Gai pied Gai pied Gai pied or Gai pied hebdo was a monthly French gay magazine, founded by Jean Le Bitoux. Its name, which literally means "Gay foot", is a homophone of "guêpier", which means a hornet's nest or, figuratively, a trap or pitfall — a reference to the magazine's determination to torment the status-quo. The magazine's name was suggested by Michel Foucault, who wrote an article for the first issue and continued to contribute material to the magazine throughout its existence. The first issue was sold at two thousand kiosks throughout France on 1 April 1979. It was published by Pink
Pied-Noir specifically, the term "Pied-Noir" is used for those of European ancestry who "returned" to mainland France as soon as Algeria gained independence, or in the months following. From the French invasion on 18 June 1830 until its independence, Algeria was administratively part of France, and its European population was simply called Algerians or colons (colonists), whereas the Muslim people of Algeria were called Arabs, Muslims or Indigenous. The term ""pied-noir"" began to be commonly used shortly before the end of the Algerian War in 1962. As of the last census in French-ruled Algeria, taken on 1 June 1960, there were