Tag: Sol

• August 20, 2022

  A history of women and public toilets+baths in Spain

  Unlike the United States and the United Kingdom, the history of women’s toilets and public bathrooms in Spain is not very well documented.  That is a rather depressing given the debate, or lack of debate even, around converting single-sex toilets in Spain to dual-sexed toilets.  This post is a first take on my part with […]
• March 8, 2022

  Lesbian intersections with 8 de Marzo Día Internacional de la Mujer

  Lesbians have long been involved with Spanish protests, marches and celebrations that took place on March 8’s International Women’s Labor Day.  At the same time, the date has also been important for other women and LGTB rights issues in Spain.
• 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 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, […]
• February 3, 2022

  Socialist government of José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (2004 – 2011)

  Lesbian life continued to have moments of difficulty across Spain. The financial crisis reduced resources. Attacks on lesbians happened around Spain, and got local and national media attention. Lesbians faced identity issues when they had children. Rural lesbians continued to have move to big cities to avoid discrimination or travel to big cities to have social opportunities. In big cities, lesbians who did not fit the traditional mold of women in Spanish society faced their own problems and stigmatization. Lesbian social opportunities also had issues, with lesbian bars struggling to stay open.
• 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 – […]
• 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 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 14, 2021

  Ruta de Círculo Sáfico de Madrid: The Women

  The following is a compilation of some short biographies 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. There are names that, if you have studied Spanish history, you should definitely be familiar with. There […]
• December 14, 2021

  Ruta de Círculo Sáfico de Madrid: History

  Author note: This is one of my favorite bits of lesbian history in Spain. Learning about this group of amazing women felt like opening a door into a secret society from a special time in Spain, a time of hope before the dark days of the dictatorship. This is a brief history of the group. […]