Tag: El Viso

• May 21, 2023

  Lesbians and the [Spanish] Inquisition in Madrid

  

  While ample documentation exists in some Inquisition Tribunals related to lesbians, comparatively little exists in relation to Madrid. The reasons for this are a bit unclear, with María Jesús Torquemada, a professor in the Departamento de Historia del Derecho y las Instituciones at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, offering a few explanations related to her work…
• December 15, 2021

  Ruta de Círculo Sáfico de Madrid: Places

  The following is a compilation of places of relevance for or about members of Círculo Sáfico de Madrid, a group of lesbians in Spain active between about 1910 and 1935 who changed and shape both Spanish culture and political life. This list is confined only to the Madrid, but many were born, traveled to, were…
• November 29, 2021

  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…