Country: France
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Strengthening its action within the RCN
In march 2024, the city of Paris hosted the annual in-person meeting of the Board at the Hotel de Ville (city hall). After their work session, they were able to visit the LGBTQIA+ Centre of Paris and meet its president. They had the opportunity to discover La Bulle, house of LGBTQIA+ solidarity and meet Jean-Luc…
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Lesbian Visibility: a new internal network and a huge celebration on April 26th
Lesbian visibility has been celebrated by the city of Paris for the third time and this year we decided to go big! From 3PM to 10PM, visitors were able to participate to sports initiations, discover associations that are actively dedicated to lesbian visibility and have a drink while listening to a round-table discussion on the…
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A tool to denounce homophobia and lesbophobia inside the Parisian administration
At the city of Paris, the human resources department constantly improves it anti-discrimination strategy especially when it comes to LGBTQIA+ phobia. To count LGBTQIA+ phobias, the city has teamed up with l’Autre cercle (association) to launch an LGBTQIA+ barometer. On may 17th, the results came out and overall, 88% of employees considered the city to…
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The celebration of IDAHOT on May 17th
On the occasion of the International day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, the city of Paris hosted the 7th edition of the International Prize for LGBTQI+ rights. This year, the jury decided to support Jeremy Clamy-Edroux (national rugbyman openly gay), Shams association (for LGBTI people of North African and Middle Eastern origin living in France)…
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Pride Month and IDAHOT day 2024
Since 2021, the Equality Mission of the City of Bordeaux has been coordinating Pride Month from 17 May to 30 June, with a €15,000 call for projects. Launched each year on IDAHOT Day, 17 May, this event offers a diverse and varied programme to promote the rights of LGBTQI people over more than a month.…
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Mid-term report of the anti-discrimination plan
In 2022, the Bordeaux City Council adopted its new anti-discrimination plan 2022-2026. A mid-term report for 2022-2023 was drawn up and presented to the City Council in October 2024. This review shows that a number of objectives have been achieved, including those concerning the fight against LGBTQI discrimination: – All districts of Bordeaux have one…
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Masterclass against discrimination
For the first time, the Equality Mission of the City of Bordeaux organized, in partnership with UNESCO and the French-speaking EGIDES network, a masterclass dedicated to the fight against racism and discrimination, including LGBTphobia, on June 6, 2024. This masterclass was also integrated into the Youth Forum of the Egides network which took place in…