The history of LGBT in France covers the social, political, and cultural history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer individuals in France and how French institutions and society have interacted with them.Initially marked by severe legal and religious condemnation, sometimes leading to death, particularly affecting the Third Estate more than the aristocracy, the French Revolution ended the criminalization of homosexual practices. However, under the Napoleonic Empires, repression took new forms: discreet and police-driven under Napoleon I, it was coupled with medical condemnation under Napoleon III. Despite this, a homosexual and cross-dressing sociability and culture emerged by the late, particularly in Paris. This relative freedom did not extend to the colonies, where France maintained a sexual order to support colonial rule. During World War II, Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Nazi Germany, leading to the discrimination and deportation of homosexuals from this region. The French LGBT community became more structured throughout the, with distinctions between cross-dressing and transsexuality emerging in the 1960s, alongside the creation of transgender associations and the first political demands and demonstrations in the 1970s. These efforts led to the establishment of the Pride parades in France and significant theoretical contributions to international Lesbian feminism through the work of Monique Wittig. While LGBT individuals in France achieved the end of homosexual registration and discrimination based on the age of consent in 1982, the late was heavily impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It was not until 1999 that the Civil solidarity pact (PACS) was introduced, followed by the legalization of Same-sex marriage in France in 2013. Source: Wikipedia (en)