggest an appreciation of homosexual eroticism . 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 . Around 1100 AD, Ivo of Chartres tried to convince Pope Urban II about homosexuality risks. Ivo accused Rodolfo, archbishop of Tours , of convincing
551-553: The extension of PACS to two French overseas collectivities : New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna . In 2010, France removed gender identity disorder as a diagnosis by decree. 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. It was signed by the President on 18 November 2016, published in
580-513: The first Western European country to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults. In 1832, an age of consent was introduced on 28 April, fixed to 11 years for both sexes. In 1857, Dr Auguste Ambroise Tardieu mentioned homosexuality in Attentats aux mœurs . In 1863, the age of consent was raised to 13 years. In 1866, Gustave Doré's illustrations for La Grande Bible de Tours featured Image 13, "The Flight of Lot ," in reference to
609-401: The first homosexual group in France, is formed by André Baudry . In the same year, transgender painter Michel Marie Poulain publishes her autobiography J'ai choisi mon sexe ( I chose my sex ), contributing to the general public knowledge and visibility of transgender identity. In 1960, Article 330, 2nd alinea, a clause that doubled the penalty for indecent exposure for homosexual activity,
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#1732883870204638-399: The four-month deferral period policy on gay and bi men donating blood. The new policy applies to all individuals regardless of sexual orientation. On 9 January 2024, Gabriel Attal became France's first openly gay Prime Minister. Mathieu-Fran%C3%A7ois Pidansat de Mairobert Mathieu-François Pidansat Mairobert (20 February 1727 – 27 March 1779) was a French writer. He was
667-451: The literary review Arcadie: revue littéraire et scientifique , which became the most important French homosexual publication of its time, in January 1954, though some sources claim that it began publication in 1957. During its years of operation, Arcadie became popular amongst a number of prominent French intellectual figures; Jean Cocteau contributed a drawing of a boy to the first issue of
696-528: 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. comments illegal. The law of December 2004 created the Haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l'égalité ( High Authority against Discrimination and for Equality ) and amended
725-453: The position of royal censor and served as secretary to the king for the Duke of Chartres . Until his death, he contributed to the cultural and political chronicle " Mémoires secrets ", traditionally attributed to Louis Petit de Bachaumont . His close ties to the "Parti Patriote" and his connections with Restif de la Bretonne led to police surveillance. In 1779, he became implicated in the trial of
754-508: The review's message was no longer effective in creating social change and seeing more progressive organizations securing rights for homosexuals, the editors decided to cease publication. In 1957, the Club Arcadie secured a clubhouse in Paris, from which it sponsored social gatherings, talks and cultural outings. The club strove to present gay and lesbian individuals as conventional members of French society. Historian Michael Sibalis describes
783-426: The review. Revue Arcadie remained in continuous publication until 1982 when the laws regarding homosexual conduct were changed to be identical with those relating to heterosexual behavior. Its emphasis on "dignity" and "respectability" led the Revue Arcadie to be increasingly out-of-step with the more revolutionary gay political organizations demanding civil rights for gay men and lesbians in France. Upon seeing that
812-471: The son of François Pierre Pidansat, bailiff of the Duchy-Peerage of Aumont and commissioner lieutenant judge for the municipality of Paris (1727), and Nicole Picardat. He was also the maternal uncle of Jean Nicolas Jacques Parisot (1757-1838). Raised by Marie Anne Doublet de Persan , whom he referred to as his mother, he quickly became involved in the discussions and disputes of the literary world. He held
841-481: Was inserted into the penal code. In 1971, the first attempt at forming a gay male parade contingency took place during the traditional trade union march May Day , despite objections from the Central Confederation of Labour to what the organization described as a "tradition alien to the working class". The same year, the leftist-oriented Front homosexuel d'action révolutionnaire was organized, initiating
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