LGBTQ culture in France
LGBTQ culture in France encompasses three overlapping dimensions: the cultural practices specific to LGBTQ communities within France; the ways in which French LGBTI individuals articulate their identities—homosexual, bisexual, transgender, or intersex—through artistic and cultural expression; and the manner in which these identities and themes are represented, negotiated, or marginalized within mainstream cisgender and heterosexual French society, particularly in terms of visibility and social recognition. == Literature == === Lesbian literature === At the beginning of the 20th century in Paris, an increasingly visible international lesbian community emerged, centered around literary salons organized by American lesbians such as Natalie Clifford Barney and Gertrude Stein.