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Added on: 07/06/2019

High heels run defies gravity, homophobia in Madrid

07/05/2019

Dozens of men and a few women in stiletto heels raced through the center of the Spanish capital on Thursday, defying gravity, the heat and attempts by…

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Added on: 06/30/2019

As Pride celebrates Stonewall, Catalonia remembers its own LGBT breakthrough

06/28/2019

Franco’s Spain dismissed queer people as a “danger to society.” Then, they staged an unprecedented protest in Barcelona. Pride is back in Barcelona this weekend as the…

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Added on: 06/26/2019

Madrid accused of whitewashing Gay Pride

06/25/2019

The new right-wing government of Madrid is being accused of censoring pro-LGBT publicity ahead of the city’s Gay Pride festivities. The Madrid Gay Pride, which takes place…

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Added on: 06/16/2019

Legalising homosexuality: Germany did it 25 years ago – what about other European countries?

06/14/2019

This week Germany celebrated legalising homosexuality twenty-five years ago. Until June 11, 1994, it was still considered a crime in Germany even though since 1969 homosexuals were…

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Added on: 06/05/2019

Most of Spain’s LGBT community still closeted at work

06/04/2019

A new study carried out by some of Spain’s leading corporations has found that 62 percent of LGBT people in Spain say they do not openly discuss…

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Added on: 05/27/2019

Far-right Vox challenges Spain’s acceptance of LGBT rights

05/24/2019

Attacks by the far-right Vox party on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights are testing years of political consensus on the issue in Spain, which in…

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Added on: 05/17/2019

Gay pop star from Singapore, where gay sex is illegal, shares coming out story

05/16/2019

I remember when I was a kid, I’d hear people calling gays ‘ah gua’ in Singapore. It’s an equivalence of the word faggot or broken wrist. There…

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Added on: 05/07/2019

From Spain to Turkey, the rise of the far right is a clash of cultures not civilisations

05/06/2019

Vox and other extremists are making huge political gains for the first time in years. Their success risks tearing societies apart. I spent part of my childhood…

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Added on: 05/03/2019

Spanish far-right party’s anti-LGBT tweet makes star of tiny gay ghost

05/02/2019

Aragorn, son of Arathorn, pal of hobbits, scourge of orcs and wielder of a legendary sword, appears to have met his match in a tiny gay ghost….

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Added on: 04/30/2019

Spanish election: Anti-LGBT Vox party makes political breakthrough

04/29/2019

The far-right Vox party won just over 10 percent of the vote in Spain’s general election. Vox will take 24 of the Congress of Deputies’ 350 seats…

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Added on: 04/24/2019

Facebook has quietly removed three bogus far-right networks in Spain ahead of Sunday’s elections

04/23/2019

Facebook has quietly removed three far-right networks that were engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior intended to spread politically divisive content in Spain ahead of a general election…

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Added on: 04/04/2019

Spain’s health minister calls for end to gay ‘conversion therapy’

04/03/2019

Spain’s health minister called on Wednesday for so-called conversion therapy to be abolished after a report that a branch of the Catholic Church had offered to “cure”…

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Added on: 03/06/2019

Two Arrested for Alleged Murder of Trans Woman Found Dead in Spanish Orchard

03/04/2019

Two arrested for alleged murder of trans woman found dead in Spanish orchard. The woman was found in a church in Castelló de la Plana, Spain. Two…

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Added on: 02/25/2019

Spain’s far-right debuts in Senate by blocking anti-homophobia motion

02/21/2019

Spain’s far-right party Vox debuted in the upper house of parliament by blocking a motion calling for an official stance against homophobia in sport. Vox automatically obtained…

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Added on: 02/14/2019

LGBT+ Victims of Spain’s Franco Regime Fight for Compensation

02/11/2019

Moves by Spain to finally exhume the remains of former dictator Francisco Franco have spurred growing demands for compensation by LGBT+ victims of oppression and torture under…

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Added on: 01/30/2019

Barcelona’s LGBT centre is vandalised one week after opening

01/29/2019

Residents of Barcelona have shown their support for the queer community after the city’s LGBT+ centre was vandalised just over one week after opening. The Centre LGBTI Barcelona opened…

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Added on: 01/23/2019

Gabriel’s journey: A transgender Spaniard makes the change

01/22/2019

Gabriel Diaz de Tudanca is a 19-year-old Spaniard who, although born a girl, identified as male from early childhood. “When I was three years old I came…

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Added on: 12/17/2018

She didn’t win the crown, but Spain’s Angela Ponce captivates netizens

12/17/2018

After the announcement of the top 20 semi-finalists, in which she failed to advance, Ponce walked the stage one last time while a tribute video was playing….

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Added on: 12/13/2018

Miss Universe’s First Transgender Contestant Revels in Being Role Model

12/12/2018

Like many other contestants at the Miss Universe beauty pageant, Angela Ponce grew up watching the glitzy spectacle on television, dreaming of representing her country one day….

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Added on: 07/09/2018

Spain Offers Free Fertility Treatment for Lesbians and Single Women

07/08/2018

Spain’s new Socialist government has agreed to offer free reproductive treatment to lesbians and single women on Friday, restoring a benefit cancelled by the conservative administration it…

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Added on: 07/09/2018

Activists Sneak Pride into Russia

07/09/2018

Six activists made Moscow a little gayer using some creativity. The activists from Spain, The Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia joined together using soccer shirts, standing…