About us
Doina (she/her) & Alex (he/him)
Founders of Queer Tours France
During her PhD in History and years of studying Art History, Doina (she/her) understood the insignificant place left by teachers and books to the LGBTQ+ community. As a lesbian guide and an LGBTQ+ activist, spreading those stories became increasingly important to her over the years. She started including them in mainstream tours, then created specific itineraries focusing on the LGBTQ+ history of Paris.
Things got very serious and totally amazing when Alex (he/him) joined the project and brought his own LGBTQ+ itineraries, energy and knowledge! Queer Tours France was ready to hit the moon!
Alex has studied History in college, and has started his career as a tour guide when he was not even 18. After years as a travel agent, a tour guide, and a gay Parisian in love with his city, Alex is now proud to develop the project and meet Queer visitors from around the world.
As queer travelers ourselves, we always appreciated when tours we took included the LGBTQ+ history of the cities we visited and when our guides could recommend us places to hang out. And why not create ourselves the tour company we would like to find anywhere we go?
Meet our Fabulous Team
We are 100% queer and local! We do accept allies in our team (and they have done a lot for this project), but we are proud to announce that currently all our guides and office members are part of the LGBTQ+ community! It's our way to put forward their experience and life stories and support the queer community.
Charlotte (she/her)
Fantastic Guide and Tour Creator
Charlotte studied History, Art History and the industry of tourism. She has been a professionnal tour guide for nearly ten years.
Because she truly believes visibility helps queer people to be proud of who they are and to embrace themselves (it did for her), she has been in a few queer organizations, battling for queer visibility and against LGBTQ+phobia.
For her, creating and leading queer tours is a way to take her battle for queer visibility to her professional life and to meet queer people from all over the world. She has been in the project since the beginning and she is the best!
Why book with us
The most inclusive tours, the best queer team
We take you to the monuments and areas you always wanted to see.
We have the best knowledge of events, bars and other hang-outs for the community.
We offer the only really inclusive tours that speak about all the letters in the LGBTQIA+ acronym.
We only work with local guides from the LGBTQIA+ community or very strong allies.