Tag: Cuatro Caminos
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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…
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History of Pride in Madrid: Spanish democratic transition (1975 – 1982)
The early Democratic Transition activists faced a series of challenges. Early media discussion in the very immediate post-Franco period still saw homosexuality as a medical or psychological issue. If the media viewed homosexuals as having any rights limited in their reporting as a result of the current laws, it was the basic human rights of…
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Ruta de Gloria Fuertes: Madrid
Gloria Fuertes was a poet and member of the Generación del 50, the first post-war generation of Spanish writers. She was a lesbian and feminist, and an important one in Francoist Spain at a time when the regime demanded conformity to strict ideological gender roles. She was a chain smoker, remained single her whole life and…
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