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Added on: 11/03/2024

Road to EuroPride Torremolinos 2027

11/02/2024

There is only one more day left to find out if Torremolinos will finally host EuroPride 2027, the biggest LGBT event in Europe, which would bring together…

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Added on: 10/05/2024

Spain’s first transgender soccer team makes debut in regional men’s league

10/04/2024

A soccer team consisting entirely of transgender men has made its debut in a regional league in Spain, overcoming administrative challenges and prejudice to become the first…

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Added on: 08/12/2024

Madrid high heels run defies gravity, homophobia

08/12/2024

MADRID (Reuters) – Dozens of men and a few women in stiletto heels raced through the centre of the Spanish capital on Thursday, defying gravity, the heat…

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Added on: 07/07/2024

Tens of thousands fill Madrid with colour for gay pride parade

07/06/2024

Tens of thousand of people marched and danced on Saturday along the main streets of Madrid, filling the Spanish capital city with coloured flags for the main…

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Added on: 06/16/2024

How far-right parties seduced young voters across Europe

06/15/2024

That far-right parties fared well in the European elections came as no surprise – surveys had consistently foretold their triumph. The populist right has been on the…

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Added on: 03/06/2024

Doritos Cuts Ties With Transgender Ambassador After Backlash

03/05/2024

Doritos on Tuesday confirmed that it had parted ways with a transgender influencer, but said that the decision was not the result of the transphobic backlash the…

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Added on: 02/21/2024

FC Barcelona surprisingly puts pro-LGBTQ social post on Arabic account, to mixed reactions

02/20/2024

The rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona extends far beyond “El Clasico” matches, which rank among the most intense and politically charged matches in world soccer. The…

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Added on: 02/03/2024

‘Gay Christ’ poster sparks outcry in Spain as some say depiction of Jesus looks ‘homoerotic’

02/02/2024

A poster in the southern Spanish city of Seville that depicts a young, handsome, Jesus wearing only a loincloth has unleashed a storm on social media. Some…

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Added on: 12/23/2023

Madrid partially revokes trans and LGBTQ rights laws

12/22/2023

Protections for transgender people will be stripped back in Madrid after a proposal was passed by the Spanish capital’s conservative People’s Party (PP). Under the reform, discriminating…

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Added on: 09/10/2023

Latin and Caribbean Catholic Groups Ask Pope to Include LGBTQ+ People in Synod

09/09/2023

Sixty groups forming an Ibero-American Catholic LGBTQ+ network have written to Pope Francis asking for LGBTQ+ people to be directly involved in the Synod assembly next month,…

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Added on: 08/22/2023

Spain’s first openly transgender senator, Carla Antonelli, pledges to protect queer and trans rights

08/21/2023

Spain’s first openly trans senator has pledged to defend the country’s trans self-ID law as right-wing parties attempt to roll back trans rights. Carla Antonelli joined the…

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Added on: 07/24/2023

Spain votes in elections that could bring a right-wing wave

07/23/2023

MADRID – Spaniards braved scorching temperatures to go to the polls on Sunday in a highly charged election in which the left tried to hold back a…

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Added on: 07/19/2023

For Queer Spaniards, the Stakes in This Week’s Elections Couldn’t Be Higher

07/18/2023

Lucía Sobral first figured out that she was trans because of Twitter. Growing up, the Gran Canaria native struggled to interact with boys and feared taking off…

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Added on: 05/13/2023

Spain: New employer obligations to ensure equality for LGBTI and trans employees

05/12/2023

Companies with more than 50 employees have one year in which to comply with the Transgender Law by putting in place an action plan and measures to……

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Added on: 05/11/2023

Trans rights gain ground despite rising European rhetoric

05/10/2023

LONDON, May 11 (Openly) – Europeans are moving ever closer to embracing equal rights for all despite a rise in anti-transgender rhetoric by many of their politicians,…

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Added on: 05/10/2023

Top Spanish court considers far-right challenge to LGBT law

05/09/2023

Spain’s Constitutional Court said Tuesday it would consider a legal challenge lodged by the far-right Vox party against a new law extending rights for transgender teenagers and…

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Added on: 02/19/2023

Spain approves controversial LGBT and abortion laws

02/17/2023

Spain’s parliament on Thursday passed legislation which makes it easier for trans people to change their gender, expands access to abortion procedures and grants menstrual leave to…

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Added on: 02/18/2023

Spain passes transgender law allowing minors treatment without parental consent

02/17/2023

After its passage in the Senate, Spain’s lower house passed the Law for the Real and Effective Equality of Trans Persons and for the Guarantee of LGTBI…

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Added on: 02/17/2023

Changing gender identity: Countries that make it easy

02/16/2023

Spain on Thursday joined a small but growing club of nations that allow people to change their gender on their ID card through a simple administrative declaration. Several…

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Added on: 02/17/2023

Spain passes law allowing people to freely change gender from age 16

02/16/2023

After months of sometimes heated debate within the ruling left-wing, Spanish MPs on Thursday gave final approval to a law allowing people to freely change their gender…

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Added on: 12/23/2022

Gender self-determination to be granted in Spain, Scotland

12/22/2022

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of Parliament Thursday passed a law that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without…

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Added on: 11/09/2022

Levi Davis, the first out bisexual rugby union player, has disappeared in Spain

11/08/2022

Rugby Union’s first out bisexual player has gone missing. Levi Davis has been missing for over a week, according to his old team Bath Rugby. The team…

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Added on: 10/10/2022

STARS SLAMMED ‘Beyond disrespectful’ – Josh Cavallo SLAMS Iker Casillas for ‘coming out as gay’ as Spaniard says Twitter was hacked

10/09/2022

JOSH CAVALLO has slammed Iker Casillas and Carles Puyol for being “beyond disrespectful” after a tweet from Casillas’ account said “I’m gay.” Australian star Cavallo, 22, bravely…

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Added on: 10/01/2022

LGBT organizations in Spain are pressuring the government to pass the ‘trans law’

09/30/2022

Three LGBT organizations have met with the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE), the main party of the governing coalition in Spain, seeking the passage of the “trans…

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Added on: 08/01/2022

Warn Everyone’: Spain’s Gay Community Acts as Monkeypox Spreads

07/31/2022

MADRID — Whether it’s abstinence, avoiding nightclubs, limiting sexual partners or pushing for a swift vaccine rollout, Spain’s gay community is on the front line of the monkeypox…

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Added on: 06/28/2022

Spanish government approves new bill on transgender rights.

06/27/2022

Spain’s Cabinet approved on Monday a new draft of a LGBTQ rights bill that if backed by parliament will allow people as young as 16 to change…

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Added on: 05/27/2022

As monkeypox cases grow, so do fears of a return of gay blame and stigma

05/226/2022

BERLIN — As mysterious cases of a rare and ominously named virus began surfacing in Europe, Germany’s disease-control center quickly told people to be on the lookout. In a May…

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Added on: 04/11/2022

Gay men in Andalucia call for acceptance and recognition in Holy Week

04/10/2022

A group of gay men in Spain say religious authorities accept their help in traditional religious rites, but refuse to acknowledge their sexuality. The men are members…

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Added on: 04/08/2022

In southern Spain, gay stylists play key role in Holy Week

04/08/2022

Seville (Spain) (AFP) – Working with rich fabrics, fine lace and flowers, gay stylists have long played a key role in dressing the Virgin Mary figures carried through…

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Added on: 02/16/2022

LGBTI Asylum Seekers Suffer Double Discrimination in Europe

02/15/2022

Members of the LGBTI community which are looking for asylum in different countries of Europe are facing some difficulties, including double discrimination even in countries that rank…