(Post-)queer citizenship in contemporary republican France

The latter half of the 1990s saw much of French political debate focusing on a series of issues arising from the development and implementation of the PACS (Pacte civil de solidarité) legislation. Opponents and proponents clashed over questions related to the potential impact the PACS was perceived as having on family structures, filiation, and citizenship of the contemporary métropole. It is through such questions that discussions of the legislation evolved into an engagement with the values of late 20th century republicanism, and, through the work of such authors as Martel, Fassin, and Foerster, as will be argued here, the PACS debates ultimately mapped out a way forward for the postqueer citizen and a renegotiation of French republicanism.