Last saturday was lyon's 15th lesbian and gay pride. about 12 000 proud lgbts and friends, kids and dogs ;-) walked from le parc de la tête d'or to place bellecour under the sun. as usual (im quite faithful to lyon's pride), we enjoyed walking along (ok, watching from place des terreaux, mostly ;-) this political happening-slash-foam party featuri

A couple of days ago i came across this article on yagg. judith silberfeld from french site yagg wrote about an animated movie called "le baiser de la lune" (moon's kiss). it hasn't been fully produced yet but here's the synopsis : an old she-cat lives in her tower, still waiting for her prince charming for "there is no other form of love". she see

Far from picturing the day-to-day life of two lesbian moms and their little girl, "je ne suis pas une fille à papa" strikes almost directly where it could hitch, a.k.a. the father of the girl. except that it doesn't. here's what lucie says about her father : i'm not a mystery of nature, i was made like everyone else : i have a dad. except that i d

A great while ago, when i was gently making my way through my lesbians-in-children's book reviews, i started to write this huge article about what's going on in france for gay couples who want to be parents. it was so full of infos and facts that it started to become a whole serie of articles that i never got the nerve to post because i tend to bit

Another cute book and after this one, i promise to go surfing on a more teenager's wave, ok? dis...mamans is muriel douru's first of three books (she also published « a very gay wedding » and « two mommies and a baby », her own story about becoming a mom through insemination.) dis...mamans was published by editions gaies et lesbiennes which was

Two or three weeks ago i told you about this french movie who's about to be produced (link to article). a lot happened since then, and i choose to build with you some sort of mind-map to reacp everything with you, dear eurout readers : (mind-maping are the new black, at least in my living-room ;-) ) anyway i decided to be part of the adventure and

I'm delighted to annouce that a three days long conference will take place in besançon next week : "education and homophobia, a form of discrimination in the educational system:overview , actions, and intermediaries of action" the city of besançon is part of the project as long as several organisations and three ministers (education, university a

Author: ophélie texier publisher: l'ecole des loisirs intended age group: 3-8 price: €7,50 available in french only. something sweet seemed appropriate for my very first gay-parenting children's book review so i decided to go with this cute little purple book. jean a deux mamans (jean has two mommies) by french author ophélie texier. (i hope yo

Another cute book and after this one, i promise to go surfing on a more teenager's wave, ok? dis...mamans is muriel douru's first of three books (she also published « a very gay wedding » and « two mommies and a baby », her own story about becoming a mom through insemination.) dis...mamans was published by editions gaies et lesbiennes which was