Tag: Ciudad Universitaria

• March 30, 2023

  Lesbian geographies in Madrid: Pride vs. HIV / AIDS vs. sports

  

                Geography, for lesbians and other members of the collective, has the potential to shape our sexual identities, our sexual practices, our sense of community, our political objectives related to our orientation and sex.  It can mean in some places, it is easier to come out of the closet and be safe while in other…
• March 15, 2023

  History of Pride in Madrid: Socialist government of Pedro Sánchez (2018 – 2023)

  

  A motion of no confidence by PSOE was registered with the Congreso de Diputados on 25 May 2018 after the Audiencia Nacional found Partido Popular profited from illegal kickbacks-for-contracts during the Gürtel case.  Spanish law only allows for such a motion to be put through if an alternative candidate for president is also nominated at…
• March 15, 2023

  History of Pride in Madrid: Socialist government of José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (2004 – 2011)

  

  The 14 March 2004 general elections which saw PSOE¡s José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero come to power in part on the promise of same-sex marriage becoming law appeared to have little immediate impact on Pride that year, with some 500,000 people turned out to march in Pride 2004 on a route that went from Puerta de…
• March 15, 2023

  History of Pride in Madrid: Socialist government of Felipe González (1982 – 1996)

  

  Spain held general elections on 28 October 1982, ushering in a government run by PSOE’s Felipe González that lasted until the party was voted out in the 1996 elections. The party’s election following a mainstream modern social democratic campaign is widely considered to be the end of the democratic transition period, ushering in a new…
• December 26, 2021

  2021 Spanish lesbian year in review

  This is a review of 2021 Spanish lesbian history. Likely not complete.  No history ever is.  Lack of completeness has two major reasons.  First, there are a number of stories that likely involved lesbians but lesbians didn’t appear to be mentioned other than as part of larger groups with no specific identity as lesbians.  This…
• December 13, 2021

  Ruta de Lesbians: AIDS in Madrid

  Lesbians in Spain have a complicated history with AIDS.  For the most part, it has not impacted our community in the same way it impacted other members of the rainbow.  At the same time, the virus did impact our relationship with other members of the rainbow and organizations that represented us.  Like the events around…