June 1 marked the start of Pride Month, which celebrates and highlights the experiences and struggles of LGBTQI+ people. While Pride marches will be held all over France throughout the month (June 10 in Bordeaux, June 17 in Montpellier, June 24 in Paris and Avignon… the full list can be found right here), here is a selection of additional events not to be missed!
The Out d’Or 2023 ceremony in Paris
Sunday June 18 in Paris, the fifth edition of the Out d’Or ceremony will be held, organized by the Association of LGBTQI+ Journalists (AJL), which rewards journalists, activists or artists working for LGBTQI+ visibility. Barbara Butch, for example, won Personality of the Year at the 2021 ceremony, and this year, seven nominees will be decided by an online vote.
Drag queen La Briochée and journalist Linh-Lao Dao will officiate as masters of ceremonies for this event, which will gather up to 400 people and pay special attention to the specific themes of transidentity. Interviewed by stubborn·Yanis Chouiter, co-chair of the AJL, analyzes the media blind spot of these questions: Today homosexuality and bisexuality are treated well, but the problem has moved. We find the same reflections and the same treatment of trans people, with an important place left for transphobic words. »
A ticket office was set up, with reduced and supportive prices, to participate in the ceremony and meet the media and associations working in the field for the visibility and diversity of LGBTQI+ people.
The Cinepride festival in Nantes
An unmissable event in Nantes organized with Nosig, the LGBTQIA+ center of Nantes, the Cinépride festival has been held since 2003 at the Katorza cinema. This year he will take up residence in From Tuesday 13 June to Sunday 18 June.
For six days, viewers will be able to discover international and sometimes unreleased films, combining documentaries, features and shorts that celebrate the plurality of queer cinema. Some screenings will be followed by meetings with film crews or associations working in the field for LGBTQI+ rights.
Upcoming this year: 20,000 species of beesSpanish drama about identity, or the documentary Lesbians, what story? for a fundamental reflection on lesbian visibility.
Space 3013 in Marseille
From Wednesday 21 June to Friday 30 June, the 3013 cultural space in Marseille will host three photographic exhibitions: The glorious 30 by Sun Africa,” indivisible and visible by the Youth of the Refuge e Family » by the Consulate of Portugal and the Association of Gay and Lesbian Parents. Everything will be completed 2nd of July of a show entitled ” #the comedy of the Essevesse Company.
Organized by Pride Marseille, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, these exhibitions offer unique perspectives on LGBTQI+ experiences, through a representation “ Positive, sunny and benevolent Afro Queer », plural and inclusive family models or the reality « thousands of young people of all origins and social backgrounds who experience the drama of family rejection every year “. To be discovered urgently.
Also note that Pride Marseille is organizing an evening on July 1st, which promises to be memorable, with a 5-star line-up…
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Source: Madmoizelle
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