France's LGBTQ+ activists have welcomed a decision by the National Assembly to approve a bill compensating people convicted of the "offence of homosexuality" between 1942 and 1982. Up to 400 victims could be eligible for reparations under the draft law, which must now be examined by the Senate.
France's Senate had already agreed to recognising the harm inflicted on people who were conviected of homosexuality when it was a crime -– but it has so far resisted the idea of reparations.
