Paris LGBT Center, LGBT community center and voluntary association in Paris, France
The Centre LGBT Paris-Île-de-France is a community center and voluntary association in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, at 63 rue Beaubourg. The center offers a daily open reception area, a room for meetings and events, and a large library open to the public.
On January 18, 1993, around fifty representatives from various associations gathered in Paris to found the Centre Gai et Lesbien, primarily in response to the HIV and AIDS crisis. Since then, the center has broadened its name and scope several times to include bisexual and trans people, and moved to larger premises in 2008.
The center houses the Jean-Le-Bitoux library, one of the largest collections on LGBTQI+ topics in France, with around 10,000 documents, books, magazines, and comics. Visitors can browse freely, borrow items, or discover rare works on the history of the community.
The center is in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, about a 10-minute walk from Châtelet, and is easy to reach by public transport. It is open Monday to Saturday in the late afternoon and early evening, with slightly different hours for the library on certain evenings and weekends.
Between 1994 and 1999, the center published a monthly magazine called 3 Keller, which covered issues and struggles within the community. Today, the main event room bears the name of Geneviève Pastre, a French writer and activist who was close to the community.
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