The homosexuality of André Labarrère, Mayor of Pau

The homosexuality of André Labarrère, Mayor of Pau

While the "Gay Pride" is held in Paris, meeting with the mayor of Pau, André LABARRERE, the only political figure to have announced his homosexuality, in 1997. On the market, telewalk to residents convinced that this is no problem and that he is still re-elected. A woman says: "People are still evolved in the countryside". Another, wearing a motorcycle helmet on his head, said: "It’s fashionable now... He had the courage to say it". Sitting at his desk André LABARRERE declares that he "would have preferred to be straight". He remembers the young man he was and who suffered. It wants to give courage to young people, to tell them that we must take responsibility.

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File : Municipal elections: first mayors

Publication date : 20 June 1998