Luc Carvounas Saturday became the first French parliamentary gay marriage since the adoption of the marriage for all in April 2013. Senator PS Val-de-Marne, aged 44, married his companion Stéphane Exposito, Chief of Staff of the Secretary of State for Women’s Rights, Pascale Boistard in Alfortville, in his department.
“I feel open a reconciliation congress of the Left in the name of friendship.” Reported by Le Monde, the statements are signed Michel Gerchinovitz, first deputy of Alfortville. The event has in fact met several personalities from left, especially the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, President of the National Assembly, Claude Bartolone, the first secretary of the PS, Jean-Christophe Cambadélis, environmentalist Cécile Duflot or former President of the Communist Party, Robert Hue.
“Our company has made good progress”
“Our company has made good progress, equality is for everyone, and public opinion is very favorable to what we have the same rights, but for society to advance, we need women and politicians ‘out’ “, said the senator Yagg, a media dedicated to the gay and lesbian community in late June .
At the same time, Luke was also Carvounas income with AFP on sudden importance that took his marriage following the announcement of his existence: “I have never done my private life a standard. It is the announcement of my marriage that becomes public information that attracts light on my sexuality. ”
The first openly gay politician was the French parliamentarian and mayor of Pau, André Labarrère, at a time when homosexuality was largely hidden in the political world. Bertrand Delanoë marked a new step by his “coming out” the public in 1998, three years before his election as mayor of Paris, claiming a “right to indifference”.
Threatened with death
After the announcement of his marriage, Luke Carvounas had received death threats via Twitter. Liberation reported Thursday that the author of these messages, a fifties “disappointed with the left”, was arrested in Nanterre.
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