Tag: Valdeacederas

• March 15, 2023

  History of Pride in Madrid: Socialist government of José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (2004 – 2011)

  

  The 14 March 2004 general elections which saw PSOE¡s José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero come to power in part on the promise of same-sex marriage becoming law appeared to have little immediate impact on Pride that year, with some 500,000 people turned out to march in Pride 2004 on a route that went from Puerta de…
• 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…