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Oct 2023
34m 58s

Queer Paris: What has become of the gay ...

Oliver Gee
About this episode

Q is for Queer. In this episode, I'll give you an insight into Gay Paris. And by gay I mean LGBTQIA+.

Where is the gay quarter... or perhaps a better question.... what's happened to the gay quarter now that gentrifcation has hit the Marais? 

Also: What's a gay bookshop? What do they sell and to whom?

Featured in this episode: Bryan Pirolli from The Gay Locals, Boris from Le Ju' cafe, and Nicolas Wanstok from Les Mots à la Bouche bookshop.

  • Find more from The Gay Locals here.
  • Find the bookshop Les Mots à la Bouche here: Address - 37 Rue Saint-Ambroise, 75011 Paris
  • Find the bar with the rainbow umbrellas, Le Ju' cafe, here: 16 Rue des Archives, 75004 Paris

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The music in this episode is from Pres Maxson, find his Substack here: https://presmaxson.substack.com/

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