Editing Gay bar (section)

=== France ===
The very first gay bar in Europe and probably in the world was the Zanzibar in Cannes on the French Riviera. The Zanzibar was opened in 1885 and existed for 125 years, before it was closed in December 2010. Among its visitors were many artists, like actor [[Jean Marais]] and comedians [[Thierry Le Luron]] and [[Coluche]].<ref>RTBF.be: [https://www.rtl.be/art/info/monde/france/france-fermeture-du-plus-vieux-bar-gay-d-europe-a-cannes-208944.aspx], January 7, 2011</ref>
{{Main|LGBT culture in Paris}}
[[Paris]] became known as a centre for gay culture in the 19th century, making the city a queer capital during the early 20th century, when the [[Montmartre]] and [[Quartier Pigalle|Pigalle]] districts were meeting places of the LGBTQ+ community. Although [[Amsterdam]], [[Berlin]], and London had more meeting places and organizations than Paris, the latter was known for the "flamboyance" of LGBTQ+ quarters and "visibility" of LGBTQ+ celebrities.<ref name=Tamagnep240>Florence Tamagne, ''Paris: 'Resting on its Laurels'?'', in: Queer Cities, Queer Cultures: Europe since 1945, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r6zDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA240 240].</ref>

Paris retained the LGBTQ+ capital image after the end of [[World War II]], but the center of the meeting place shifted to [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]]. In the 1950s and 1960s the police and authorities tolerated homosexuals as long as the conduct was private and out of view, but gay bar raids occurred and there were occasions when the owners of the bars were involved in facilitating the raids. Lesbians rarely visited gay bars and instead socialized in circles of friends. Lesbians who did go to bars often originated from the working class.<ref name=Tamagnep242243>Tamagne, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r6zDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA242 242]- [https://books.google.com/books?id=r6zDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA243 243].</ref> [[Chez Moune]], opened in 1936, and [[New Moon (nightclub)|New Moon]] were 20th-century lesbian cabarets located in [[Place Pigalle]], which converted to mixed music clubs in the 21st century.<ref>Laurent Jézéquel, "[http://www.telerama.fr/sortir/new-moon-comment-un-cabaret-de-pigalle-est-devenu-le-qg-du-rock-alternatif,132223.php New Moon : comment un cabaret de Pigalle est devenu le QG du rock alternatif", ''Telerama'']''   Publié le 05/10/2015. Mis à jour le 07/10/2015 à 18h59.''</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html|title=Lost Womyn's Space|website=lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com}}</ref>

Since the 1980s, the [[Le Marais]] district is the center of the gay scene in Paris.