page_title: LGBT culture in Paris
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: LGBT culture in Paris / Notable residents / 19th century
caption_attribution_description: English: Colette in rêve d'Égypte
context_page_description: Paris, the capital of France, has an active LGBT community. In the 1990s, 46% of the country's gay men lived in the city. As of 2004, Paris had 140 LGBT bars, clubs, hotels, restaurants, shops, and other commercial businesses. Florence Tamagne, author of "Paris: 'Resting on its Laurels'?", wrote that there is a "Gaité parisienne"; she added that Paris "competes with Berlin for the title of LGBT capital of Europe, and ranks only second behind New York for the title of LGBT capital of the world." It has France's only gayborhoods that are officially organized.
context_section_description: Liane de Pougy, 19th century writer and courtesan
  Paul Verlaine, 19th century poet
  Oscar Wilde, 19th century English writer, spent his last days at the Hotel d'Alsace.
caption: Colette's 1907 cabaret performance with her lover Mathilde de Morny in Rève d'Égypte was censored in Paris
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