Tag: Netherlands

• January 25, 2022

  Conservative government of José Maria Aznar (1996 – 2004)

  Background: Still rewriting things. This section is all one post. The feminist section is much smaller and split into two separate sections because by then, things really had gone in two directions. This section is only around 14,000 words of a history around 95,000 words so far. Conservative government of José Maria Aznar (1996 – […]
• January 14, 2022

  Socialist government of Felipe González: 1989 and 1993 : Everyday existence, Cultural life and depictions in literature, film, television and art

  994 study found that only 41% of Spaniards thought society was tolerant of the homosexuals, an improvement on 16% a decade earlier. This rarely translated into open acceptance of lesbians across all levels of society on a day-to-day basis, and there was still a lack of legal protections for lesbians in many areas.
• January 11, 2022

  Felipe González: 1982 and 1986: Legal, European and political situation

  Lesbian problems of the transition continued despite reforms.  This included feminists trying to disassociate from them because of their sexuality, women still fearing coming out of the closet or using the word lesbian to self-identify and societal persecution for being a lesbian.  Lesbians also continued to lack role models, with no well-known actresses, politicians or artists being out of the closet.
• December 30, 2021

  Hapsburg Spain (1516 – 1700)

  Preface: I am in the process of trying to rewrite the preface historical material for the travel guides, and split it into a separate book. At that point, I want to then go back and do a much better job at doing the travel guide part and history of some of the specific parts of […]