Tag: Andalucía
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Spanish communists intersections with lesbians (women + LGTB)
This is a quick history of Partido Comunista’s intersections with lesbians, and to a lesser extent the broader LGTB movement in Spain since the party’s founding in 1921 by the youth movement inside PSOE. This was cobbled together from existing material in other pieces, with some quickly written text for additional context. It is possible…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sánchez eras: Political and legal situation, relationship, family and reproductive rights
With a conservative government in power, the tenor of the campaign for political rights had changed in Spain along with the areas of focus changing.
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Socialist government of José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (2004 – 2011)
Lesbian life continued to have moments of difficulty across Spain. The financial crisis reduced resources. Attacks on lesbians happened around Spain, and got local and national media attention. Lesbians faced identity issues when they had children. Rural lesbians continued to have move to big cities to avoid discrimination or travel to big cities to have…
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Conservative government of José Maria Aznar (1996 – 2004)
Background: Still rewriting things. This section is all one post. The feminist section is much smaller and split into two separate sections because by then, things really had gone in two directions. This section is only around 14,000 words of a history around 95,000 words so far. Conservative government of José Maria Aznar (1996 –…
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An Extremadura Lesbian History
One of the issues I have been having recently is an understanding that lesbian history often needs context, be it a broader historical context to establish the cultural narrative for which that history is situated or a theoretical framework such as feminist or queer theory. Below is a brief example of what happens when you…
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