Paris 2018 has entrusted the organization of thematic tours in Paris to the Paris Gay Village Association. Paris Gay Village (PGV) is an association that, since 2005, brings together gays and lesbians who want to be involved in the promotion and development of LGBT tourism in Paris.
Thus Parisians who love their city, inform and guide tourists during personalized welcome. Paris Gay Village also offers tours in the city to explore the history of homosexuality and gays and lesbians cultures.
For games Paris 2018 Paris Gay Village proposes to contribute to provide participants with original tourist information and particularly suited to LGBT public. Most of the contribution of Paris Gay Village is its cultural contribution: we will not only offer the commercial side of the city (LGBT institutions) but also the rich history and culture of the capital. It is therefore essential to contribute to the cultural side of Gay Games.
In this context, the contribution of Paris Gay Village could consist of a share in the organization and design of welcoming tourists and on the other hand of the development of a cultural program of proposed visits to the participants.
Examples
Montmartre 1900, the forefront of inverts
Montmartre, between the boulevard and the hill was a hotbed of homosexual nights around 1900. Cabarets, pubs and music halls received lesbians emancipated or seeking boys openly. Some music-halls were successful background of homosexual scandal. Montmartre but was also home to many artists homosexuals at the same time. Pigalle to the mound, the "inverted" showed themselves openly between contempt, fascination and rejection.
Lesbians in the Left Bank
Between Luxembourg and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Left Bank has hosted many lesbians, women writers and artists between 1900 and 1940. These French and American have had a significant influence on the intellectual life as the empowerment of women and lesbian visibility. The walk starts in the footsteps of Adrienne Monnier and Sylvia Beach, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Djuna Barnes and Janet Flanner, Natalie Barney and Romaine Brooks ...
The ladies of the sixteenth arrondissement
The sixteenth arrondissement hosted the lives and loves of many lesbians among the Belle Epoque and the Second World War. The fate of Mathilde de Morny, Renée Vivien, Liane de Pougy, Colette, Elisabeth de Gramont among others, are scheduled for this walk in a district not often traveled.
Male beauty at the Louvre
Many works from the Louvre museum celebrating the beauty of the male body. If representations are often naked homoerotic many portraits can also be seen as prime examples of male seduction. During the visit, according to the mood of the speaker, you will discover a few masterpieces and other rarities, traveling through centuries and through their vision of human beauty.
