Tag: Andalucía

• 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

  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.
• January 1, 2022

  Nineteenth century Spain (1810 – 1874)

  As Spain left the Enlightenment period and proceeded into the nineteenth century, a change in cultural attitudes around homosexuality began to take place because of advances in science, philosophy and politics; this resulting in people more generally beginning to advocate for increased human rights across the whole of Spanish society. Despite this, women were often…
• December 16, 2021

  Route of the Inquisition and Santa Teresa in Sevilla

  Sevilla was the home and birthplace of the Spanish Inquisition starting in 1484 at the Convento de San Pablo el Real. This was a place that Santa Teresa became familiar with in association with her alleged lesbianism. In Sevilla, three resentful nuns complained about her behavior, accusing her of engaging in orgies with the prioress…