At UPCité, united against LGBT+phobias
On the occasion of the International Day against LGBT+phobia, the university is mobilising to promote inclusion and combat all forms of discrimination, harassment, and violence related to sexual orientation or gender identity.
Program: a guided tour through Paris retracing the history of LGBTQIA+ communities and their struggles, followed by a conference organized as part of the “Gender Thursdays” series, devoted to a critical approach to affective masculinities.
You can also visit the information stands at Halle aux Farines and the Saints-Pères University Centre on May 12 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Our commitments
Université Paris Cité reaffirms its commitment to fighting discrimination related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Through its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office, it implements concrete actions in prevention, support, and training for the entire university community.
Equality memo
Having clear definitions is a key lever in the fight against discrimination.
This Equality Memo provides a shared frame of reference for understanding issues related to sexual orientations and gender identities.
As part of Pride Week, the university is rolling out an awareness campaign across all of its sites and campuses.
Our events
[Tour]
Memory of LGBTQIA+ struggles: a historical itinerary through the heart of Paris
Through a primarily historical route across Paris, come and discover places that tell the story of the LGBTQIA+ community and its contemporary lived experience.
A guide will recount the history of the struggles and resistance led by this community over the centuries in France in pursuit of equal rights, up to the present day, even as its social spaces, particularly in the Marais district, are becoming increasingly rare.
The tour will begin in front of Saint-Germain-des-Prés Church and end at City Hall.
May 12, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Registration required.
[conference]
Toward a critical approach to affective masculinities
Mark Zuckerberg recently stated that corporate culture required more “masculine energy.”
While masculine affects undeniably operate as tools of normativity and gender hegemony, their cultural representations also reveal the ways in which they can fail, and do in fact fail, without reproducing or reifying normativity.
Such failures then open the way to new relational configurations of masculinities.
By bringing together Affect Studies and Critical Studies of Men and Masculinities, the aim is to outline a methodology that makes it possible to read the failures of masculine energies or affects as forms of resistance to normativity.
In this original contribution, Vanille Reintjes (ECHELLES, Université Paris Cité), internationally supported, presents a manifesto in defense of freedom of thought.
May 12, 2026.
From 4:30 p.m. onward.
Amphithéâtre Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Condorcet Building, 4 Rue Elsa Morante, 75013 Paris.
[Tour]
A Pride-themed bike convergence
As the International Day Against LGBT+phobias approaches, the university is offering a highlight event that combines environmental and social commitment.
From 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., a bike convergence will set off from several campuses (Grands Moulins, Villemin, Malakoff, Montrouge, and Observatoire), stopping by the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office stands as part of Pride Week.
Arrival is scheduled in the Cour d’Honneur at Odéon for a friendly lunch, affirming a shared commitment to sustainable mobility and inclusion.
May 12, 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Registration required.
To explore
Contacts
→ OUTrans
→ Intersex Activist Collective
→ SOS Homophobia
→ MAG jeune LGBT
→ L’Autre Cercle
Experiencing or witnessing LGBT-phobic violence?
An LGBT liaison officer is available to all police stations in Paris and the inner suburbs. Victims can contact them to file a complaint, seek advice or check on the progress of their case.
