This is the reason why we have removed the posters from our streets.
Cloud commented, “This is not an act of homophobia, sadly, recent events can testify that French people are against gay marriage. While tame by many standards, Versailles & Saint Cloud, to the west of the city, have pulled the posters down, after claims the authorities had been inundated with complaints about the ‘obsenity of the graphics’. Now that anger has spread to the Paris suburbs and posters for L’inconnu du Lac (Stranger by the Lake). However in recent months the country has seen massive protests against the new equal marriage laws, with many suggesting that general anti-government feeling is being expressed through homophobia. Until recently, it felt like the French were upset if they discovered something wasn’t sexually suggestive, and if there was a bit of homoeroticism thrown in, that was all the better.
