Jan-Paul Pouliquen, main architect of the civil solidarity PACS “pacte civil de solidarité,”, died in the town of Trappes (Yvelines), Friday April 28, at the age of 69. Founder of the Homosexuality and Socialism association in the 1980s, this ardent defender of the rights of homosexuals then created the Collective for the civil and social union contract aimed at giving a legal existence to unmarried homosexual or heterosexual couples. This will be one of the first steps towards the PACS.