Tag: Trafalgar

• March 15, 2023

  History of Pride in Madrid: Socialist government of Pedro Sánchez (2018 – 2023)

  

  A motion of no confidence by PSOE was registered with the Congreso de Diputados on 25 May 2018 after the Audiencia Nacional found Partido Popular profited from illegal kickbacks-for-contracts during the Gürtel case.  Spanish law only allows for such a motion to be put through if an alternative candidate for president is also nominated at…
• 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 13, 2021

  Ruta de Lesbians: AIDS in Madrid

  Lesbians in Spain have a complicated history with AIDS.  For the most part, it has not impacted our community in the same way it impacted other members of the rainbow.  At the same time, the virus did impact our relationship with other members of the rainbow and organizations that represented us.  Like the events around…