LGBTI+ Federation

The LGBTI+ Federation, formerly known as the French Federation of LGBT Centres, is an alliance of LGBT community centres and associated organisations in France. Its members work with and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex people, while the federation provides a framework for solidarity, shared values, and cooperation among local and regional initiatives. The federation is not a consumer-facing commercial brand. It functions as a membership and coordination body for community organisations that provide support, information, advocacy, social connection, and other services related to sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics. Its network includes organisations operating in metropolitan France as well as overseas territories and departments. The federation's membership model also allows participation by organisations that support LGBT centres, run LGBT spaces, are developing a centre, or identify with the federation's values without being full centre members. A central element of the federation's identity is its Charter and associated code of ethics. The framework is intended to promote openness to all people, solidarity among member organisations, and an active policy of prevention. It gives participating groups a common basis for developing projects and representing LGBT communities while retaining their own local identities and activities. The organisation's structure distinguishes between several forms of participation. Full or affiliated LGBT centres may sign the federation's Charter and form the core of the network. Associate members can be individuals or legal entities that support the centres' aims and initiatives; they have a consultative role. Observer organisations share the federation's values and can contribute significantly to discussions and projects but are not as closely involved in the Charter's objectives. Local correspondents provide a further connection for people or initiatives involved in, or considering, the creation or support of an LGBT centre. The network has included centres and associations in cities such as Dijon, Metz, Sarreguemines, Reims, Lyon, Lille, Angers, Tours, Paris, Grenoble, Toulouse, Rennes, Orléans, Le Mans, Caen, Nouméa, and Nîmes, together with groups in Martinique, the Antilles, Réunion, and other parts of France. Membership listings can change over time, so these organisations should be understood as documented participants rather than a permanently fixed directory. The former name, French Federation of LGBT Centres, describes the organisation's original centre-based identity. The LGBTI+ Federation name reflects a broader formulation that explicitly encompasses lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex communities and accommodates a wider range of partner organisations. The available reference material does not establish a founding year, founder, headquarters, leadership roster, budget, or legal status beyond its role as an alliance of associations and community centres.

The LGBTI+ Federation is described as an alliance of French LGBT centres and associated organisations. Its earlier name was the French Federation of LGBT Centres. The federation's institutional purpose is to build solidarity among LGBT centres and associate members and to promote adherence to a shared code of ethics. That code emphasises openness, active prevention, and common values across the participating organisations. Rather than operating as a conventional commercial enterprise, the federation connects locally rooted community groups. The network model recognises different degrees of participation. LGBT centres that join the fellowship may sign the Charter. Associate members include organisations and individuals that support the centres' projects, LGBT organisations, groups operating LGBT spaces, and initiatives preparing to establish a centre. Observer organisations share the federation's values and may contribute to debates and projects without being as directly involved in the Charter's objectives. Local correspondents provide a less formal link for individuals connected to the federation's aims or to proposed LGBT-centre projects. Documented participating organisations have been located across metropolitan France and French overseas territories. Listed locations include Dijon, Metz, Sarreguemines, Reims, Lyon, Lille, Angers, Tours, Grenoble, Paris, Martinique and the Antilles, Toulouse, Nîmes, Rennes, Orléans, Le Mans, Nouméa, Caen, Réunion, and other cities and territories. These listings illustrate the federation's geographic breadth and its emphasis on local centres, but they are not necessarily a current or exhaustive membership register. The transition from the former French Federation of LGBT Centres name to LGBTI+ Federation represents a broader public description of the communities and organisations covered by the alliance. The reference material does not provide a reliable founding date, founder, headquarters, executive list, financial information, or detailed chronology of campaigns and decisions. Accordingly, those fields are left unreported rather than inferred.

A national French coordination and solidarity network for LGBT community centres and aligned organisations, positioned around inclusion, prevention, ethical practice, and support for local community infrastructure.

• Ethical and organisational framework

  LGBTI+ Federation Charter

  The federation's Charter provides a shared basis for participating LGBT centres and aligned organisations. It supports solidarity, openness to all people, active prevention, and cooperation around common values and objectives. Full participating centres may sign the Charter, while other categories of members can support or observe the federation's work according to their relationship with its aims.

• Community-centre coordination

  Federation member network

  The federation's principal offering is its network of LGBT centres, associate organisations, observers, and local correspondents. Through this structure, local groups can exchange experience, support projects, participate in discussions, and connect community-centre work across France and French overseas territories.

1. 1LGBTI+ Federationen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Fédération LGBTI+ official websitefederation-lgbti.org