Author: Madrid Safíco

• January 15, 2022

  Felipe González: 1982 and 1986: Labels, language and identity

  Context: Still plowing through and writing these as I rewrite so I can move the history into one book and the travel guide and place info can be more self-contained without a huge historical background longer than the actual geography information. As I work through these, some of the earlier sections already posted get additional…
• January 14, 2022

  Socialist government of Felipe González: 1989 and 1993 : Everyday existence, Cultural life and depictions in literature, film, television and art

  994 study found that only 41% of Spaniards thought society was tolerant of the homosexuals, an improvement on 16% a decade earlier. This rarely translated into open acceptance of lesbians across all levels of society on a day-to-day basis, and there was still a lack of legal protections for lesbians in many areas.
• January 14, 2022

  Socialist government of Felipe González: 1982 and 1986: Literary and cultural life, popular culture depictions

  This period saw the publication of two of three most important firsthand accounts in novel form on upper-class lesbian life during the Second Republic period.  The first was by Rosa Chacel and the second was by Elena Fortún.  The third book by Victorina Duran, Así es, was existed in Duran’s archives but would not be published…
• January 13, 2022

  Felipe González: 1989 and 1993: Marriage equality

  In the early and mid-1990s, the homosexual rights activists generally did not see an immediate need for same-sex marriage. It was viewed as a more long-term goal.
• January 13, 2022

  Felipe González: 1982 and 1986: Marriage equality

  The push for the legal recognition of same-sex couples, either through the recognition of de facto common law couples or through marriage depending in which camp activists belong, started in the late 1980s.
• January 11, 2022

  Felipe González: 1989 and 1993: Legal, European and political situation

  There were few major legal and European wide reforms in the second half of the González period. IU would start campaigning for equality.
• January 11, 2022

  Felipe González: 1982 and 1986: Legal, European and political situation

  Lesbian problems of the transition continued despite reforms.  This included feminists trying to disassociate from them because of their sexuality, women still fearing coming out of the closet or using the word lesbian to self-identify and societal persecution for being a lesbian.  Lesbians also continued to lack role models, with no well-known actresses, politicians or…
• January 9, 2022

  Spanish democratic transition (1975 – 1982)

  The Spanish democratic transition was a watershed moment for Spanish lesbians. For the first time in Spanish history, lesbians in the country could claim their own cultural, social, political and historical identity independent of men, government erasure and the Church and state being the sole arbitrators of female sexuality. This period would not be without…
• January 3, 2022

  Francoist Spain (1938 – 1975)

  Preface: I am in the process of trying to rewrite the preface historical material for the travel guides, and split it into a separate book. At that point, I want to then go back and do a much better job at doing the travel guide part and history of some of the specific parts of…
• January 3, 2022

  Second Spanish Republic and the Spanish Civil War (1931 – 1939)

  The Second Republic created an opening for Spanish women, with laws changing to give women more rights, including the right to run for political office, to vote and to get a divorce.