https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Gay rights groups said Thursday they had filed a complaint with the European Commission alleging discrimination by France over its ban on blood donations by gay men unless they abstain from sex for a year beforehand. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190620/eu-complaint-lodged-against-french-sex-ban-for-gay-blood-donors Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:06:19 +0200 eu-complaint-lodged-against-french-sex-ban-for-gay-blood-donors These are the faces of the victims of a recent spate of homophobic attacks that have shocked Paris and left the gay community fearing more violence. The Mayor Anne Hidalgo has called for collective action. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181017/these-are-the-faces-of-the-victims-of-the-recent-homophobic-attacks-in-paris Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:07:11 +0200 these-are-the-faces-of-the-victims-of-the-recent-homophobic-attacks-in-paris Rainbow pedestrian crossings painted on roads in the Marais district of Paris for Saturday's Gay Pride march have been vandalised with homophobic slogans for the second time this week. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180629/paris-rainbow-crossings-hit-by-homophobic-graffiti-again Fri, 29 Jun 2018 15:34:57 +0200 paris-rainbow-crossings-hit-by-homophobic-graffiti-again A French official sparked a major row Tuesday by suggesting gay people came lower in the pecking order than heterosexual couples when applying to adopt children. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180619/french-official-backs-adoption-policy-to-give-gay-couples-children-that-no-one-wants Tue, 19 Jun 2018 19:02:57 +0200 french-official-backs-adoption-policy-to-give-gay-couples-children-that-no-one-wants The French fashion tycoon Pierre Bergé - the business brains behind the Yves Saint Laurent empire - has died aged 86, his foundation said Friday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170908/french-fashion-tycoon-and-gay-rights-campaigner-pierre-berge-dies-aged-86 Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:07:28 +0200 french-fashion-tycoon-and-gay-rights-campaigner-pierre-berge-dies-aged-86 Some 130 doctors in France owned up on Friday to having helped gay couples to have children, in the hope of denouncing the "incoherence" of French law, which does not allow it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160318/france-doctors-admit-to-illegally-helping-gay-couples-have-children Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:02:34 +0100 france-doctors-admit-to-illegally-helping-gay-couples-have-children In a landmark decision a lesbian couple were barred from adopting a child, who was conceived through artificial insemination outside France. One gay-rights group slammed the decision saying "Children of LGBT families are the new bastards of the Republic". https://www.thelocal.fr/20140502/lesbian-couple-refused-right-to-adopt-child Fri, 02 May 2014 15:11:00 +0200 lesbian-couple-refused-right-to-adopt-child A group of anti-gay marriage ‘pilgrims’ have been barred from gathering in Paris this weekend. Police claim they were forced to resort to social networks to discover the group's plans. ‘The Watchmen’ have vowed to assemble anyway. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130829/anti-gay-marriage-pilgrims-barred-from-paris-demo Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:24:00 +0200 anti-gay-marriage-pilgrims-barred-from-paris-demo An artist who painted Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dimitry Medvedev in women's underwear has fled to Paris where he is applying for politican asylum from France, he claimed on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130829/putin-in-nightie-artist-flees-to-france-in-asylum-bid Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:26:00 +0200 putin-in-nightie-artist-flees-to-france-in-asylum-bid A lesbian couple in the western city of Nantes were angered this week after a French court made a controversial decision to recognise the parental rights of their child's biological father, who when he donated his sperm had promised to waive all rights to the child. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130731/french-sperm-donor-father-granted-parental-rights Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:51:00 +0200 french-sperm-donor-father-granted-parental-rights Paris Saint Germain football club and gay rights campaigners have criticized controversial English midfielder Joey Barton accusing him of using 'discriminatory' language to insult PSG and Brazil captain Thiago Silva on Twitter. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130404/footballer-barton-in-hot-water-over-homophobic-tweets Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:24:00 +0200 footballer-barton-in-hot-water-over-homophobic-tweets As France braces this weekend for giant protests against gay marriage and adoption, neighbouring Belgium has become a haven for French lesbians, who flock there in their thousands to conceive babies they are denied at home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130111/french-lesbians-hop-the-train-to-belgium-to-give-birth Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:40:00 +0100 french-lesbians-hop-the-train-to-belgium-to-give-birth