Author: Madrid Safíco

• June 26, 2022

  The Stonewall Uprising and Spain

  What does Stonewall mean to Spain and what are similar events that have taken place in Spain that resonate like Stonewall? Stonewall and Spain Introduction Every year around Pride in Spain, the Stonewall riots, which took place over several non-consecutive days after a police raid of the Stonewall Club in New York City[1], are brought…
• June 21, 2022

  A brief history of AIDS in La Rioja and Spain from a lesbian perspective

  This article looks at the history of AIDS from a lesbian perspective in La Rioja and Spain more broadly as part of an overall background to understanding the landscape for lesbians in La Rioja, especially as it pertains to LGTB activism and sexual health to try to provide a narrative history which can be used…
• April 29, 2022

  Lesbian intersections with transwomen

  This is not written in a coherent manner.  Rather, this is a summary written by looking through my various histories and copying and pasting the relevant bits of intersectional history.  I did this at the request of someone who was interested in knowing when the conflict between L (and maybe G and B) became much…
• April 13, 2022

  Butch and femme history

  A lesbian subculture was in place by the start of the Primo de Rivera dictatorship. Lesbians tended to be divided into one of two groups, flappers imitated Carlota, from the novel Sab or butch lesbians with mannish manners. The flapper subset identified as European women, often worked outside the home where the found a degree of…
• March 14, 2022

  A lesbian history of Parla

  The lesbian history of Parla only became visible in the mid-2010s, despite the town being inhabited since 200 CE when people from the coastal part of the Iberian Peninsula began to settle in the area.  When real lesbian history started in Parla, it was the early 2010s and it was intrinsically linked with either homosexual…
• March 13, 2022

  A lesbian history of Mérida

  Early details about lesbian history in Mérida are lacking, with other cities like Badajoz, Cáceres and Llerena and appearing to play a larger role in understanding and being the center of lesbian life in Extremadura.
• March 8, 2022

  Lesbian intersections with 8 de Marzo Día Internacional de la Mujer

  Lesbians have long been involved with Spanish protests, marches and celebrations that took place on March 8’s International Women’s Labor Day.  At the same time, the date has also been important for other women and LGTB rights issues in Spain.
• February 27, 2022

  History of Lesbian Visibility Day in Spain

  Preface: This is the last section of mostly last chapter of the book I am working on with the overview of lesbian history across the whole of Spain. The more modern stuff is a lot more challenging than the historic stuff because there isn’t the same type of summary of challenges but rather looking at…
• February 18, 2022

  Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sánchez eras: Bollero feminism and LGTB intersections with lesbianism and abolitionist feminism

  Lesbian political goals independent from the broader feminist movement and independent of the LGTB collective largely disappeared in this period, with a few exceptions focused around family rights.
• February 17, 2022

  Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sánchez eras: Everyday life, societal perception and media depictions

  Background: This is the last era of the rewrite of the background information. It includes the Pedro Sanchez period up to more or less March 2020 when the pandemic began as it needs an actual ending point. Hoping to get this period finished writing this month and then doing the Amazon self-publishing thing. Everyday life,…