Tag Archives: France

Via Copyranter.

This music video starring gay porn star Francios Sagat will likely be the weirdest thing you’ll see today. But surprisingly, it’s not terrible. Popnography has the back story. A snippet: “HADES tells the suicide of François who, by being drowned in the Seine, will find the corpse of Sylvia.” OK! This is the censored version of the clip.

In a surprising blow to Europe’s same-sex marriage movement, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that gay people have no inherent right to the same civil marriage that their neighbors do. The ruling came in a case in which two French lesbians petitioned the court to jointly adopt a child as a married couple. With their heads up …

According to a just published survey about France’s upcoming presidential election, one of out five gays polled said they plan to vote for Marine Le Pen, the new head of France’s National Front Party, a far far right organization that many have characterized as fascist. In fact, the National Front polls better among gays than it does overall. Latest opinion …

Anggun is already a major pop star, having sold many millions of records worldwide, particularly in her native Indonesia. Americans might remember her 1998 smash Snow On The Sahara, which was fairly inescapable in gay clubs that summer. As for this, I’m not feeling it.

A French man is suing the Catholic Church with a demand that his name be stricken from their baptismal records. The church has refused, fearing a national wave of such demands. LeBouvier grew up in that world and says his mother once hoped he’d become a priest. But his views began to change in the 1970s, when he was introduced …

The ten-year window to exchange Francs for Euros ends today.

This makes glitter-bombing look rather mild, does it not? (Tipped by JMG reader Kevin)

When Amanda Lear put out a new single last year, I wrote: Back in the 70’s, it was a rare night at a gay bar if you didn’t hear at least one Amanda Lear song, especially if you were watching a drag show. Orlando’s late legendary Miss P was particularly fond of Lear’s smash, Enigma, which lives on my iPod …

Creepy X-Men kids and retro 80’s techno. Perfect. (Via – Allure of Sound)

There’s one for New York City too.

Details are just starting to come in: At least one person has been killed and three more wounded in an explosion which rocked on Monday a nuclear power plant in Marcoule, southern France. ­According to the rescuers, there is a risk of a radioactive leak after the blast. All of the plant’s reactors have been shut down following the incident. …

It’s a French cell phone ad.

No news links yet, but Twitter users are reporting that France’s Parliament just rejected a same-sex marriage bill by a vote of 293-222. Story developing….

Pop In Stereo tips us: Avant-garde poet, singer and writer Brigitte Fontaine has once again collaborated with musical icon Grace Jones on an amazing new single titled “Dancefloor.” The single is from the forthcoming album L’un N’empeche pas L’autre.

Copyranter tips us to this possibly NSFW animated safer sex clip from France’s AIDES.

Back in the 70’s, it was a rare night at a gay bar if you didn’t hear at least one Amanda Lear song, especially if you were watching a drag show. Orlando’s late legendary Miss P was particularly fond of Lear’s smash, Enigma, which lives on my iPod to this day. Here’s a new one from Lear, who is either …

After weeks of demonstrations, yesterday Catholic protesters in France destroyed NYC artist Andres Serrano’s classic and controversial Piss Christ. The UK Guardian reports: The work has previously been shown without incident in France, but for the past two weeks Catholic groups have campaigned against it, culminating in hundreds of people marching through Avignon on Saturday in protest. Just after 11am …

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