Spain

LGBTI Rights in Spain


ADDED ON: 02/19/2023

Spain approves controversial LGBT and abortion laws

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 women suffering from severe period…

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ADDED ON: 02/18/2023

Spain passes transgender law allowing minors treatment without parental consent

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 Rights, which will allow transgender…

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ADDED ON: 02/17/2023

Changing gender identity: Countries that make it easy

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 countries have scrapped requirements for…

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ADDED ON: 02/17/2023

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

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 from the age of 16,…

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ADDED ON: 12/23/2022

Gender self-determination to be granted in Spain, Scotland

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 any medical supervision. Under the Spanish…

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ADDED ON: 11/09/2022

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

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 posted a Twitter update asking…

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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

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 came out as gay last…

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ADDED ON: 10/01/2022

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

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 law” before the close of…

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ADDED ON: 08/01/2022

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

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 virus and is taking action. "With…

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ADDED ON: 06/28/2022

Spanish government approves new bill on transgender rights.

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 their gender freely, and those…

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ADDED ON: 05/27/2022

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

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 19 alert, the agency listed telltale…

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ADDED ON: 04/11/2022

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

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 of brotherhoods who create and…

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