My fictional crush: “Louis Garrel and his character in “Love Songs” haunt my dreams.”

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It's this comic book protagonist, whose drawn muscles give rise to the first sweats, or this series heroine who awakens a desire or at least makes its expression possible: romantic-sexual emotion for a fictional character can participate in the discovery of a sexual orientation. On the occasion of the Paris Pride March, Saturday, June 28, gay, bisexual, and lesbian people tell Libération about their crush. In this episode, Joseph, 32, an actor in Paris, experienced an erotic passion for Ismaël, a character in Christophe Honoré's film Les Chansons d'amour .

“I grew up in Picardy. At the time, queer representations weren’t numerous or within my reach. As a teenager, I felt empathy for characters whose sexual orientation was ambiguous. I also had this dream of moving to the “big city.” One day, when I was in 10th grade, I came across a photo of Louis Garrel. I found him incredibly handsome. I did some research and discovered Chansons d’amour. of