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Gabriel Attal To Be France's Youngest, First Gay Prime Minister
French leader Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France's youngest and first openly gay head of government.
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French Sports Minister Wore Rainbow-Sleeved Pullover In Qatar
France's Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera wore a sweater with rainbow-coloured sleeves to France's World Cup quarter-final in Qatar on Saturday in a message of support for gay rights
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French Priest Charged Over Alleged Gay Date-Rape With Minor
A priest working in northwest France has been charged after being accused of drugging and raping a 15-year-old he met via a gay dating app, prosecutors and legal sources said Thursday.
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In French First, Same-Sex Protestant Pastors Get Married
France's Protestant church has celebrated its first wedding of same-sex pastors, authorities said Monday, six years after gay clergy first won the right to marry.
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Emmanuel Macron Says Vladimir Putin Vowed 'Whole Truth' On Gay Rights In Chechnya
Emmanuel Macron said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had promised "the whole truth" about accusations of a crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, as the French president said he would be "vigilant" on the issue.
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Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters Return To French Streets
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to demonstrate against gay marriage, calling for candidates in France's presidential election to support "traditional family values".
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Gay Pride March Sparks French Hard Right Row
A Gay Pride march in Paris Saturday has caused a row in France's hard Right National Front (FN), with some student supporters backing an event decried by a party vice-chairman.
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French President Slammed Over Gay 'Gaffe'
French media mocked President Francois Hollande on Tuesday after he described sexual orientation as "a choice", in his reaction to the Orlando gay nightclub massacre, comments that had provoked outrage on social media.
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France Abandons Bid To Appoint Gay Ambassador To Vatican
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday appointed to a different post a diplomat he had originally nominated as ambassador to the Holy See, who media said had been rejected by the Vatican because he was gay.
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French Surrogate Mother On Trial For Defrauding Two Gay Couples
A French court is trying a woman on charges of defrauding two gay couples who hired her as a surrogate mother, which is illegal in France.
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France's Main Gay Magazine Goes Bust
After two decades as the best-selling publication for homosexuals in France, the debt-ridden magazine Tetu is being liquidated, it said Wednesday.
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Morocco Expels 2 French Women After Topless Gay Rights Protest
Morocco expelled two French women activists who bared their breasts and kissed each other outside an ancient mosque on Tuesday in a protest about gay rights in a country where homosexuality is illegal.
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Nicolas Sarkozy Says France's Gay Marriage Law Should be Scrapped
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has embarked on a political comeback, on Saturday said France's gay marriage law should be scrapped, in his strongest comment yet on the controversial issue.
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Pope Francis to Visit France in 2015
Pope Francis will visit France next year, the Vatican said on Tuesday, at a time when French politics is increasingly divided over social reforms such as gay marriage.
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French Court Extends Adoption Rights to Lesbians
France's highest court has ruled that married lesbians are allowed to adopt their partner's child born through in vitro fertilization or other medically assisted reproduction.
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Gabriel Attal To Be France's Youngest, First Gay Prime Minister
French leader Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday picked Gabriel Attal as prime minister in a bid to give new momentum to his presidency, with the 34-year-old becoming France's youngest and first openly gay head of government.
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French Sports Minister Wore Rainbow-Sleeved Pullover In Qatar
France's Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera wore a sweater with rainbow-coloured sleeves to France's World Cup quarter-final in Qatar on Saturday in a message of support for gay rights
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French Priest Charged Over Alleged Gay Date-Rape With Minor
A priest working in northwest France has been charged after being accused of drugging and raping a 15-year-old he met via a gay dating app, prosecutors and legal sources said Thursday.
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In French First, Same-Sex Protestant Pastors Get Married
France's Protestant church has celebrated its first wedding of same-sex pastors, authorities said Monday, six years after gay clergy first won the right to marry.
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Emmanuel Macron Says Vladimir Putin Vowed 'Whole Truth' On Gay Rights In Chechnya
Emmanuel Macron said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had promised "the whole truth" about accusations of a crackdown on gay men in Chechnya, as the French president said he would be "vigilant" on the issue.
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Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters Return To French Streets
Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to demonstrate against gay marriage, calling for candidates in France's presidential election to support "traditional family values".
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Gay Pride March Sparks French Hard Right Row
A Gay Pride march in Paris Saturday has caused a row in France's hard Right National Front (FN), with some student supporters backing an event decried by a party vice-chairman.
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French President Slammed Over Gay 'Gaffe'
French media mocked President Francois Hollande on Tuesday after he described sexual orientation as "a choice", in his reaction to the Orlando gay nightclub massacre, comments that had provoked outrage on social media.
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France Abandons Bid To Appoint Gay Ambassador To Vatican
French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday appointed to a different post a diplomat he had originally nominated as ambassador to the Holy See, who media said had been rejected by the Vatican because he was gay.
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French Surrogate Mother On Trial For Defrauding Two Gay Couples
A French court is trying a woman on charges of defrauding two gay couples who hired her as a surrogate mother, which is illegal in France.
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France's Main Gay Magazine Goes Bust
After two decades as the best-selling publication for homosexuals in France, the debt-ridden magazine Tetu is being liquidated, it said Wednesday.
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Morocco Expels 2 French Women After Topless Gay Rights Protest
Morocco expelled two French women activists who bared their breasts and kissed each other outside an ancient mosque on Tuesday in a protest about gay rights in a country where homosexuality is illegal.
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Nicolas Sarkozy Says France's Gay Marriage Law Should be Scrapped
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who has embarked on a political comeback, on Saturday said France's gay marriage law should be scrapped, in his strongest comment yet on the controversial issue.
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Pope Francis to Visit France in 2015
Pope Francis will visit France next year, the Vatican said on Tuesday, at a time when French politics is increasingly divided over social reforms such as gay marriage.
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French Court Extends Adoption Rights to Lesbians
France's highest court has ruled that married lesbians are allowed to adopt their partner's child born through in vitro fertilization or other medically assisted reproduction.
