Gaie France

Gaie France, or Gaie France Magazine, was a French monthly magazine for gay readers founded in 1986 by Michel Caignet. It frequently published naked photographs of adolescent boys and was linked closely to the French far-right.

Historical

Sold on newsstands, Gaie France reflected cultural and political ambitions close to the New Right. The director of publication, Michel Caignet, believed that the gay community had a role to play in the perspective of a cultural, political, and artistic renewal within Europe. The magazine was deeply associated with the French far-right, featuring text written by far-right figures like Guillaume Faye and Philippe Randa. ^[1]

Paul Raisant led Association of Friends of Gaie France, which published a bulletin called Sparte, homosexualité et tradition in 1987.^[1]

The magazine focussed heavily on pornographic images of adolescents, offering money to underage readers willing to send in naked photos of themselves.^[1] It frequently contained defences of paedophilia and hosted small ads sections in which paedophiles arranged to meet and rent spaces from each other.^[1] In keeping with its racist values, it published articles arguing for the superiority of blond and blue-eyed boys.^[1]

Gaie France was prohibited for sale to minors by ministerial decree on May 27, 1992, due to "incitement to paedophilia". Gaie France ceased publication in 1993.^[2]

Collaborators

Claude Courouve
Guillaume Faye^[3]
Pierre Gripari
Philippe Randa

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Garnier, Christophe-Cecil (2020). "Dans l'ombre de Matzneff, l'extrême droite pédophile". Streetpress. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
^ "Arrêté du 27 mai 1992 portant interdiction de vente d'une revue aux mineurs". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). June 7, 1992..
^ Verdrager, Pierre (2013). "Comment la pédophilie est devenue scandaleuse". In Armand Colin (ed.). L'enfant interdit. Armand Colin. ISBN 978-2-200-28710-8..

[Garnier-2020-1] Garnier, Christophe-Cecil (2020). "Dans l'ombre de Matzneff, l'extrême droite pédophile". Streetpress. Retrieved 2 March 2025.

[2] "Arrêté du 27 mai 1992 portant interdiction de vente d'une revue aux mineurs". legifrance.gouv.fr (in French). June 7, 1992..

[:0-3] Verdrager, Pierre (2013). "Comment la pédophilie est devenue scandaleuse". In Armand Colin (ed.). L'enfant interdit. Armand Colin. ISBN 978-2-200-28710-8..

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