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 The University of Tours in central-west France has become the first in the country to offer gender-neutral toilets, in an effort to make transgender students feel more comfortable. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170914/french-university-creates-gender-neutral-toilets-in-a-nationwide-first Thu, 14 Sep 2017 17:10:47 +0200 french-university-creates-gender-neutral-toilets-in-a-nationwide-first French cosmetics giant L'Oreal on Friday confirmed it had dropped a British transgender model over comments the company deemed "at odds with our values," after she was hired as part of a diversity campaign. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170902/france-loreal-drops-trans-model-over-controversial-comments Sat, 02 Sep 2017 10:59:57 +0200 france-loreal-drops-trans-model-over-controversial-comments Vogue Paris is to become the first French magazine to feature a transgender model on its cover, according the honour to Valentina Sampaio of Brazil for its March edition. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170215/french-vogue-puts-transgender-on-its-cover-for-first-time Wed, 15 Feb 2017 10:22:00 +0100 french-vogue-puts-transgender-on-its-cover-for-first-time The French parliament has voted to make the harassment and discrimination of transgender people a criminal offence, as part of a bill addressing sexual harassment. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120726/french-senate-adopts-transphobia-legislation Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:13:00 +0200 french-senate-adopts-transphobia-legislation