Author: Madrid Safíco

• March 15, 2023

  History of Pride in Madrid: Francoist Spain (1938 – 1975)

  

  Over in the United States, the raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City took place in the early hours of 28 June 1969. What followed was six days of riots and clashes with the police, largely led by gay men and lesbians, with some participation by transsexuals.[1]             Pride marches began in the…
• March 15, 2023

  The abridged lesbian perspective history of Pride in Madrid

  Over in the United States, the raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York City took place in the early hours of 28 June 1969. What followed was six days of riots and clashes with the police, largely led by gay men and lesbians, with some participation by transsexuals.[1]             Pride marches began in the…
• November 9, 2022

  A very short history of lesbians (and bisexual women) and public toilets in Spain

  A great deal of history has been written about the experiences of gay men and transwomen with public toilets. A lot of research has been done about transwomen and transmen with regards to access to and experiences in public toilets. But what of lesbians and bisexual women in these spaces? What is the history of…
• October 3, 2022

  Acrópoli, tenemos un problema: Issues with survey design

  Acrópoli, tenemos un problema. Acrópoli is currently undertaking a survey of LGTB violence and hate crimes in the Comunidad de Madrid by surveying members of the Comunidad de Madrid, doing outreach for survey completion Twitter and Facebook.  The survey results will almost certainly be used to inform decision making by the Comunidad de Madrid as…
• September 2, 2022

  A history of Pride in Logroño

              Pride, known as Orgullo in Spanish, appears to have first been celebrated in Logroño in 1981, around four years after the first recognized homosexual march took place in Barcelona and around ten years after the first lesbian led march in honor of Christopher Street Liberation Day took place in Madrid.[1]  That year, Asociación Feminista…
• August 21, 2022

  A history of GYLDA, La Rioja’s first LGTB rights organization

  This is part of the work on this blog about the history of lesbians in La Rioja. There was a lot of information about GYLDA in La Rioja and its intersections with lesbian issues in the region that it made sense to write a separate history of the organization and include it in the section…
• August 21, 2022

  An incomplete history Lesbians and feminism in Spain by region

  Last night on my Twitter feed, there were some big discussions about lesbians and feminism in Spain.  I can’t really weigh into those debates in Spanish but what I can do is compile a history from various documents I have about lesbians and feminism in Spain.  This piece is not very cohesive because what it…
• August 20, 2022

  A history of women and public toilets+baths in Spain

  Unlike the United States and the United Kingdom, the history of women’s toilets and public bathrooms in Spain is not very well documented.  That is a rather depressing given the debate, or lack of debate even, around converting single-sex toilets in Spain to dual-sexed toilets.  This post is a first take on my part with…
• August 17, 2022

  A history of lesbians in La Rioja, Spain

  La Rioja is the smallest region in Spain by population, with only the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla having fewer residents; La Rioja has around 316,000 people compared to Ceuta and Mellila with around 84,000 each and the next smallest region of Cantabria with a population of around 584,000. The small population, the relatively…
• July 18, 2022

  Same-sex marriage and family equality in La Rioja

  A history of marriage equality in La Rioja from a lesbian perspective.