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French LGBTQ campaigner vows to continue fight after 'despicable' Paris attack

The nighttime attack on Pierre Picavet took place in the historic Marais, Paris's gay district.
The nighttime attack on Pierre Picavet took place in the historic Marais, Paris's gay district. © Reuters

French police officer and LGBTQ rights campaigner Pierre Picavet has vowed to continue fighting discrimination after he was violently attacked outside a bar in Paris this weekend. The suspect of what Paris mayor has described as a "despicable" attack appears in court on Monday.

Picavet, a police officer and president of FLAG!, an association defending the rights of LGBTQ people within France's justice and interior ministries, was attacked as he left a bar in the Marais district of central Paris in the early hours of Saturday.

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