GayLib is an LGBT
liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and ...
political faction affiliated with the
Radical Party (formerly
Radical Movement
The Radical Movement (french: Mouvement radical, MR), officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement (french: link=no, Mouvement radical, social et libéral), was a social-liberal political party in France.
The party aimed at being an "alte ...
). It was formerly affiliated with the French political party
Union for a Popular Movement
The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Sociali ...
from its inception in 2002 to 2013 and to the
Union of Democrats and Independents
The Union of Democrats and Independents (french: Union des démocrates et indépendants, UDI) is a centre to centre-right political party in France and former electoral alliance founded on 18 September 2012 on the basis of the parliamentary group ...
from 2013 to 2018. Its president is Emmanuel Blanc.
History
The creation of GayLib was supported by
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
Jean-Pierre Raffarin (; born 3 August 1948) is a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 6 May 2002 to 31 May 2005.
He resigned after France's rejection of the referendum on the European Union draft constitution. However ...
,
Philippe Douste-Blazy
Philippe Douste-Blazy (; born 1 January 1953) is a French United Nations official and former centre-right politician. Over the course of his career, he served as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Adviser on Innovative Financi ...
,
Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé (; born 15 August 1945) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac, during which period he faced major strikes that paralysed the coun ...
, and
François Baroin
François Claude Pierre René Baroin (born 21 June 1965) is a French politician and lawyer who served as Finance Minister from 2011 to 2012, following a stint as Budget Minister in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon. A member of ...
.
In 2002, its members took part in the pride parade in Paris for the first time.
Since 2007, they have been waylaid by
The Pink Panthers,
ACT UP
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international, grassroots political group working to end the AIDS pandemic. The group works to improve the lives of people with AIDS through direct action, medical research, treatment and advocacy, ...
and
AIDES
Aides may refer to:
* AIDES, a French non-governmental organization assisting people with HIV/AIDS
* ''Aides'' (skipper), a genus of skippers of family Hesperiidae
* Aides (tax), a French customs duty during the time of Louis XIV
*Hades, a Greek ...
because of the UMP's repudiation of
same-sex marriage.
[Cédric Douzant, 'Gaylib à la gay pride: le char qui dérange', in '']Têtu
( French for "stubborn") is the main LGBTQIA magazine published in France. It was subtitled in French ( en, the magazine of gays and lesbians) until 2007, and reaffirmed itself as a men's magazine since then. As of December, 2012, its certif ...
'', 25 June 200
/ref> However, GayLib says that the UMP helped toughen up hate-crime laws, improved the Pacte civil de solidarité, PACS, created the HALDE, and had a foreign-policy stance against homosexuality criminalization through Rama Yade
Rama Yade (born Mame Ramatoulaye Yade; 13 December 1976) is a Senegalese-born French politician and the author of several books. She served as the French Secretary of Human Rights from 2007 to 2009, and the Secretary of Sports from 2009 to 2010 ...
's appeal to the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizi ...
.
In January 2013, it rescinded its affiliation with the UMP because of the party's opposition to same-sex marriage. It later affiliated with the Union of Democrats and Independents
The Union of Democrats and Independents (french: Union des démocrates et indépendants, UDI) is a centre to centre-right political party in France and former electoral alliance founded on 18 September 2012 on the basis of the parliamentary group ...
(UDI), whose president Jean-Louis Borloo
Jean-Louis Marie Borloo (; born 7 April 1951) is a French politician who served as president of the Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI) from 2012 to 2014. He also was Minister of the Economy, Finance and Employment in 2007 and Minister of ...
endorsed same-sex marriage.
In 2018 GayLib severed its ties with UDI and joined the Radical Movement
The Radical Movement (french: Mouvement radical, MR), officially the Radical, Social and Liberal Movement (french: link=no, Mouvement radical, social et libéral), was a social-liberal political party in France.
The party aimed at being an "alte ...
(MR). Following the dissolution of MR, GayLib became the official LGBT wing of the revived Radical Party (PR).
See also
*Homosexualités et Socialisme
Homosexualités et Socialisme ( en, Homosexualities and Socialism, HES) is a politically independent LGBT organization affiliated with the Parti Socialiste in France officially, since 2015, and with the Parti Radical de Gauche since 2019. It w ...
, the Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of th ...
-affiliated equivalent
References
External links
Official website
Official blog
LGBT conservatism
LGBT liberalism
LGBT political advocacy groups in France
Factions and associate parties of the Union for a Popular Movement
LGBT affiliate organizations of political parties
2002 establishments in France
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