{"id":118859,"date":"2020-01-18T10:25:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T15:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/les-mots-a-la-bouche-top-lgbtq-bookshop-in-paris-forced-out-by-rising-rents\/"},"modified":"2020-01-18T10:25:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T15:25:53","slug":"les-mots-a-la-bouche-top-lgbtq-bookshop-in-paris-forced-out-by-rising-rents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/les-mots-a-la-bouche-top-lgbtq-bookshop-in-paris-forced-out-by-rising-rents\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Mots \u00e0 La Bouche, Top LGBTQ Bookshop in Paris, Forced Out by Rising Rents"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les Mots \u00e0 La Bouche, Top LGBTQ Bookshop in Paris, Forced Out by Rising Rents<\/b>
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Les Mots à La Bouche<\/a>, the top LGBTQ bookshop in Paris, is being forced out of the Marais due to rising rents, to be replaced by a Doc Marten shoe shop, according to reports. It’s a knife in the heart of the area’s cultural identity, say residents, and the district’s gay<\/a> heritage.<\/p>\n

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La librairie “Les Mots à la Bouche” sera remplacée par une chaine de vêtements. Paris doit agir pour protéger les lieux LGBT+ !
Avec @RaphaelleRL<\/a> future maire de #ParisCentre<\/a>, nous continuerons à défendre Paris comme ville de culture, de diversité et de tolérance. pic.twitter.com\/uvLdxXCDxY<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Guardian reports<\/a>: “Les Mots à La Bouche, a 40-year-old Paris institution, is the top LGBT bookshop in France and considered one of the best in the world – a focal point of Paris’s historic gay<\/a> neighbourhood in the Marais district. But as property speculation in central Paris reaches dizzying heights – it is estimated that at certain times of year there are more Airbnb rentals than residents in the Marais – the bookshop is being forced out by rising rents. … The shop, which has been in the Marais since 1983, is open seven days a week until 11pm and stocks more than 16,000 titles. But like many historic gay<\/a> bars that closed under pressure from rising rents, the shop has been given until March to find a new location elsewhere in Paris.”<\/p>\n

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