Tag: Los Rosales

• March 15, 2023

  History of Pride in Madrid: Conservative government of Mariano Rajoy (2011 – 2018)

  

  Spain held general elections on 20 November 2011, called five months early by President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero on 29 July 2011 in response to a deteriorating economic situation. Partido Popular went into the elections leading in the polls, and eventually finishing with 44.6% of the vote, up from 40.1% in the 2008 elections. The…
• 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…
• December 11, 2021

  Ruta de Orgullo: Lesbians at Pride in Madrid

  This is a three-part piece. The first is a history of lesbian involvement in Pride in Spain. This, the second part, is a guide to Madrid related sites connected to Orgullo, and some of the history attached to those places.  It is not so a guided walking route but a list of places connected to…
• December 11, 2021

  Ruta de Orgullo: History of Lesbians at Pride

  This is a three-part piece. The first is a history of lesbian involvement in Pride in Spain. It is not comprehensive, as Spain is a country of 44 million and that is a lot of territory to cover.  The best sources available discuss Pride events in Madrid, in part because the march is the most…