Tag Archives: France

Paris: Valentine’s Day Gay Kiss-In

Maxime writes from Paris this morning: It was originally supposed to take place in front of Notre Dame de Paris but Christian fundamentalist websites called in to “defend their faith against this provocation” by “AIDS bags”, “sodomites” and other homophobic insults. The websites called in for a violent answer so the organizers decided to change the location to place Saint …

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French HIV Prevention Ad (NSFW)

The clever bit of live action + animation in a new HIV prevention ad from France may be NSFW. (Tipped by JMG reader Jonny in Sydney)

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Haiti Death Toll Hits 200,000, Charges Arise Of American “Occupation”

New estimates put the death toll in Haiti at over 200,000. That number approaches the estimated 230,000 killed by 2004’s Indian Ocean tsunami. With thousands of bodies being shoveled into mass graves, there is no accurate tally of the casualty count. Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said Tuesday that 72,000 bodies had been recovered by the government. The European Commission, citing …

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Paris Gay Kiss-In Against Homophobia

The gays took to one of Paris’ central shopping districts this weekend for a mass kiss-in against homophobia. Sweet stuff.

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80’s Flashback

Sheila B. Devotion, Spacer, 1980. French pop singer Anne Chancel took this Chic production to the top five of most European countries and the top of the American dance charts, selling five million copies along the way. Most of you tender kittens will know Spacer as the basis for Alcazar’s 2000 smash, Crying At The Discotheque. It was a great …

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Paris: Muslim Soccer Team Renegs, Kicked Out Of League

That all-Muslim amateur soccer team in Paris refused for a second time to play the all-gay team, despite saying last week that they would. Here’s the result. So, just a few days after a French Muslim soccer team, Créteil Bébel, agreed to play a French gay soccer team, Paris Foot Gay (PFG), to quash allegations of homophobia, team Créteil Bébel …

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Reversal: Paris All-Muslim Soccer Team Will Play Gay Team After All

Saying that the controversy was all just a misunderstanding, an all-Muslim amateur soccer team in Paris has announced that they will play the all-gay team after all. That decision came after the gay team said they considered the rejection to be homophobic and were considering pressing charges under French law. In a statement, Bebel director Zahir Belgharbi insisted there had …

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Paris: Amateur Gay Soccer Team Snubbed By Muslim Competitors

Paris Foot Gay, an amateur gay soccer team has been told by a team comprised of Muslim players that their scheduled game cannot take place due to “religious principles.” The Paris Foot Gay team says Tuesday it received an e-mail from the Creteil Bebel club canceling a match scheduled for last Sunday. “Because of the principles of our team, which …

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France: Let’s Put Health Warnings On Airbrushed Models

A coalition of 50 prominent French politicians wants to require that advertisers place “bold notices” on airbrushed images of models. The pols say that women need to know when the photos have been digitally altered and that trying to become one of those skinny bitches can be bad for your health. Campaigning MP Valerie Boyer, of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s UMP …

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Hunting The Homo

France has banned a video game in which the goal is to shoot naked homosexuals. The game is owned by a company based in Georgia (the country.) A video game hosted by a Georgian website is causing outrage in the gay rights community. The idea of the online game – to shoot nudists, before they b**ger you, was created by …

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Pat Condell Calls Out Feminist Silence On Burka Controversy

My favorite YouTube atheist gets it right.

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French Prez Wants To Ban Burqas

President Nicolas Sarkozy has joined a coalition of French legislators calling for a ban on the wearing of burqas. “The issue of the burqa is not a religious issue, it is a question of freedom and of women’s dignity,” Sarkozy said. “The burqa is not a religious sign, it is a sign of the subjugation, of the submission of women. …

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Dog-O-Matic

From the French, a coin-operated dog wash. Maybe this works for those cheese-eating surrender dogs they have in France, but I think American dogs would take a very dim view of being shoved into a washing machine. (Via – By The Bayou)

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The Big French Gay Anti-Hate Collaboration

Remember the Big Fat Gay Anti-Hate Collaboration? Here’s a bunch of French kids doing their version. Almost as cute as the first one, I especially cracked up at the 2:00 mark.

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Pope Condoms Selling Well In France

The International Women’s Health Coalition reports that “I Said No!” pope condoms are all the rage in France. The condoms were produced in response to Ill Papa’s recent demented declaration that condom availability actually speeds the spread of AIDS. On Monday, Belgium became the first nation to lodge a formal protest over the comments with the Vatican.

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This Is Not A Test

The French border city of Strasbourg got a major freak-out yesterday. Strasbourg panicked Tuesday after sirens used to warn of impending nuclear attack or natural catastrophe malfunctioned and wailed for 90 minutes. The eastern city’s fire and rescue service switchboard was flooded with about 600 calls during that time, 10 times more than normal, officials and France Telecom said, adding …

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HomoQuotable – Roger Karoutchi

‘Yes, I have a life. I’m neither living a lie, nor flaunting anything. I discuss it naturally. I have a partner and I’m happy with him. As I’m happy, I see no reason why I should hide that.” – Roger Karoutchi, French Secretary of State for Parliamentary Relations, coming out to the press on Friday. Karoutchi is France’s first out …

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Gay Mayor Of Paris To Run For President Of France In 2012

Wildly popular Paris mayor Betrand Delanoe has announced that he will seek the leadership of his Socialist Party and afterwards will seek the presidency of France. Delanoe’s declaration in an interview with Le Monde newspaper puts to rest months of speculation. “Yes, I will put all my energy at the service of my beliefs,” the mayor told Le Monde newspaper …

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World’s First Gay President?

Mayoral incumbent Betrand Delanoe will easily win relection in Paris next week and now his party appears to be grooming him to run for president of France. Since becoming mayor Delanoe has been hugely popular, particularly with the poor and middle classes. Public opinion polls put him well ahead of the opposition going into the municipal elections on March 9 …

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Gay Mayor Of Paris Warned About Al-Qaeda

Bertrand Delanoe, the openly gay mayor of Paris, has been given extra security after U.S. intelligence services informed the French that al-Qaeda may be targeting him for assassination. American sources monitoring internet traffic picked up references to Delanoe listing him as a target. Delanoe is running for a second term as mayor of Paris and is considered a contender for …

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