Living Conditions
Most Monagasques affiliate with the Catholic Church, which traditionally views homosexuality and cross-dressing as signs of immorality. Monaco is not affiliated with the European Union, which requires its members to respect certain LGBT-rights protections, but Monaco and its people have a strong cultural and economic relationship with France.
The LGBT community in Monaco does support some gay-friendly establishments within Monaco itself. There are no official gay places to be found in Monaco, as there are in the nearby French cities Marseille, Nice and Lyon.
Read more about this topic: LGBT Rights In Monaco
Famous quotes containing the words living and/or conditions:
“The living blind and seeing Dead together lie
As if in love . . . There was no more hating then,
And no more love; Gone is the heart of Man.”
—Dame Edith Sitwell (1887–1964)
“... we have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.”
—Lucy Stone (1818–1893)