About
service for people, welcome, support and information.
The Centre LGBTQI+ Paris Île-de-France is a nonprofit under the French law of 1901, which campaigns for equal rights and against discrimination based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity.
It provides welcome, information and support to people, and offers them a space for socialising (activities, debates, exhibitions, performances, library…), health (prevention, documentation…), support (legal, social, employment, psychological…) and well-being (sophrology, yoga…).
It serves as a space for visibility and a resource centre for documentation on LGBTQI+ issues, and supports its 80 nonprofit members by fostering their initiatives. It also initiates numerous projects beyond its walls across Île-de-France.
Its history? On 18 January 1993, around fifty representatives of gay nonprofits or AIDS-related organisations gathered in Paris for a Founding General Assembly. Les Amis de Bonneuil, l'ACGLSF, les Caramels Fous, les Gais Retraités, le MAG, Rando's IDF, Le Gai Moto Club, Act Up-Paris, Arcat Sida, le CRIPS, le groupe David Girard, le SNEG, l'Association des Médecins Gais, David & Jonathan IDF, SOS Ecoute Gaie, and many others, created the Centre Gai et Lesbien (CGL). With the articles of association filed with the Préfecture de Police de Paris on 22 March 1993, a true adventure began — one of hope, work, commitment and solidarity, led by and for LGBTQI+ people.
Today, it is up to all of you to develop it and keep it alive. It is the most community-centred space there is.
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