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Camille & Gaëlle met through the Tinder app in May 2020.
Camille lived in Lille at the time, so they exchanged a couple of months before meeting for the first time in Pigalle, in Paris, for a night of discussions and drinks. They kissed for the first time at Gaëlle's and haven't left each other since then. “Love is like being alone, but together. There's no pressure, it's not complicated, we don't have to make any compromises. It's being able to be yourself, together. You're with your sidekick, but they're also your lover.” |
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Hortense wanted to share some insight about being single and finding yourself again.
“Rediscovering being single is relativizing love and living it differently, because I carry on living it with Mel. I’ll keep on loving her a certain way, my whole life, within my family, my friends, new encounters. It helped me grow. We learn even from breakups. I feel more at peace and more in tune with myself.” |
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Misha & Luciel met through Instagram in 2020.
They first connected because Misha needed help with his injection. They talked a lot and started skating together during confinement. They kissed for the first time during New Year's Eve. “Love is warmth in your heart. Something you feel in your gut. I realize I'm in love when I want to tell it to the person when I think of saying it when I see them, and it comes out by accident. It's something that makes you want to do things so the person feels loved.” |
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Jil & Laura met through the Tinder app in February 2021.
They'd matched a few times, but never talked until Jil sent Laura a message. They exchanged a few messages before they parted ways. Laura found her again on Instagram and they talked for ten days before meeting for a soirée Top Chef, that turned into a night of talking at Jil's. They shared their first kiss on the balcony. “There are several first loves. The first one in primary school, one that makes you feel things, your first relationship and the true love. They've got nothing to do with one another. Our relationship is so easy. I feel so calm. All the voices in my head have quiet down. You love the other for what they are. It's companionship through everything.” |
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Clémence & Eugénie met through the Tinder app in July 2018.
They shared montages and jokes during ten days before meeting in Paris, rue Montorgueil for drinks, the evening of one of the key games of the Word Cup. They went to a few places before sharing their first kiss near the Niki de Saint Phalle fountain. “Love is feeling at home with the other person. Everything changes, evolves, but there's always love. It's benevolence. When you love someone, you're admirative of the other. There's always sharing and realigning. Love is that feeling of opening your Christmas presents. When I see you in my bed every morning, I feel the same way. Love is also living in a single bed for a month and a half.” |
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Adé & Pam met through work in October 2020.
Adé worked for an Afrodescendant Cinema Club and for La Flêche d'Or, where Pam worked in the kitchen for the Queer Food Collective. They contacted each other to organize an event. They'd spent moments together at La Flêche d'Or after services and shared their first kiss at Adé’s. “Love is benevolence and anarchy. The less it's codified, the truer it is. What is unique is the relationship. Love is plural and it exists in many ways.” |
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Alban had his first date as a trans person in Paris in the Père Lachaise the day prior to our meeting.
“I feel being in love very differently than other forms of love, like everyone else. It's something that's out of control for me. Which takes me out of my comfort zone, for better or for worse. It's something that's scary sometimes, but which is extremely gratifying.”
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