Tag: Melilla

• January 11, 2022

  Felipe González: 1989 and 1993: Legal, European and political situation

  There were few major legal and European wide reforms in the second half of the González period. IU would start campaigning for equality.
• January 3, 2022

  Second Spanish Republic and the Spanish Civil War (1931 – 1939)

  The Second Republic created an opening for Spanish women, with laws changing to give women more rights, including the right to run for political office, to vote and to get a divorce.
• January 2, 2022

  The Spanish Restoration (1874 – 1931)

  The early and mid-Spanish Restoration period largely saw references to homosexuality, both male and female, disappear from public discourse. Homosexuals as a rule were very closeted, using coded language both on the streets and in writing to refer to their romantic and sexual desires.
• 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 11, 2021

  Ruta de Orgullo: Lesbians at Pride in Spain

  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.  . This part, the last part is much the same as the second, except the…
• 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…