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Critics cast aspersions on appointment of new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier for twice voting against gay rights in France

Graham Robson September 7, 2024

French media and some political opponents have cast aspersions on the appointment of new French Prime Minister Michel Barnier who, while serving in parliament in 1981, was among 155 lawmakers who voted against a law decriminalising homosexuality. Back in 1981, the 30-year-old lawmaker, who took over from Gabriel Attal, France’s first openly gay prime minister. […]

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French President Emmanuel Macron accused of “stigmatising trans people”

Graham Robson June 20, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron is under fire after accusing the New Popular Front, a left-wing alliance built for the upcoming legislative elections, of promoting “completely crazy things, like going to the town hall to change your sex.” The New Popular Front’s manifesto includes a proposal to “authorise a [cost] free change of civil status before […]

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