Death of Jan-Paul Pouliquen, the inventor of the PACS

Inventor of the PACS and activist of the homosexual cause, Jan-Paul Pouliquen died at the age of 69, Friday April 28.

His fierce fight lasted for years. Historical activist of the homosexual cause and equal rights for LGBT people, Jan-Paul Pouliquen died at the age of 69, Friday, April 28. According to his death notice, it was in Trappes that the man who was president of the organization Homosexualités et socialismes (HES) from 1983 to 1986 died. To pay him a last tribute, a civil ceremony will be organized at Les Mureaux, before the activist is cremated, we learn from avis-de-deces.net.

Jan-Paul Pouliquen, one of the “fathers of Pacs”

It was in the 1980s that the name of Jan-Paul Pouliquen appeared in the media space, when he became president of the HES, an association for reflection and proposals on lesbian, gay, bisexual issues. and trans, created in May 1983. But if the first half of the 1980s was quite beneficial to the homosexual condition, with in particular the repeal of discriminatory penal laws and regulations, case law was reluctant to take into account the reality of homosexual couples. While first bill “tending to create a civil partnership contract” was tabled in the Senate by Jean-Luc Mélenchon on June 25, 1990, it is a working group, gathered around the activist Jan-Paul Pouliquenof law professor Gérard Bach-Ignasse a you Deputy Jean-Yves Autexierwho is at the origin of the civil union contract (CUC) created in October 1991.

Jean-Luc Romero and Patrice Bloch pay tribute to him

President of the Pacs et cætera collective, Jan-Paul Pouliquen “had the intelligence of freedom to the point of inventing what would become the PACSand the incredible nerve to move heaven and earth to make it happen”greets on Twitter Denis Quinqueton, who today co-directs the LGBT+ Observatory of the Jean-Jaurès Foundation, after having been president of HES, before concluding: “During our militant years, he transmitted to me the requirement of citizenship. Thank you, Jan-Paul!” “As we celebrate 10 years of marriage for allthose sadness to learn of the death of Jan-Paul Pouliquen one of the fathers of the PACS”wrote Jean-Luc Romero. “I will never forget his frank and endearing personality and his welcome in his collective”adds the politician and activist, while Patrice Bloch recalls that “we owe him so much“.

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