Homosexuality in France

Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (1753-1824), auteur du "Code Napoléon".

Jean-Jacques Régis de Cambacérès.

Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Painting by Gustave Courbet.

Paul Verlaine (1844-1896).

Paul Verlaine (1844-1896).

Sem (Georges Goursat, 1863-1934), Robert de Montesquiou (1891).

Robert de Montesquiou (1855-1921) model for Proust's "Baron de Charlus", in 1897. Portrait by Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931).

Montesquiou's lover, Gabriel de Yturri (1864-1905).

Gabriel de Yturri

Jean Lorrain (1855-1906) par Sem (Georges Goursat, 1863-1934).

Jean Lorrain (1855-1906) par Sem.

Marcel Proust (1871–1922).

Marcel Proust: his grave.

Composer Reynaldo Hahn (1874-1947) in 1907.

Le futur militant homosexuel Marc André Raffalovich (1864-1934) en 1880 environs.

French writer Jacques d'Adelsward Fersen (1879-1923) in 1901.

Fersen in 1905/1910. After a homosexual scandal he fled to Italy, and he built a Villa in Capri.

Portrait of french writer and painter Max Jacob (1876-1944), by Amedeo Modigliani.

Ritratto di Max Jacob, dipinto da Amedeo Modigliani(1884-1920).

Max Jacob (1876-1944) in 1934.

Ritratto di Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) nel 1916. Dipinto da Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920).

French writer Julien Green (1900-1998), by Carl Van Vechten, 1933.

French actor Jean Marais photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1949. He was Jean Cocteau's lover.

Openly "out" mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë.

Openly "out" mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë.

Film director François Ozon.