Spain
ILGA-Europe members
- Asociacio de Families Lesbianes i Gais - FLG
- Asociacion ASECAL Seccion LGBT
- Asociacion Espanola de Transexuales. AET-Transexualia
- Asociacion Internacional de Familias por la Diversidad Sexual
- Asociacion de Gays y Lesbianas del Pais Vasco (GEHITU)
- Asociacion Reacciona!
- Barcelona International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
- Casal Lambda
- COGAM
- COLEGAS
- Collectiu Lambda de Valencia
- Coordinadora Gai-Lesbiana - CGL
- Federacion Estatal de Lesbianas Gays Transexuales y Bisexuales - FELGTB
- Fundacion Triangulo por la Igualdad Social de Gays y Lesbianas
- Grupo Federal de Gays y Lesbianas del PSOE
- Plataforma Popular Gay
Pride Events
- Pride Barcelona
- Orgull LGTB de Palma de Mallorca
- Orgull LGTB de València
- Orgullo LGTB de Bilbao
- Orgullo LGTB de San Sebastián
- Orgullo LGTB de Las Palmas
- Orgullo del Sur Sevilla
- Orgullo LGTB de Cartagena
- Orgullo LGTB de Cantabria
- Orgullo LGTB de Asturias
- Orgullo LGTB A Coruña
- Orgullo LGTB de Murcia
- Orgullo LGTB de Toledo
- Orgullo LGTB de Vigo
- Orgullo LGTB de Zaragoza
- Orgullo LGTB de Extremadura
- Orgullo LGTB de Alicante
- Gandia Beach Pride
- Gay Pride Maspalomas
- Benidorm Pride
- Orgullo LGTB de Madrid
- Sitges Gay Pride
Events
- LGBT Families, 2nd European Meeting in Catalonia
- Naming and Framing: The Making of Sexual (In)Equality
- CFP Update: LGBT/Queer Studies: Toward Trans/national Scholarly and Activist Kinships: An International Conference Madrid, Spain
- Call for Papers: LGBT/Queer Studies: Toward Trans/national Scholarly and Activist Kinships. An International Conference, Madrid, Spain
- Barcelona Conference: European Rainbow Cities
- Jornadas de Familias Diversas: lesbianas, gays, transexuales y bisexuales creando familias
- Presentation of a book / essay
ILGA-Europe news and articles
- Per que no?
- More LGBT Groups Gain Consultative Status with UN (23/07/2008)
- Victory for equality in Spain (30/06/2005)
Resources
- Forms of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity in the broadcast media - recommendations
- Inter-ministerial programme to combat discrimination against gay men, lesbians and transsexuals
- Official Spanish translation of the Issue Paper "Human Rights and Gender Identity"
- Declaració de Drets dels Infants i Joves LGBTQ (Català)
- European city councils and the LGBT community
- Outstanding challenges in a post-equality era: The same-sex marriage and gender identity laws in Spain
- Study about homophobia among adolescents in Spain
- Spanish same-sex marriage law
Anti-discrimination
Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is prohibited in the areas of employment, and provision of goods and services.
Legal gender recognition of trans people
Spain has administrative procedures to obtain legal gender recognition compulsory genital surgery.
Partnership recognition
In Spain same-sex couples are able to marry.
Parenting rights
Same-sex couples are eligible to jointly apply for a child adoption and each other’s biological children.
Medically assisted insemination (fertility treatment) is available to lesbian couples.
Criminal law on hate speech/crime
Sexual orientation is included in the law on hate and violence, and is recognised as aggravating factor.
Freedom of assembly/Pride events
Pride events have taken place with authorisation.
Criminal law on age of consent
The age of consent is equal for all sexual acts.
Asylum
Learn more about LGBTI asylum in Spain in our asylum section.
