Homophobic attacks on the rise in France
By France 24
18 May 2018 |
7:36 am
May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. In France, five years after the legalisation of same-sex marriage, homophobia seems to be getting worse.
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