Mix-Cité
Encyclopedia
Mix-Cité is a mixed movement for equality of the sexes and of sexualities
, founded in 1997. It is a feminist, antisexist and universalist association for reflection and action in public, in media, and in institutions. It is a Voluntary association
.
Created in 1997 in Paris
, the Mix-Cité movement is currently active in Paris and in many other cities such as Toulouse
, Orléans
, Rennes
and Nantes
. These associations meet once a year for "Inter-Mix-Cité", which allows them to exchange their analyses and to take stock of their actions and causes to promote.
Put into the spotlight by their activities at Galeries Lafayette
and their living mannequins, the movement also participates in different protests such as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
, International Women's Day
, International Workers' Day
, the International Day Against Homophobia
, as well as LGBT
Pride parades.
It also participates, especially during the Christmas season, in a campaign against sexist toys, with the Collectif Contre le Publisexisme http://publisexisme.samizdat.net/ and the Panthères Roseshttp://www.pantheresroses.org/. This campaign began in 2002 with different methods of activism: occupations of toy stores and actions within the store departments and among the customers,invisible theatre, songs and performances in the street in front of the stores, distribution of "counter catalogues" for toys, public debates and calls to phone-in radio shows, and interventions with children. In 2009 Mix-Cité organized a letter-writing campaign to influence HALDE (Haut Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations et pour l'Égalité), asking it to advise against displaying sexist toys on the shelves of department stores and promote the display by age.
Sexual orientation
Sexual orientation describes a pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to the opposite sex, the same sex, both, or neither, and the genders that accompany them. By the convention of organized researchers, these attractions are subsumed under heterosexuality, homosexuality,...
, founded in 1997. It is a feminist, antisexist and universalist association for reflection and action in public, in media, and in institutions. It is a Voluntary association
Voluntary association
A voluntary association or union is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement as volunteers to form a body to accomplish a purpose.Strictly speaking, in many jurisdictions no formalities are necessary to start an association...
.
Created in 1997 in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, the Mix-Cité movement is currently active in Paris and in many other cities such as Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, Orléans
Orléans
-Prehistory and Roman:Cenabum was a Gallic stronghold, one of the principal towns of the Carnutes tribe where the Druids held their annual assembly. It was conquered and destroyed by Julius Caesar in 52 BC, then rebuilt under the Roman Empire...
, Rennes
Rennes
Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
and Nantes
Nantes
Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the 6th largest in France, while its metropolitan area ranks 8th with over 800,000 inhabitants....
. These associations meet once a year for "Inter-Mix-Cité", which allows them to exchange their analyses and to take stock of their actions and causes to promote.
Put into the spotlight by their activities at Galeries Lafayette
Galeries Lafayette
- History :In 1893 Théophile Bader and his cousin Alphonse Kahn opened a fashion store in a small haberdasher's shop at the corner of rue La Fayette and the Chaussée d'Antin, Paris. In 1896, the company purchased the entire building at n°1 rue La Fayette and in 1905 the buildings at n°38, 40 et...
and their living mannequins, the movement also participates in different protests such as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Women's activists have marked November 25 as a day to fight violence against women since 1981. On December 17, 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women...
, International Women's Day
International Women's Day
International Women's Day , originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and...
, International Workers' Day
International Workers' Day
International Workers' Day is a celebration of the international labour movement and left-wing movements. It commonly sees organized street demonstrations and marches by working people and their labour unions throughout most of the world. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries...
, the International Day Against Homophobia
International Day Against Homophobia
The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia is celebrated every May 17.It is coordinated by the Paris based "IDAHO Committee" founded and presided by French academics, Louis-Georges Tin...
, as well as LGBT
LGBT
LGBT is an initialism that collectively refers to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender" people. In use since the 1990s, the term "LGBT" is an adaptation of the initialism "LGB", which itself started replacing the phrase "gay community" beginning in the mid-to-late 1980s, which many within the...
Pride parades.
It also participates, especially during the Christmas season, in a campaign against sexist toys, with the Collectif Contre le Publisexisme http://publisexisme.samizdat.net/ and the Panthères Roseshttp://www.pantheresroses.org/. This campaign began in 2002 with different methods of activism: occupations of toy stores and actions within the store departments and among the customers,invisible theatre, songs and performances in the street in front of the stores, distribution of "counter catalogues" for toys, public debates and calls to phone-in radio shows, and interventions with children. In 2009 Mix-Cité organized a letter-writing campaign to influence HALDE (Haut Autorité de Lutte contre les Discriminations et pour l'Égalité), asking it to advise against displaying sexist toys on the shelves of department stores and promote the display by age.