Paris
The city of Proust and Piaf is a natural environment for a flourishing queer life. A commercial gay quarter is now well established around the elegant Marais district, but a darker and more risqué same-sex nightlife can be found in seedy Pigalle and as far away as the Bois de Boulogne (read Rupert Everett's memoirs for eye-popping details). Women are particularly well catered for in Paris, with chic lesbian bars such as the Alcantara Café and events such as a women-only film festival and a lesbian cultural archive. Gay pilgrimage sites in the city include the graves of Oscar Wilde and Gertrude Stein, both in cemetery Père Lachaise.
The city of Proust and Piaf is a natural environment for a flourishing queer life. A commercial gay quarter is now well established around the elegant Marais district, but a darker and more risqué same-sex nightlife can be found in seedy Pigalle and as far away as the Bois de Boulogne (read Rupert Everett's memoirs for eye-popping details). Women are particularly well catered for in Paris, with chic lesbian bars such as the Alcantara Café and events such as a women-only film festival and a lesbian cultural archive. Gay pilgrimage sites in the city include the graves of Oscar Wilde and Gertrude Stein, both in cemetery Père Lachaise.
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