Résistance queer - rencontre sur l'histoire et combats d'une minorité

This story traces the "birth" of homosexuality in France at the end of the 19th century, then the development of specific behaviors and identities, names, places, and codes. Literature, song, and culture emerge as spaces for identification and representation. We discover the repression, deportation, and "decriminalization" that homosexuality endured in France, but also the emergence of diverse and sometimes conflicting political movements. Multiple LGBTQI+ identities (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, etc.) take shape before our eyes.

Through these stories, Antoine Idier and Pochep bear witness to the fact that sexual minorities, resisting heteronormative domination, have for nearly two centuries continued to reinvent cultural codes, solidarities and sociabilities, to forge representations and tools of struggle.

Antoine Idier is a sociologist, lecturer at Sciences Po Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and specialist in the status of homosexuals in France. He is the author of *Repressing and Repairing: An Erased History of Homosexuality *, Textuel, 2025.

Pochep is a French comic book artist, author of numerous comics including the 10th volume of the Illustrated History of France . He contributes to various magazines including Fluide Glacial.

Buffon Library

Saturday, June 13th at 4pm in the auditorium.

Registration via Billetweb from May 2nd.

The Buffon Library also presents an exhibition of Pochep's artwork during Queer Pride Month - an exhibition by the cartoonist Pochep - City of Paris