Tag: Basque Country

• January 16, 2022

  Felipe González: 1982 and 1986: Homosexual rights activism

  Background: This is part of the rewrite of the background text for the region specific lesbian travel guide. It focuses on lesbian intersections with the homosexual rights activist movement during the Felipe González government. As this was written, some info intended for this section got moved to previous sections already posted here. Kind of oops.…
• 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 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 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…