Tag: Extremadura

• May 21, 2023

  Lesbians and the Inquisition

  

                The Christian Church in Spain had long been interested in the history of homosexual acts, dating back to a Church Council held from 305 to 306 in Elvira, modern day Granada, though the focus was almost exclusively on men. Among other issues, the council discussed the issue of sodomy. It was one of the…
• March 30, 2023

  Spanish communists intersections with lesbians (women + LGTB)

  This is a quick history of Partido Comunista’s intersections with lesbians, and to a lesser extent the broader LGTB movement in Spain since the party’s founding in 1921 by the youth movement inside PSOE.  This was cobbled together from existing material in other pieces, with some quickly written text for additional context.  It is possible…
• August 21, 2022

  An incomplete history Lesbians and feminism in Spain by region

  Last night on my Twitter feed, there were some big discussions about lesbians and feminism in Spain.  I can’t really weigh into those debates in Spanish but what I can do is compile a history from various documents I have about lesbians and feminism in Spain.  This piece is not very cohesive because what it…
• August 17, 2022

  A history of lesbians in La Rioja, Spain

  La Rioja is the smallest region in Spain by population, with only the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla having fewer residents; La Rioja has around 316,000 people compared to Ceuta and Mellila with around 84,000 each and the next smallest region of Cantabria with a population of around 584,000. The small population, the relatively…
• July 18, 2022

  Same-sex marriage and family equality in La Rioja

  A history of marriage equality in La Rioja from a lesbian perspective.
• April 29, 2022

  Lesbian intersections with transwomen

  This is not written in a coherent manner.  Rather, this is a summary written by looking through my various histories and copying and pasting the relevant bits of intersectional history.  I did this at the request of someone who was interested in knowing when the conflict between L (and maybe G and B) became much…
• March 13, 2022

  A lesbian history of Mérida

  Early details about lesbian history in Mérida are lacking, with other cities like Badajoz, Cáceres and Llerena and appearing to play a larger role in understanding and being the center of lesbian life in Extremadura.
• February 27, 2022

  History of Lesbian Visibility Day in Spain

  Preface: This is the last section of mostly last chapter of the book I am working on with the overview of lesbian history across the whole of Spain. The more modern stuff is a lot more challenging than the historic stuff because there isn’t the same type of summary of challenges but rather looking at…
• February 18, 2022

  Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sánchez eras: Bollero feminism and LGTB intersections with lesbianism and abolitionist feminism

  Lesbian political goals independent from the broader feminist movement and independent of the LGTB collective largely disappeared in this period, with a few exceptions focused around family rights.
• February 17, 2022

  Mariano Rajoy and Pedro Sánchez eras: Everyday life, societal perception and media depictions

  Background: This is the last era of the rewrite of the background information. It includes the Pedro Sanchez period up to more or less March 2020 when the pandemic began as it needs an actual ending point. Hoping to get this period finished writing this month and then doing the Amazon self-publishing thing. Everyday life,…