'Tefía's Nights' wins the GLAAD award for best Spanish-language TV series

The GLAAD Awards award 'Tefía's Nights' as best Spanish-speaking TV series

Tefía's nights has been recognized as the best Spanish-speaking series in the prestigious awards GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, in its acronym in English), American non-profit organization dedicated to the defense of the L groupGTBIQ+ and cultural change.

This international award for Tefía's nights It adds to the one it won in the script category at the last MIPCOM Diversity TV Awards, also for making visible a reality of the collective LGTBIQ + until that moment not told. In addition, Patrick Criado took the Waves for Best Actor for his role as 'La Vespa' in the series. Before the Atresmedia production, they also won the GLAAD for the best Spanish-speaking series Veneno (2021) and Lost fagot (2022)

Created by Miguel del Arco, playwright, screenwriter, stage director, actor and one of the most influential voices on the theater scene of our country, Tefía's nights narrates from three timelines (two real and one imaginary within its own universe) one of the most unknown episodes in our history: the concentration camp Francoist regime that existed between the 50s and 60s in Fuerteventura where those convicted of the crime were held Law of Vagrants and Crooks. The series, made up of six episodes, is available on Atresplayer since last June.

Law of vagrants and thugs

Between 1954 and 1966 it existed, in a desert area of Fuerteventura, a Francoist concentration camp known by the euphemistic name of Colonia Agrícola Penitenciaria de Tefía, one of many places where the regime sent those convicted by the law of vagrants and crooks which, starting in '54, was implemented to also include homosexuals.

In order to survive the harsh conditions of the concentration camp, the prisoners' imagination is triggered and in their minds they will create a dreamlike place in which their greatest fantasies are fulfilled and their desires come true: The tindaya.

Memory and pain

Tefía's nightsEn Tefía's nights The story is told in a completely original way. One of the protagonists, Airam Betancor(Jorge Perrugoría), is forced to remember his time in the Tefía Penitentiary Agricultural Colony, the euphemism by which these concentration camps were known. A painful memory exercise that will cause many problems in your life. «I was 19 years old when they arrested me, I was a child«recalls the voice-over. «They didn't hold a trial or anything, they sentenced me to forced labor in the Tefía Penitentiary Colony where I spent the most atrocious 17 months of my life.", keep going.

The story alternates with the harshness with which the detainees are treated as they arrive and are classified after a «medical examination» in which the dilation of sphincters is determined. «Perhaps, given his youth, it is a simple curiosity about sexual aberration.«says the character of Tefía's doctor. «It's just confusion, don't worry, we are going to clear up all your doubts here.«says the prison director. «My name is Don Anselmo Umpierrez, if you are here it is because you are perpetrators of acts that offend healthy morals. Spain does not need thugs, lazy people, pimps, or sodomites. I hope they know how to live up to our sacrifice", Presents itself.

Josh Cavallo proposes to his boyfriend on the soccer field

Australian footballer Josh Cavallo publishes his request to his boyfriend on social networks and has the complicity of Adelaide United

Just a few hours ago, Josh cavallo She published on her networks that she had asked her boyfriend to marry her on her team's soccer field and that he had said yes: ''Starting this year with my fiancé».

The footballer, visibly moved, has shared a series of images of the moment in Instagram and he wanted to thank his team for the unconditional support he has received: »Thank you Adelaide United Football Club for helping prepare this surprise. Your endless support has meant a lot to me. You have provided me with a safe space in football, a space I never dreamed possible, and you have encouraged me to live every day of my life authentically. It felt good to share this special moment on the field, where it all began».

It should be noted that the marriage proposal of an active gay soccer player on a soccer field (a space that has always been hostile for queer people) marks a before and after in the fight against LGTBIphobia in sport and makes globally visible the LGTBIQ +.

Homophobia in football

Josh Cavallo proposes to his boyfriend on the soccer fieldIn 2021, Josh cavallo stepped forward and became the first active footballer in make his homosexuality public. Over the last few years, the Australian midfielder has been happy and content for having given visibility to the cause. LGTBIQ+ in sport, but he has pointed out in various interviews that both he and those around him have suffered a lot due to media harassment. The young man has received death threats: »I hope no son or daughter has to go through this experience.».

»It's sad that there is no one to hold these people accountable. I invest a lot in preventing and educating against homophobia, so that my generation and those that follow do not excuse this behavior. These people should also be punished criminally.», he explained in an interview.

Although he has suffered a lot since publicly announcing his homosexuality, the young athlete values ​​his freedom above all and encourages all those who are in a similar position to step forward to live happy and proud: »I will never doubt the person I have become and will continue to proudly carry who I am.».

Josh Cavallo proposes to his boyfriend on the soccer field

A young man and his parents suffer a violent homophobic attack in the Pacífico neighborhood of Madrid

The family was insulted with insults such as “dirty and son of a bitch” at the exit of a restaurant in Pacífico and received several punches

A neighbor of Madrid 28 years old and his parents suffered the Sunday a violent one Homophobic aggression, in addition to insults and death threats by an individual at the exit of a restaurant in the Madrid neighborhood of Pacifico.

As reported Juanra, the victim, on his social networks, everything happened early in the afternoon of Winners will be announced in March. He had come dressed in a white fur coat with his father and his mother to a restaurant, where they already noticed some homophobic comments from diners at other tables towards her clothing.

At the exit of the store, located on Doctor Esquerdo Avenue, they approached to withdraw money from an ATM and were approached by a tall, burly man who began to make violent gestures and call the young man “fucking faggot, tough and son of a bitch”. He also told her that “should die” and rebuked the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, due to his homosexual condition.

The three of them decided to ignore this man and walk calmly towards their house. “At no time did we address him in a violent or threatening manner, because we did not want confrontation. But when crossing a zebra crossing he began to make gestures that he was going to kill us, he said that he knew where we lived, uttering misogynistic insults against my mother and speaking badly of my father", account.

A young man and his parents suffer a violent homophobic attack in MadridAggressor with a record

Then, Juanra He addressed this individual stating that if he had any problem he should go with him to the nearby police station. Municipal police. Far from calming him down with these words, the violent man approached and tried to attack him. The father stood between the two, they were punched several times, causing him to collapse to the ground due to his mobility and heart problems.

The attacker began to hit the young man and his mother, whom he grabbed by the hair and threw her against the road. At that moment, some boys who were passing by separated the aggressor from his victims and Juanra He ran to the police station to ask for help.

Several agents went to the scene and arrested the man, who was known in the neighborhood and had a history of similar acts against several people. The paramedics also arrived minutes later. Samur, who treated the mother for a bruise on the eye and injuries to the knee and the father for a gash in the head and various injuries.

The next day they reported the attack

The next day, the attacked young man went to the doctor for injuries to his hands. The three victims presented the complaint with their corresponding medical reports at a police station, where they confirmed that the man was still under arrest and there were witnesses who corroborated what happened. Now, they are awaiting trial.

Given what happened, Juanra wanted to publicly thank to all those people and institutions that have listened to him and offered help and support and has stated that what they have experienced “is not a specific personal or family event, but rather a clear example of a problem that continues to be latent in our streets, a reality that still deserves a daily and constant fight for our rights.”

The young man has also taken the opportunity to show his support for all those who, like him, have suffered a similar situation at some point: “Our dissident reality has been, is and will be a political act. We must not be silent. Fear should not paralyze us (even though it is totally legal to have it). We must make our identity visible, sensitize and depathologize. For a society free of violence.”

A young man and his parents suffer a violent homophobic attack in Madrid

Police brutality against a black LGTBI couple in Philadelphia (USA)

The police beat and point an electric gun at the partner of the head of the LGTBI area of ​​Philadelphia for not having the car lights on

A new case of police brutality against a black man shakes Philadelphia (U.S). Darius Mclean He was immobilized on the ground, face down, to be detained while sobbing without understanding the reason for the violence he was receiving: «I don't know why he does it. It's okay, calm down, baby, it's okay«He told his partner, Celena Morrison.

The officer was also pointing his taser gun at the man. His wife screamed desperately: «I work for the mayor, I work for the mayor«. While Darius He implored: "No, please stop. This is because I'm black«. At that moment, the officer goes for celena, who was the one who recorded the sequence, and attacks her to remove her cell phone. The events occurred in United States last Saturday, March 2, 2024.

Is it because I'm black?

Police brutality against a black LGTBI couple in Philadelphia (USA)All of this excess violence against unarmed black people was for a more than trivial reason. The policeman snapped at them: «He didn't have his lights on and was following me closely. It was a simple traffic stop«.

The woman, transsexual, is the head of the LGTBI area of ​​the Philadelphia City Council and she has acknowledged before the media that she came to fear the worst for herself and her husband: «This agent was violating our rights. He's heartbreaking like black people«.

Her husband claims that the agent threw the woman to the ground while he was lying down and handcuffed. «They are images that I will never forget«, he lamented. The assaulted couple has already reported the brutal incident to court. The police are investigating it and, in the meantime, have placed the agent who carried out the attack on restricted duty.

The Gay Games in Valencia 2026 are in danger

The Gay Games, in the air: a clause allows the organization to be taken away from Valencia in the face of the City Council's decision to reserve control

Holding the Gay Games en Valencia in 2026 there is the air. The decision of the municipal government to directly manage the organization of the event through the Municipal Sports Foundation (FDM) has not only created unrest among the groups LGTBI but they can cause the International Gay Games Federation execute a clause of the contract that reserves the right to change location if the organizational structure is not considered satisfactory or does not correspond to the final objective of the event.

La Government Board approved last Friday the structure of the organizing committee, the «collegiate body that will carry out the monitoring, promotion and control» of the games, which will be chaired by the mayor of Valencia, The popular Maria Jose Catala, or the councilor to whom she delegates, while the vice presidency will be another of the councilors from her Government team, made up of 13 councilors from the PP and four of Vox.

There will be six members that will hold the Generalitat, the Provincial Council of Valencia, the València Diversitat Foundation, the Samarucs club, the Visit Valencia Foundation and the FDM who, in addition, received the commission from the organization «of the sporting aspects with the allocation of means that are required for this«.

Change in the roadmap

The Gay Games in Valencia 2026 are in dangerThis decision, adopted after months of consultations, means changing the roadmap presented to the International Federation for the candidacy promoted by the groups LGTBI with the support of the previous Government team.

The idea was to maintain the philosophy of these games, with sporting but also cultural implications, and were organized by the associations, without direct intervention from the institutions. Hence the decision was made to create the Valencia Diversitat Foundation as an organizing entity, with public administrations among the patrons of honor.

However, the change of Government occurred before the City Council transferred that organizational responsibility and the current team assures that it found legal and Intervention objections for the complete derivation of some responsibilities that the City Council had acquired. The origin of these warnings were the problems that arose around the management of the Capital of Design, which was referred to an association and is being investigated by the Anti-Fraud Agency.

That is why the order, based on legal warnings, was to keep the organization under municipal control. For months, the Town hall, through the FDM, and Valencia Diversitat Different drafts have been crossed on how to form the organizing committee, but it has been impossible to reach an agreement. «We have not found the formula«, they assure El Mundo sources knowledgeable about the negotiation.

Distrust due to the presence of Vox

The key is the mutual distrust between the parties. On the one hand, the council does not move from what they consider to be the obligation that secretaries and auditors have transmitted to it: to maintain the economic supervision of the event as the ultimate responsible party.

However, it would be possible to assign the execution of all the activities included in the Bid Book to Valencia Diversitat. This option was transferred to the different groups, which did not contemplate this option, because if the final budgetary word is the City Council and any of its decisions can be revocable, there could be activities that end up not being able to be carried out.

They do not lose sight of the presence of Vox in the government team, who has never wanted the Gay Games and that could try to torpedo or censor them. To their alternative proposals, however, they never received a response until last Friday, minutes before the Governing Board, they received a call confirming that the organization would be in the hands of the FDM.

The Gay Games in Valencia 2026 are in danger

Galician institutes are not safe spaces for LGTBI students

81% of LGTBI students have received some type of negative comment or ridicule for belonging to the group, according to a survey

A survey conducted by the researcher Ramil Star concludes that the Galician institutes They are not safe spaces for LGTBI students. He 81% of the students in this group declared that they have suffered some type of aggression, mainly insults and jokes in which classmates have participated, but also teachers in some cases.

The study is based on the responses of 503 students from seven centers of secondary education and those of 74 teachers from 29 centers in a survey through Internet. Information from three focus groups in which 14 members of the company participated was also incorporated. LGTBIQ+ Educational Support Network of Galicia, the Association of Families of Trans Minors (Arelas) and Avante LGTBI+ Galiza.

With the data from the study, the ONGD Galician Association of Communication for Social Change (Agareso) denounces that people LGTBI They do not find a safe space in secondary schools. The author assures that there is more and more visibility, but she calls for awareness that students “continues to face multiple situations of LGTBIphobia or LGTBI bullying".

Privileges

He emphasizes that rejection and participation in attacks is “especially worrying"in heterosexual cisgender men, which is why it calls for urgently addressing the work"about hegemonic masculinities, privileges and the responsibility of young people in the face of inequalities".

According to the survey, 23% of the teachers and 28% of the students are part of the group. Of the participants, 4,58% of the students indicated that they are trans, 19% stated that they had a non-normative sexual orientation and 9% said they were in the process of defining themselves.

More than half keep their sexual orientation a secret

Galician institutes are not safe spaces for LGTBI studentsReality does not translate into visibility, says the study, which points out that the 54% They keep their sexual orientation a secret. Only 36% say they feel free to express themselves about sexual identity or orientation. The fundamental reasons are, according to Estrella Ramil, the fear of threats, different treatment or harassment.

69% of the teachers who responded to the questions stated that they have witnessed some type of aggression against someone from the LGTBI community and the 17% of the students cishetero admitted having participated in an attack “in a joking context”. In addition to the most frequent jokes and insults, students and teachers indicate that they have witnessed situations of isolation, which trans people have suffered especially. The majority of students say they accept these people, but one in three cishetero boys admit that they do not.

Student reactions

For Agareso, the figures on the reactions that students have when they witness attacks are “very worrying”. 46% say that they would defend their partner, but 30% say that they would not do anything, 19% that they would not know what to do and 5% that they would join the attack. Ramil emphasizes that this means that there are many spaces in which an LGTBI person would be “very vulnerable".

The study also shows what the NGO describes as prejudices and stereotypes: people tranny They are more often perceived as sick or unhappy, while bisexual women are more often seen as promiscuous and homosexual women as capricious and selfish. Regarding social changes, 16% of the participating students stated that the advances in LGTBIQ+ matters are negative and 18% said that the strengthening of the feminist movement is negative.

Social Media

When receiving discriminatory content on social networks - only one in four students says that it does not reach them - 26% say they do nothing about it; 28% indicate that they laugh conspiratorially, but do not forward; 17% do share it in turn; and 13% take an active role against this content, either by making comments, or by reporting it on the social network itself or to family members or teachers. Ramil concludes that they are people LGTBI those who react the most because they are more aware of discrimination and ask to confront “the growing wave of ultraconservative forces that threaten the achievements achieved".

Galician institutes are not safe spaces for LGTBI students

Massive fraud to the Trans Law in Ceuta

Fraud to the Trans Law: 37 officials of the Army, the National Police, the Civil Guard and the Local Police of Ceuta resort to sex change to achieve promotions more easily

One year has passed since the entry into force of the Trans Law. A pioneering standard that stressed the Coalition government, opened a gap in the feminist movement and allowed trans people to be officially recognized according to their identity without having to go through medical requirements, something that only 16 countries in the world do.

in the set of Spain, throughout 2023 more than 5.000 changes sex registration in application of the Trans Law. In the majority of cases, 60%, the transition was from man to woman. The procedures have generally proceeded normally. Until now. Because it turns out that in Ceuta There are 37 police officers and soldiers who have decided to change their sex to obtain benefits for being a woman. They do not change their name or partner. A fact that in isolation would not generate suspicion, but that proportionally raises alarm bells.

That there are members of the Army, the National Police, the Civil Guard and the Local Police of Ceuta that seek to benefit from positive discrimination measures that exist to guarantee equality does not invalidate the Trans Law. On the contrary, it invalidates them.

49 Sex changes in Ceuta

Massive fraud to the Trans Law in CeutaSince the rule came into force on March 2 of last year there have been a total of 49 sex changes in Ceuta. Eight of them have been from women who have transitioned to men, with the consequent change of name. They have gone from having female names to having male names. The rest, 41 people, have gone from being men to being women. However, only four of this group have also changed their name.

The rest, 37, have kept their male names. These people represent 75,5% of the total population that has resorted to the Trans Law, an especially high and striking figure. These data suggest that a massive fraud to the Trans Law in Ceuta. These people would not be changing their sex to be transsexual, but to obtain different benefits by becoming officially women.

There is a lack of tools to detect legal fraud

There are several reasons that explain why this phenomenon is happening, especially in Ceuta. The first, because there is a very high community of members of the Armed Forces and police forces, which implies that the possibility of changing sex and the benefits that this entails is easily spread through word of mouth. On the other hand, because there is no judge in charge of the Civil Registry in Ceuta.

Pioneering resolution in Gran Canaria

In a pioneering resolution, the judge of the Court of First Instance 5 of San Bartolomé de Tirajana (Gran Canaria) Last September, he denied sex change to an opponent who was trying to get a public job. The togado was responsible for the Civil Registry.

The resolution concluded that the opponent was acting with "spurious mood«. «Sand draws forcefully from the fact that she states that she has always felt like a woman and that she has not mentioned it to family and friends. It is completely incongruous and contrary to maxims of experience that a person who feels like a woman expresses this by correcting her sex in the Civil Registry before sharing it with family and friends.«, read the car.

This, however, cannot happen in Ceuta, since the highest legal authority in the Civil Registry is a lawyer from the Administration of Justice, who is also in the position temporarily. If this person dedicated themselves to rejecting sex changes, they could end up being charged with the crime of prevarication.

«Before it was well regulated and it was easier to see who was trans and who wasn't, but the new law doesn't allow you any room for maneuver. We are looking forward to a resolution that establishes jurisprudence on this issue to be able to address it.«, lament the legal sources.

Massive fraud to the Trans Law in Ceuta

 

Isabel García opens the days of a transphobic association

Isabel García participated in a conference in which she related “queer theory and the normalization of pedophilia"

On February 17, the director of the Women's Institute, Isabel García, participated in the inauguration of the second congress of the association of Feminist Teachers for Coeducation (DoFemCo), an organization that rated the Trans Law of "undemocratic madness", which speaks of "supposed trans childhoods” and who congratulated himself on the cut of the LGBTI and trans laws of the Community of Madrid that was executed by the Government of Ayuso the last December.

The choice of García in front of the Institute of Women unleashed criticism from the groups LGTBI and a good part of the political parties due to the comments he made on social networks in recent years, in which he not only harshly attacked the Trans Law, but he made harsh positions on trans people. After the criticism, García apologized and the minister, Ana Redondo, defended his appointment. He assured that he was unaware of his “virtual resume” and assured, asked about it in the Congress, what "Anyone who is not committed to the Ministry's lines has no place in this ministerial group.".

Occupy spaces

Less than a month later, the director of the Institute of Women, who until now worked as a consultant on equality policies in the private sector, has participated in a congress that openly attacks the legislation approved by the Government in this matter. Sources of Equality They argue that their assistance responds to the need to “occupy spaces” and spread the ministry's speech and allege that García cannot be held responsible for the speeches and ideas that arose during the conference, held on the weekend of February 17 and 18 in the Valencian municipality of Ribarroja del Turia.

During the almost half hour he used to welcome those attending the congress, García at no time did he mention the Trans Law and he limited himself to ensuring that the ministry has a mandate from the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, from "reestablish that common thread that has always existed from the institutions and the feminist movement".

"We come from a difficult time, you know, in which there were many bridges that were broken. My presence here is a gesture but not only with you, with the entire feminist movement and the entire society.”, he stated. The director of the organization joked about her arrival in office – “that landing was so fun I had, I entered through the big door”- and assured that the association had the support of the Institute to organize your conference. “Things can be done much better, we obviously come from the stage we come from...", He said.

Criticism in the Senate

Isabel García opens the days of a transphobic associationThe issue has reached this afternoon's session in the Senate Equality Commission, in which the minister appears Ana Redondo to explain the ministry's roadmap. The senator of Plural Left Parliamentary Group, Carla Antonelli (Más Madrid), thanked the owner of Equality the policies that he has put on the table and has extended his hand to, but he has reserved the last part of his intervention to disgrace him for keeping in office someone who participates in a congress who “promotes the repeal of trans and LGTBI laws and does not recognize the right to gender identity, something that a socialist government established in 2007".

Antonelli has highlighted a communication “aberrant” presented at the congress, which was titled “Relationship between queer theory and the normalization of pedophilia". "Yes, they now point us out as pedophiles, it's the last straw.", criticized the senator, who believes that with her assistance García "I was endorsing these ideas". "It is important where the Government has a presence and where it does not, what is said and even more important, what is left silent.”. The senator has asked the minister to “take a look at your equipment and assess”that the director of the Institute of Women "It could be another person who is willing to recognize the rights of all women, including trans women.".

As well Sara Bailac (ERC) has regretted that Round keep García in office: “We wonder how compliance with the Trans and LGTBI Law can be guaranteed when the director has disowned trans people and has even doubted homophobic attacks."said the senator.

After a first turn of response from the minister without responding to the allusions, Antonelli He has insisted again and in the second round, Round has responded by disconnecting the assistance of García with the contents of the congress, in which, he assured, “many things were talked about". "When we participate from the ministry in forums we cannot be responsible for everything that is said, we would be vetoing", stated the minister, who defended "give him a vote of confidence” to the director and has guaranteed that her portfolio “remains committed to people LGTBI y Trans".

Why has Isabel García not been dismissed?

That a transphobic person cannot lead the Institute of Women It is evidence. So why is it still Isabel García in office? From the first moment the fabric LGTBIQ + He was opposed to the appointment and has not been heard. Perhaps it is a minor issue for the government, second-class citizens who do not deserve the same rights as the rest. If the title “Relationship between queer theory and the normalization of pedophilia” doesn't even make them blink, what do we expect from the Ministry of Equality? It only occurs to us that it could be a distraction maneuver. While they keep us busy claiming obvious things, we are losing rights and getting used to mistreatment.

The big doubts of companies about the LGTBI+ trans law

The regulations have not yet been published so that companies with more than 50 employees can make their LGTBI Plan

On March 2, the deadline for the companies with more than fifty employees put into operation the action protocols to achieve real and effective equality for LGTBI people. This is stated in the law, published in the BOE on February 28, 2023, and which came into force on March 2 of the same year. This law, in the third section, article 15, states the following:

«Companies with more than fifty workers must have, within twelve months from the entry into force of this law, a planned set of measures and resources to achieve real and effective equality for LGTBI people, that includes an action protocol to address harassment or violence against LGTBI people. To this end, the measures will be agreed upon through collective bargaining and agreed with the legal representation of the workers. The content and scope of these measures will be developed according to regulations.

— Law 4/2023, of February 28, for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI people

Waiting for the Regulation

However, this law also indicates that these measures will be developed through a regulation that has not yet been made public. As explained by the General Director for Real and Effective Equality of LGTBIQ+ people July of the Iscar Valley: «The deadline is extended so that companies with more than fifty workers adopt measures and resources to achieve real and effective equality for LGTBI people»

DGPPLGBTI+ of the Generalitat of Catalonia has issued a statement to respond to companies' queries

The General Directorate of LGBTI+ Public Policies of the Generalitat of Catalonia, directed by Xavier Florensa Cantons, has issued the following statement:

Recently, many companies and local entities have contacted this Administration to obtain information regarding the possible interpretation of article 15 of Law 4/2023, of February 28, for the real and effective equality of trans people and for the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI people (hereinafter, Trans-State Law), which regulates the obligation of companies with more than 50 workers to have a planned set of measures and resources to achieve real and effective for LGTBI people, before March 2, 2024.
On the other hand, and taking into account that the regulation that has to deploy the content and scope of this planned set of measures has not yet been approved, they wonder if, in accordance with the new trans-state Law, the fact of not having of these measures, within the stipulated period, constitutes an administrative infraction with the consequent sanction." Full Text

The final conclusions of the statement are the following:

Mandatory LGTBI plana) It is recommended that companies, regardless of the number of personnel:

 – Have sufficient methods or instruments for the prevention and detection of discriminatory situations due to sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and various sexual characteristics in the workplace, negotiated with staff representation.

– Implement measures to prevent and, if appropriate, cease possible discrimination or harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and various sexual characteristics within the company.

Among other measures, a protocol could be implemented with the procedure to follow and the reference people or company units that can accompany and repair possible victims of discrimination or harassment, and urge the investigation of the case and adopt the appropriate resolutions in relationship with offenders. The protocol would have to be accompanied by a good communication and dissemination plan, as well as mechanisms that allow monitoring and checking effectiveness.

– Negotiate and agree on measures with staff representation, to integrate them as tools that provide solutions to possible discrimination or harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and diverse sexual characteristics within the company.

– Raise awareness and train all staff in the LGBTI field, regardless of position and responsibility, and integrate the values ​​of equal treatment and non-discrimination into corporate policy, expressing the company's commitment to LGBTI people.

– Include elements of inclusive language in all communications and company documentation.

There is no regulation that specifies how the format that groups these measures or their content must be, therefore, it can be done in the way that the company considers most appropriate, in accordance with the representation of the staff in the event that the company has, to make it a reality and until the regulation that deploys article 15 is approved.

It must be made clear that the new trans-state Law modifies Law 9/2017, of November 8, on Public Sector Contracts, with the objective of including in the specifications of particular administrative clauses special execution conditions or award criteria aimed at the promotion of equal treatment and non-discrimination for reasons of sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender expression and sexual characteristics, whenever there is a connection with the object of the contract.

The Administration of the Generalitat and some local entities have already begun to incorporate these criteria. That is why it is important that the company proves that it has these measures if it wants to carry out contracts with public administrations.

b) Regarding the planned set of measures and resources regulated by article 15 of the Transstate Law, until the regulation that regulates the contents and scope is approved, it is difficult for it to be enforceable. Once this regulation is approved, companies (public or private) with more than 50 workers will have to adapt, modify and complement the one deployed based on point a) above, in accordance with what the new regulations specify.

Therefore, we will have to wait for the regulatory rollout to know exactly how the planned set of measures and resources has to be implemented, as well as its content and scope.

In any case, it is recommended that the company sign a declaration of wills document merely formal, with the commitment to carry out what regulates article 15, once the regulation is approved.

c) It must be remembered that neither the Trans-State Law nor Law 11/2014 regulate any specific infraction for not implementing measures such as those mentioned in this information note. Even so, the company, regardless of the number of personnel, could commit a very serious infraction in accordance with section 13 bis of article 8 of the LISOS if it does not have measures to prevent harassment based on sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression. or diverse sexual characteristics in the workplace.

The LGTBI policy secretariat of Comisiones Obreras Castilla-La Mancha

Rosario Martinez, secretary of women and politics LGTBI of Castilla-La Mancha Workers' Commissions notes that "Since the regulations are not there, we do not know exactly what criteria these protocols or measures must have, so there is a little confusion when it comes to this negotiation.«.

Therefore, until there is a regulation that establishes the bases on which they must be and the criteria that must determine these protocols, the union points out that they will not know what exactly to adjust to. Furthermore, since Workers Commissions They point out that these protocols should be included in the collective agreement and that it should be left margin for companies and unions to negotiate these sections.

As the standard is written, it will be necessary to create a plan LGTBI specific and, therefore, it must be different from Equality Plan. It is important to understand that Law 4/2023 indicates that the LGTBI Plan It must be agreed upon through collective bargaining and agreed with the representation of the workers. This eliminates the possibility of the company unilaterally approving the Plan.

Mandatory LGTBI plan

Copulation of two male humpback whales captured for the first time

Scientists have observed homosexual behavior in several marine species such as walruses, seals, dolphins, orcas and whales.

One of the animals that has given scientists the most heads is the Humpback whales, also known as megaptera novaeangliae. One of the largest cetaceans in the world, with a length of between 12 and 16 meters and more than 36.000 kg weight. However, its reproduction remained a reliable unknown: until now it had been impossible to capture two specimens maintaining sexual intercourse.

The most that had been achieved to date was to capture a male's penis in an image. A fact that will remain in the background after the discoveries of Lyle Krannichfeld i Brandi Romano, two American photographers who were able to immortalize the moment of intercourse in 2022. Still, what they did not expect to discover in the waters of Maui, the second largest island in Hawaii, is that those two whales were males.

This milestone has been captured, two years later, in an article that the researcher from the Pacific Whale Foundation Stephanie Stack has published for the magazine Marine Mammal Science. "Although we have long recognized the complex social structures of these incredible creatures, witnessing two male whales copulate for the first time is a unique and remarkable event.", wrote the scientist in her publication, this past Wednesday.

More common in groups

Stack reiterated that the sexual behavior of Humpback whales had turned out very “mysterious” to date, pointing out that this finding “Challenge preconceived notions about your behavior”. However, relationships and mating scenes between males of the same species are not a new issue in the animal world, much less in the marine environment with, for example, dolphins and orcas.

Likewise, a study of Superior Council of Scientific Investigations insisted that the homosexual behavior Among non-human mammals it is more common in social species, which interact within the same group. “It is an adaptation that plays an important role in maintaining social relationships in both sexes and mitigating conflicts mainly between males.", explained the main author of the study, Jose Maria Gomez.

Non-reproductive sex

Copulation of two male humpback whales captured for the first timeEl non-reproductive sexual behavior It is not exclusive to humpback whales and has been observed in several marine and also terrestrial species.

But what is the reason behind this specific behavior in the case of Humpback whales? The hypotheses are practice for future sexual encounters, the establishment or maintenance of social bonds, the reduction of tensions or the assertion of dominance.

Thus, this study not only provides the first documented evidence of penetrative sexual behavior among male humpback whales, but also adds to the countless already documented cases where non-reproductive sex takes place.

Copulation of two male humpback whales captured for the first time

A Mexican is arrested in Qatar for being homosexual

Since his arrest on February 4, Mexican Manuel Guerrero has suffered torture and has not received his antiretroviral treatment.

The Mexican Manuel Guerrero Aviña was arrested in Qatar on February 4 for his sexual orientation. Numerous entities and activists in favor of community rights LGTBIQ + They have asked for his release.

Guerrero, who lives with HIV, has been deprived of his treatment antiretroviral during his imprisonment in Doha, also suffering torture and mistreatment, including denial of access to sufficient food and water, as well as the impossibility of having a lawyer and being forced to sign documents without understanding their content due to the language barrier.

The Mexican authorities, through the Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE), have declared that they are in an active process of intervention to guarantee the protection and well-being of Manuel guerrero, in coordination with the british embassy, since the Mexican also has British citizenship.

A Mexican is arrested in Qatar for being homosexualThey are making continuous efforts to ensure the rights, dignity and access to medical treatments necessary for the health of Manuel. In addition, they have emphasized their intention to appeal to international cooperation to facilitate his well-being, integrity and a prompt reunion with his family.

Police used Grindr to arrest him

The arrest of the Mexican occurred under misleading circumstances, as the Qatari police used a covert method to detain Manuel Guerrero Aviña using dating app Grindr.

Through this application, the agents established a false meeting with him. Upon arriving at the agreed place for the supposed appointment, Guerrero He encountered not a person interested in him, but police officers who arbitrarily detained him. This procedure highlights a deception tactic specifically aimed at identifying and detaining individuals based on their sexual orientation.

Amnesty International and other entities have denounced the acts of torture and cruel treatment to which Guerrero has been subjected, underlining the attempt by the Qatari authorities to incriminate him in drug crimes, adding charges of possession of illicit substances to his already complicated situation. These tactics, directed not only against Guerrero but also frequently used against members of the community LGTBIQ +, reflect a pattern of persecution and abuse.

Manuel guerrero has a hearing on March 13 in which the Prosecution has the decision to deport him or put him on trial, if they put him on trial it would involve a months-long process that without his treatment would be condemning him to death.

It should be remembered that in Qatar, as in several countries of Middle East, laws and social regulations regarding sexuality are strict and conservative due to predominant cultural and religious influences. Homosexuality is illegal and criminalized, which can result in fines, imprisonment, and in some cases, more severe punishments.

 

A Mexican is arrested in Qatar for being homosexual

Amnesty International calls for repealing the anti-LGTBI law approved by Orbán

Amnesty International considers that the Hungarian anti-LGTBI law is "incompatible" with human rights

La NGO Amnesty International has called for the repeal of the anti LGTBI law approved in 2021 by the Government of the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, a regulation that is «incompatible" with the Human rights because it discriminates against people in the group, instills fear in society and restricts fundamental rights, such as freedom of expression or access to information.

The controversial law, approved by the Hungarian Parliament in July 2021, was announced as a reform to strengthen the protection of minors against pedophilia crimes, although it includes measures that discriminate and stigmatize the LGTBI community.

Specifically, it prohibits carrying out activities in schools that "promote homosexuality» or the change of gender and also vetoes the broadcast on television of audiovisual content that addresses the situation of the group. In Hungary there is also another legislation that prevents same-sex couples from adopting.

Anti LGTBI law

Amnesty International calls for repealing the anti-LGTBI law approved by OrbánThe NGO concludes in the report »From freedom to censorship: consequences of the Hungarian propaganda law«, that since the approval of this measure, access to information on thematic LGTBI It's every time "more difficult«, especially for teenagers.

«La propaganda law It has created an environment of fear and limited access to information, especially for young people. The fear of sanctions has had an intimidating effect that is stopping citizens from providing, seeking and receiving information about sexual orientation and gender identity."said the person in charge of the LGTBI area of Amnesty International Hungary, Eszter Mihály.

In that sense Michael has pointed out that this «campaign against rights» of LGTBI people has contributed to «generate negative stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes","pointing out those in society who defend equality«.

For this reason, many media outlets, organizations and advertising companies have stopped disseminating this type of content for fear of facing legal proceedings and smear campaigns in the pro-government press.

«This law has no place in Hungary and is promoting the increase in stigmatization and negative stereotypes of LGTBI people. It must be repealed immediately and steps must be taken to repair the damage it has caused."He reiterated Michael.

Amnesty International calls for repealing the anti-LGTBI law approved by Orbán

Homophobic aggression in Jaén: “This happens to you for not having tobacco and for being a faggot”

A young man reports a brutal homophobic attack in Jaén: three young people beat him shouting "faggot"

A new homophobic aggression has taken place in the province of Jaén. According to what the victim reported, there were approximately 05:00 a.m. from last sunday 18 February in a nightlife area near the Health Center in the neighborhood of Boulevard, riding a Jaén capital, when three young men, approximately 20 years old, asked another young man for tobacco.

He told them that he didn't have one, that he only had a vaper, to which he received a slap in the face. «This happens to you for not having tobacco and for being a faggot."He heard while the beatings continued, accompanied by insults like «fagot" Y "dumbass«. Before the beating, the victim shouted that she was going to call the police. Police and at that moment one of the young men snatched his cell phone and threw it away while they continued hitting him.

One of the attackers even took an object from a nearby container to hit him on the head with it repeatedly. The blows only stopped when the young man, who wants to maintain the most absolute anonymity, was motionless and lying on the ground. «Stop, we have killed him"One of the attackers said to the other two. They then fled in the direction of the nightlife venues in the area.

Complaint

Homophobic aggression in JaénThe victim states that when he managed to regain consciousness he called the emergency services of the 112 and moved to CBulevar Health entrance to be treated for injuries suffered to the head, face, side and leg.

He reported everything that happened the next day in the Police Station of the National Police and Corps agents have already opened an investigation to try to find the aggressors. The young man who was attacked is very affected by the situation and they ask that if anyone was in the area or saw anything that could help him find the aggressors, they should contact the Police.

La International Human Rights Foundation has called on society as a whole to «put an end to attacks that, without a doubt, are totally unacceptable«.

Homophobic aggression in Jaén

PP and Vox propose creating a specific section for LGTBI books

The PP agrees with Vox to create a specific section in Valencian libraries for LGTBI books

Content on sexuality and diversity for young people returns to the Valencian parliamentary debate. The regional Parliament addresses the suitability of sexual education books with a focus LGBTI be accessible to minors in public libraries, a debate sparked by an extreme right initiative that follows in the footsteps of other reactionary governments. PP and Vox have approved in the Corts Valencianes that municipalities with more than 25.000 inhabitants have a specific section for this material that, after an amendment to the PP, gives rise to a text ambiguous enough to fit within the framework of the extreme right.

The popular amendment, accepted by its government partners Vox, leaves the initiative like this: the Corts urge public libraries to “the creation of a specific section on sexual, family, gender diversity, and sexual development that respects human rights”. The contents, the text continues, “They will be sequenced by educational levels and prepared under standardized criteria from a scientific, objective and non-doctrinal point of view in accordance with current regulations.".

PP and Vox propose creating specific sections for LGTBI books

Vox presented a text that, like Florida or Hungary, demanded that these contents be away from children's sections of public libraries. The group took the example of the local government of Burriana (Castellón), where they have powers in Culture, which ordered the removal of books with “sexual content"of the children's section and its transfer"to a new special area for adults that has been created for this purpose".

The far-right councilor Jesus Albiol, who is the same deputy who has defended the initiative in Corts, justified that the library law indicates that diversity content must be in a specific framework, but making a twisted use of language, links the material that addresses sexual identity or diversity education with sexual content for adults that harms “innocence” of the minors. Without mentioning it explicitly, it alludes to a material that in the imagination

Out of the reach of minors

The text presented by Vox consider the action of Burriana "an example for all municipalities in the region as a precise and effective measure to ensure the highest good of the minor and guarantee the freedom of parents” and considered these books a “type of materials" what "As requested by an important sector of the population and mainly families, it should be in places in the library in a specific section out of the reach of minors.".

Specifically, the wording defended by the ultras asks the Corts to urge the Consell to “request all public libraries in the Valencian Community, in municipalities with more than 25.000 inhabitants, to create a specific section and transfer to said section all library materials with content on sexual, family, and gender diversity.” and sexual development that respect human rights. This section must be independent from the rest of the sections, especially the children's section.”

By cons, Compromís and the PSPV They have demanded that library staff be allowed to place the material as they see fit, based on what the law establishes, and that they not “politically grope” the arrangement of books in public centers. Librarians have their own criteria for creating sections, insists the opposition, which has voted against this measure because it believes it is another step in the censorship carried out by the parliamentary extreme right.

PP and Vox propose creating specific sections for LGTBI books

Conviction for transphobia in Barcelona

Sentenced to six months in prison for transphobia on social networks for calling a trans woman a "faggot with tits"

La Audience of Barcelona passes a sentence for historical transphobia: he has sentenced SEA. to six months in prison and 720 euros fine for a crime against fundamental rights and public freedoms. In its ruling, the court considers that the convicted woman "guided by the purpose of humiliating» to a trans woman «for not undergoing genital reassignment surgery» sent messages on social networks in which «despised» to the victim.

In the trial held in Audience of Barcelona, the convicted woman acknowledged the facts and accepted the sentence imposed after an agreement with the prosecutor's office and the private prosecution. The sentence indicates that on February 25, 2020, the convicted woman posted a full-length photograph of the victim with the message "prototype of a faggot with tits. He can't stand the fact that I am a woman and he has a pathological dislike for me.«. For this reason, the magistrates emphasize that the convicted woman questioned «such an intimate aspect of personality as gender» with which the victim identified.

Transphobia in networks

Conviction for transphobia in BarcelonaFurthermore, in its resolution the court indicates that the victim was "exposed before those who made up his social and work circle who, until the publication, were so unaware of the sex» with which the affected person was born as if «She was a transgender person and had not undergone the operation«.

«The derogatory expressions related to gender identity that he dedicated to her, a reflection of the contempt he feels towards the group of transgender people who have not undergone genital reassignment surgery, showed, by questioning her gender, a clear desire to ridicule her. , managing to generate in her feelings of humiliation at the expense of her dignity«says the sentence.

“Transvestites, men and lesbians with penises”

The court also highlights that, between February and October 2020, the convicted woman used her social networks to go against transgender people without genital reassignment: "The majority of publications concern those who identify with the female gender, describing them as transvestites, men and lesbians with penises.«. Among these messages you can read some like «transsexual=woman, transgender=man, there are only two sexes»Or«trans women are now transvestites. They have perverted the word transsexual, so we reject it and have changed it to reassigned so that we are not confused«, in addition to describing as «infinite disgust" which "that group provokes him«.

The magistrates have decided to suspend the execution of the sentence for two years on the condition that the convicted person does not commit another crime within two years and pays $3.850 to the victim for the moral damages caused. In addition, he must take a course on equal treatment and non-discrimination, since, if he does not do so, he could go to prison.

Conviction for transphobia in Barcelona

 

Julio del Valle, new general director for the Equality of LGTBI+ people

«The deadline is extended for companies with more than fifty workers to adopt measures and resources to achieve real and effective equality for LGTBI people»

GAYLES.TV.- July of the Iscar Valley, the new General Director for Real and Effective Equality of LGTBI+ People of the Ministry of Equality, takes a tour of the different aspects of Law 4/2023, clarifies doubts about the regulations of said law that worries companies with more than fifty working people. Julio del Valle has also mentioned public policies in relation to LGTBI+ older people, education, sexile and democratic memory.

We thank the LGTBI Center of Barcelona for providing the space and the technical staff for the facilities and affection.

International Day against LGTBIphobia in Sport

Nelson Mandela: "Sport has more capacity than governments to break down social barriers"

2010 from the 19 February Is celebrated the Day against LGTBIphobia in Sports. The date was chosen in tribute to Justin Fashanu, a footballer from Norwich City who turned out to be one of the first to talk about homosexuality in 1990 and ended up taking his own life in 1998, after eight years marked by harassment and homophobic violence and being accused – and acquitted – of raping a 17-year-old boy.

According to the institutional declaration of the Higher Sports Council, the hate crimes report of the Ministry of Interior points to the LGBTophobia as a cause of near 20% of incidents of hate crimes reported in Spain. And sports facilities and playing fields are the fourth space in which the most incidents of hate crimes are reported.

The report on the state of the LGTBIphobia in Catalonia, prepared by l'Observatory against LGTBIphobia, points out that lgtbiphobic incidents in the sports field are quantified around 3%. But this 3% shows an increasing trend compared to previous years.

These are figures that have been remembered Panthers Grogues in a Manifesto occasion of International Day against LGTBIphobia in Sport. A text in which they recover the words of Nelson Mandela"Sport has the power to transform the world. "It has the power to inspire, to unite people like few other things... It has more capacity than governments to break down social barriers.".

ADI campaign

International Day against LGTBIphobia in SportLa Iberian Sports Group (ADI) LGTBI+ has launched the campaign 'The sport loves you', which states that any person, no matter who they are and whoever they love, is made to practice sports. In just one minute, images of the different clubs that make up the Group practicing sports are brought together, with a voice-over pretending to be that of the Group itself. 39 / 2022.

The regulations encourage the use of this right, something that is also pointed out from the COI, and it is insisted that «It is the obligation of institutions to promote sport for its advantages in physical, mental and social health.«. No person should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, as some Federations are doing.

International Day against LGTBIphobia in Sport

 

 

 

Greece approves equal marriage

Greece thus becomes the 20th country in Europe and the first Orthodox Christian country to allow same-sex couples to marry.

After a long debate, the Parliament of Greece has approved a bill that legalizes marriage between same-sex couples, a historic step that makes tracksuit in the first country orthodox christian of the world to legalize these links. The result was: 176 votes in favor, 76 against, and 46 abstentions. A historic victory for rights supporters LGTBIQ + which was received with cheers by spectators in parliament and dozens of people gathered in the streets of Athens.

The law grants same-sex couples the right to marry and adopt children and comes after decades of community campaigning LGTBIQ + for equal marriage in a socially conservative country. The Greek country thus becomes the country number 20 from Europe and the first Orthodox Christian to allow same-sex couples to marry.

The archbishop Jerome II of Athens, head of the Orthodox Church Greek, has gone so far as to request that this Thursday's vote be nominal, forcing each deputy to express out loud the meaning of their vote, in order to increase the pressure.

«This is a historic moment"he declared to Reuters Stella Belia, director of the same-sex parents group Rainbow Families. The bill will become law when it is published in the official government gazette.

A divided Parliament

Greece approves equal marriage

Although members of the center-right party New Democracy of the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis abstained or voted against the bill, gained enough support from the left-wing opposition in a rare show of cross-party unity despite a tense debate.

Recent opinion polls show that Greeks are divided on the issue. The powerful Orthodox Church, who believes homosexuality is a sin, has strongly opposed same-sex marriage, while many members of the community LGTBIQ + They believe the bill does not go far enough.

It does not remove obstacles for couples LGTBIQ + use assisted reproduction methods. Surrogacy pregnancies will not be extended to people LGTBIQ +, although the bill recognizes children who were already born through that method abroad.

In 2015, Greece allowed civil unions between same-sex couples and in 2017 legally recognized gender identity. Two years ago it banned conversion therapies for minors aimed at suppressing a person's sexual orientation.

Greece approves equal marriage

Express negotiation to have LGTBI equality plans in companies

The Government confirms the impossibility of approving the LGTBI equality plans before March 3, the deadline given by Law 4/2023

The LGTBI equality plans in companies will be a reality "very soon", but not before March 3, as mandated by the so-called LGBTI trans law. The Ministry of Labor, the unions and the employers' associations held this Tuesday the first meeting of the table that must develop regulations to guarantee equality for the LGTBI community and its protection in the workplace, as well as equal opportunities in employment.

All actors have confirmed the good will to carry out the text that will serve as a basis for the implementation of equality plans. LGTBI in companies, and also that there are broad coincidences in negotiation. However, as the secretary of Employment Status, Joaquín Pérez Rey, It will not be possible for these plans to become a reality before the deadline established by law 4/2023, el Winners will be announced in March.

All parties agree to activate an agile negotiation that can be closed in a short time, and Work He has already announced that he will soon call a new meeting, although there is still no specific date.

At this Tuesday's meeting (which was chaired by the second vice president of the Government and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Diaz), the Executive has collected the proposals of the unions, and is now waiting to receive contributions from the employers to start working on a joint text.

Mandatory or voluntary plans, depending on the case

Express negotiation to have LGTBI equality plans in companiesAt Lóleo Eventos, Law 4 / 2023 It is established that companies more than 50 working people They must have, within a period of 12 months from the entry into force of this rule, «with a planned set of measures and resources to achieve real and effective equality for LGTBI people, which includes an action protocol to address harassment or violence against LGTBI people«.

In the documentation sent by the unions, it is stated that equality plans will be mandatory, in addition to companies with more than 50 workers, if mandated by the sectoral or company collective agreement, and when the labor authority has agreed in a sanctioning procedure to replace the accessory sanctions for the preparation and application of said plan, in the terms established in the indicated agreement.

For the rest of the companies it will be voluntary, but the public authority must encourage it and may require it as social clauses in public contracts, based on the Public Sector Contracts Law. The public administration will also favor the negotiation of these plans in collective bargaining for these companies with less than 50 workers.

Express negotiation to have LGTBI equality plans in companies

Two homophobic attacks in Barcelona in less than 48 hours

In less than 48 hours, two homophobic attacks have occurred in Barcelona, ​​one in the Sants neighborhood and the other in Sant Martí

The Mossos d'Esquadra A 22-year-old young man has been arrested accused of attacking and insulting two young people because of their sexual orientation. The events occurred at dawn from Sunday to Monday on the street Almogàvars from the district of sant marti de Barcelona. According to police sources, a group of people, including the detainee, began to scold and hit the couple.

The Catalan police were notified of the incident and, shortly after arriving at the scene, one of the victims and a witness recognized one of the alleged attackers in the area and the officers detained him. The detainee is a 22-year-old young man, with no criminal record. The two men attacked suffered minor injuries and have filed a complaint. He Barcelona's town hall has made the protection circuit available to the victims.

Very violent attack in Sants

Two homophobic attacks in Barcelona in less than 48 hoursOn Saturday afternoon a young man received a very violent attack while walking the dog on the street Tinent Flomesta in the neighborhood Sants-Badal from Barcelona. The aggressor kicked the dog and when the victim reproached him, he received fist blows and insults. The case has been made public on Observatory against LGTBI-phobia, which has also detailed that it was an attack “very violent” and that legal and psychological support is already being given to the young man, who could file a complaint with the Mossos this same Tuesday.

The president of the entity, Eugeni Rodríguez has warned that it is “It is essential to confront impunity and support victims” and has asked on social networks to modify the 11 / 2014 to guarantee reparation for victims and reinforce the action protocol against attacks.

Two homophobic attacks in Barcelona in less than 48 hours

A Polish television presenter apologizes to the LGTBI+ community

After 8 years of far-right government, two LGTBI+ activists were interviewed on Polish public television

For the first time, after 8 years of government of far right in the country, two LGTBI+ activists They went to the studies of the polish public television. Before starting the interview, the presenter dedicated a few words to the entire group: «Before starting this conversation, I think I should say three things."he pointed out Wojciech Szelag, one of the most recognizable faces on screen in Poland.

«For many years in Poland, shameful words have been directed at numerous people for the simple fact that they had chosen to identify themselves by who they are and who they love. LGTBI people are not an ideology, they are people, they have names, family and friends. All those people should hear the word sorry somewhere. This is where I apologize«, he declared. The activists Maja Heban and Bart Staszewski They appreciated his words with faces that said it all.

Change in Poland

A Polish television presenter apologizes to the LGTBI+ communitylast fall Poland voted and the ultraconservative leader Mateusz Morawiecki The Government he had led since 2015 lost. During his mandate, both he and part of his team have uttered clearly homophobic words on repeated occasions. Brussels even opened a file against Poland (and Hungary) for its harassment of the LGTBI community.

The leader of Civic Coalition, Donald Tusk, is the new prime minister and has promised to reverse the anti-european policies of his predecessor, as well as establishing a more liberal government.

Among its objectives is precisely the reform of the public television to free it from the control to which its contents were subjected during the conservative government. The TVP It then received a significant amount of government funding, a donation that coincided with the increase in propaganda and which led one of its main presenters to declare that he was ashamed of its content.

En Poland were created «free zones of LGTBI ideology» in several municipalities and the president of Poland, also ultra-conservative Andrzej Duda, accused the «LGTBI ideology» of being worse than communism, hence the presenter's reference. In 2020, Polish television charged against Spain to live "under the dictates of the LGTBI ideology«. The news program with the largest audience in the country pointed out that «LGTBI ideology takes over Spanish children«. The country was in a presidential campaign and our country was seen as what awaited Poland if the opposition won the elections.

A Polish television presenter apologizes to the LGTBI+ community

Alleged rape in the dark room of a Barcelona nightclub

The sentencing proposal considers proven that the victim did not consent to anal penetration

La Audience of Barcelona sentencing to a sentence that can reach five years in prison a man for raping another in the dark room of a gay nightclub in Barcelona. The proposal of the rapporteur magistrate, David Ferrer, which the newspaper has accessed El País, considers it proven that the victim did not give her consent to anal penetration without a condom. Moments before, they had both had consensual oral sex in the dark room. The victim "He refused both by word and action"to continue a sexual relationship that had been"initiated with full consent", according to the text.

The proposal, which still must be submitted to a vote and ruling by three magistrates of the Ninth Section, is fundamentally based on what was stated by the victim, to whom it gives credibility, among other things, because it explained “aspects that hypothetically harm the accusatory thesis".

Resistance in the dark room

Alleged rape in the dark room of a Barcelona nightclubThe victim acknowledged, for example, that they had consensual oral sex and that she obviously withdrew her consent when she saw that the man she had just met intended to perform anal penetration without a condom. In her statement, behind closed doors, she did not even accuse the accused: she said that she did not think he was a rapist, but that that night she did do something bad with him because I do not stop when he asked him to do it and even though put up physical resistance.

The events occurred early Saturday morning January 26, 2020 at the disco Sand, one of the historic rooms of the Gayxample Barcelona, ​​which has a dark room, a space that allows sexual relations to be held anonymously. The victim entered that dimly lit room with a friend and there she met the accused. Her stories coincide in what happened during the first moments of the encounter: they began to touch and kiss each other and practice oral sex. The discrepancy came when explaining the penetration.

The victim denies that there was consent

During the trial, the 40-year-old defendant denied having committed rape. “At no time did I hear the word 'no' or notice him pushing me or being reluctant”. The victim, however, reported that explicitly refused to have complete sexual relations and he physically resisted until the accused put him against the wall, held his arms and penetrated him anally until he ejaculated inside him. The reporting magistrate notes that the victim “stopped resisting"because the accused"I had more strength than him” and could not continue to oppose it. “There is a violent attitude, also physical”, by the accused, who sought “forcibly impose a sexual practice" although "did not have any consent".

In her statement, the victim expressed her fear that they would not believe him for the fact of being a man and for the “associated social stigma” to male victims of sexual violence. The prosecutor in the case defended the credibility of the victim in her report and maintained that “consent is an act of permanent affirmation".

Alleged rape in the dark room of a Barcelona nightclub

Education to stop hate

The FELGTBI+ dedicates its thematic year to education in the face of the "increase in hate speech in classrooms"

The State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans, Bisexuals, Intersex and more (FELGTBI+) announced this Thursday that he will dedicate his thematic year of Education and that will require «the actual compliance with the anti-discrimination policies contemplated in current legislation«.

«There is an increase in hate speech in classrooms«, warned the Education coordinator of the LGTBI+ State Federation, David Armenteros, in a press conference in which he reported that «One of the main objectives of the thematic year will be to work towards the elimination of any restrictions on freedom of expression and academic freedom of teachers associated with the veto. parental«. This reality requires a «more specific fight"he said, that's why the 57 entities that make up the Federation have chosen inclusive education as the cause to which they will dedicate the greatest efforts in 2024.

Inclusive education

Schools are the second place in which the community LGTBIQ + suffers more attacks and discrimination and teachers are one of the professional groups that comes out the least, which is why FELGTBI+ requires urgently addressing the inclusive education. The objective is "create a truly inclusive environment» in educational centers. Therefore, this thematic year «arises as a response to reality that reflects the importance of achieving diversity in educational institutions«.

«Hate speech builds a more intolerant society in which we do not want to live. It is important that in educational settings we fight against hate speech. We do not want to remain crossed while our rights are lost«he has sentenced Armenteros.

family diversity

The FELGTBI+ requesting the creation of a national educational commission in specific matter LGTBI+ that ensures compliance with equality plans in educational centers and that this commission has the collaboration of the entities of the group.

The also spokesperson for FELTBI+ Noelia Salido has stressed that the family diversity It must be present in school agendas, which are currently limiting since they focus on the figure of the father and mother when there are single-parent families, but also others made up of two fathers and two mothers.

Salido explained that during 2024, Education will mark the Federation's agenda, but «not only formal education, but education in the broadest sense of the word because pedagogy must be done in all areas of society«.

Education to stop hate

 

 

 

The Pope responds to those who criticize the blessing for same-sex couples: "It is hypocrisy"

Pope Francis describes criticism of the blessing of homosexuals as “hypocrisy”: “No one is scandalized by a businessman who exploits people”

El pope francisco cross out «hypocrisy» criticizing the possibility of bless gay couples, while "Nobody is scandalized if I give my blessing to a businessman who perhaps exploits people and this is a very serious sin. "While people would be scandalized if I gave it to a homosexual... This is hypocrisy!", says Francisco. in an interview that will be published tomorrow in the Catholic magazine 'To believe'.

The pope adds that «the heart of the document is the reception«, in responding to criticism of 'Fiducia Supplians', the text published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith in which it was explained that couples considered ' could be blessedirregular' for the Church, including those of the same sex.

The historic opening of pope francisco to the blessing of couples of the same sex or in a situation «irregular» as divorced and remarried, has been welcomed by many episcopal conferences in the world, but the most conservative wing describes it as «Blasphemy» and other bishops, such as the African ones, continue to show their rejection.

The church and women

The Pope responds to those who criticize the blessing for same-sex couples: "It is hypocrisy"In another of the advance extracts of the interview, the pope highlights that «open work in the Curia at of important«. «In the Roman Curia there are now several women because they perform certain roles better than us men.«Assures Francisco.

Also regarding his state of health, he repeats one of the phrases that he has said in recent months to reassure about his state of health and his mobility problems: «The Church is governed with the head, not with the legs«.

In the interview he also asks for a Church closer to the people: «People suffer a lot... we clerics sometimes live comfortably... we need to see the work, the suffering of the people«.

Although the openness to blessing couples of the same sex seems like a step forward within the Church, it is worth remembering that it maintains discrimination against non-heterosexual people and, in reality, does not constitute any progress on the path towards equality in Catholic Church. It continues to be given to people LGTBIQ+ and women a second-class deal.

The Pope responds to those who criticize the blessing for same-sex couples: "It is hypocrisy"

"You fucking faggot, you have a tail, I'm going to cut your throat, I'm going to kill you"

One year in prison and 5 years away for insults and threats to a transsexual woman in Soria

«Faggot, whore, you have a tail, you are that bitch that cheated on me«. These are some of the words that the aggressor spoke to a transsexual woman in Soria for which he has been sentenced to one year in prison after deliberating that these events constitute a crime against fundamental rights.

As reflected in the sentence, he is prohibited from approaching the victim less than 300 meters and communicate with her for a period of five years. As civil liability, you will have to pay the victim $1.000, agreeing to pay the compensation in installments of 42 euros until it is settled.

Repeated threats

One year in prison and 5 years away for insults and threats to a transsexual in SoriaThe sentence is final, since once notified the defense showed its intention not to appeal it. The proven facts They date back to the summer of 2021, when the victim was cleaning the terrace of a hospitality establishment where he worked. There he met the accused, who, with full knowledge that the victim was transsexual and with the aim of showing his animosity towards that condition, began to belittle his sexual identity and dignity with phrases such as "You fucking faggot, you have a tail, I'm going to cut your throat, I'm going to kill you«.

The events caused fear, humiliation, restlessness and fear in the victim, who notified his partner to accompany him when he left work to go home. It was in a park where the now accused was where she crossed paths with him again, and he again uttered phrases like: "You have a tail, you piece of faggot, I'm going to kill you«.

In the afternoon of that same day, the accused returned to the premises where the victim worked, threatening and insulting her again. Another day this same month of August, the victim went to a bar to get tobacco, meeting the accused again and an episode similar to the previous ones occurred again.

The sentence finally reflects that the execution of the imposed sentence is suspended for two years «with the condition that they do not commit any crime again within said guarantee period, and that they take a course on equal treatment and non-discrimination, with a warning of revocation of the suspension granted in the event of non-compliance with said conditions.«.

One year in prison and 5 years away for insults and threats to a transsexual in Soria

 

Vox dissociates itself from the LGTBI campaign of the Generalitat Valenciana

Vicente Barrera (Vox) distances himself from the 'Community Pride' campaign in favor of the LGTBI collective

The first vice president of the Valencian Government, Vicente Barrera (Vox), has called the media this Tuesday to show his disagreement with the campaign 'Community Pride'started up by the Consell de Carlos Mazon.

The purpose of Barrier was to make it clear that "has not been counted» with representatives of Vox in the regional executive to launch this campaign. A staging that she has done accompanied by the Minister of Justice, Elisa Nunez, to give more solemnity to the declaration.

«We do not join. In the Valencian Community there is no problem of discrimination, inclusion and respect» has pointed out Barrier. The vice president and Minister of Culture did not want to clarify whether he has expressed this opposition to the campaign to the president of the Generalitat, alleging that he has only seen it in the Plenary Session of the Consell and the deliberations of the plenary session of the Valencian government «they are secret«.

Although Barrier was at the meeting of the national leadership of Vox in Madrid has denied that he had been given any instructions to take a stand against mazon. In fact, he has defended that his words "they do not represent any crisis» and that the Valencian government agrees almost 100% of the issues and they have «a common projectnot".

He has framed his words in a mere «statement of intents" for "draw the ideological line» of the party. In this sense, he recalled that PP and Vox «They are partners, but not the same party«.

'Community Pride'

Vox dissociates itself from the LGTBI campaign of the Generalitat ValencianaLast Saturday, the president of the Generalitat, Carlos Mazón, and the second vice president and councilor of Social Services, Equality and Housing, Susana Camarero, presented in Benidorm the new brand'Community Pride' as part of an initiative that seeks “make visible and celebrate diversity and promote an inclusive and respectful society in the Valencian Community”. An initiative in which, Barrera has insisted, the Vox councilors do not plan to participate.

'Community Pride'will serve as a unifying value for all the campaigns that will be carried out during this term on diversity with the aim of promoting the inclusion and recognition of people LGTBIQ +.

Vox dissociates itself from the LGTBI campaign of the Generalitat Valenciana

 

 

Taylor Swift makes history at the Grammys

Taylor Swift has 14 awards and has become the first to win four awards for best album of the year

Taylor Swift has made history and has been crowned at the awards gala 2024 Grammys. That of Pennsylvania she has 14 gramophones and has become the first artist to win four statuettes in the best album category. Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder They had won three.

Swift has surpassed the three huge stars with just 34 years thanks to your album midnight, after taking it with Fearless (in 2010), 1989 (2016) and folklore (2021) Taylor has been nominated for 52 Grammy Awards and has won 14, the last two being Best Pop Vocal Album and Album of the Year for midnight this 2024.

Swift announces new album

Taylor Swift makes history at the Grammys

"I feel this happy when I write a song, or come up with a chorus, or rehearse with my dancers, or go to work. Tokyo to sing. I just want to keep doing this. Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to do it. my head explodes”, she commented incredulously.

The singer announced during the awards ceremony 66th Grammy Awards a new album, but it will not be the re-recording of Reputation, their sixth studio album. Taylor Swift will present a completely new album on April 19: The Tortured Poets Department.

LGTBIQ+ ally

Taylor Swift She is an icon and a great ally LGTBIQ + since many years. There are countless acts in which she has demonstrated her commitment to the collective, such as when in 2019 she released her most demanding song regarding rights. LGTBIQ+ refers to: You Need To Calm Down. Beyond the lyrics, the video clip and all the personalities that appear in it, what makes it a true anthem is the message that appears at the end of the video, where he makes a request to his fans to send their signatures to the Senate to the approval of the Equality Act: "Let us show our pride by asking that, at the national level, our laws treat all citizens equally«.

On their fifth album, 1989, Taylor Swift opens the album with the song Welcome To New York, where you can read some verses in which it says: «And you can want who you want: boys and boys, and girls and girls«. When asked during a promotional interview, the singer explained: «The song is inspired by what I like about New York, which is a freedom and celebration around being unique. And I also wrote the song when gay marriage became legal in New York.".

Taylor Swift and Hayley Kiyoko

Also in 2018, Taylor Swift came to the defense of Hayley Kiyoko when the lesbian singer was criticized for statements in which she stated that the music industry called her "little originl» for re-releasing a video clip talking about love between women, making a comparison with Taylor Swift, whose lyrics always talked about heterosexual romances, and there was no type of fatigue on the part of managers and producers.

Far from feeling offended, she took sides with kiyoko to defend it: «We should applaud artists who are brave enough to tell their romantic story honestly through their art. I have never faced homophobia and she has. It is your right to call out everyone who has a double standard regarding gay versus straight romantic interests.»

In April of 2019 Taylor Swift took a step forward again in favor of rights LGTBIQ + by donating $113.000 to Tennessee Equality Project, a group based in Nashville which had brought together more than 100 religious leaders to denounce 6 anti-LGBT laws known as «The Slate of Hate«, which were circulating legally through the country.

Taylor Swift makes history at the Grammys

Vox mocks the LGTBI law in Extremadura

Óscar Fernández Calle: “If I wake up transsexual I have fewer rights and if I go to bed heterosexual I get them back?”

The deputy of Vox Óscar Fernández Calle, has communicated his party's refusal to approve some of the 11 amendments that United by Extremadura (UPE) has presented to the accounts of 2024 in matters of equality, mocking them, but in no case without going into the substance of the matter. “Their amendments are an excellent example of the poor or woke ideology because Stalinism was a little stale and has little sale.", he began his response Fernandez Calle.

The left-wing coalition has proposed aid for the care of LGTBI points in rural areas, but the ultra spokesperson has taken advantage of his intervention to laugh at the law on social equality for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, transgender and intersexuals and public policies against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Estremadura, that the Government of José Antonio Monago approved in 2015: “40.000 euros for the development of the LGTBI law... man, we have come across the new church, Sancho: the law and the LGTBI groups. I always ask myself a question with this: Does the Constitution discriminate based on sexual orientation? Do those who like one or the other have fewer rights than me, for example? If I wake up transsexual tomorrow, do I have fewer rights and If I go to bed at night straight, do I get them back?".

Vox hoaxes

The spokesperson for the left coalition, Nerea Fernandez Cordero, She has described as "embarrassing to have to hear over and over again that LGTBI people do not suffer discrimination” and has considered “quite enlightening”that the deputies of the PP, Vox partners in Extremadura "hang your head and hide” with those words. Fernandez Cordero has remembered the LGBTIphobic aggression suffered a few months ago in Caceres for the young Angel Andreo shouting “fagot".

On the other hand, Vox has taken advantage of its refusal to contribute 30.000 euros for the institutional recognition of women throughout history in rural development to spread a hoax by Spanish conservatives and accuse the PSOE of opposing women's suffrage in 1931, when The truth is that without the majority vote of the socialist deputies this right would not have come forward.

Elimination of the Vox council

Vox mocks the LGTBI law in ExtremaduraThe amendments of UPE have encountered the negative vote of the PP and Vox, who have also refused the PSOE proposals to recover the Equality Department, eliminated by the president, Maria Guardiola, eliminate the Forest Management and Rural World, created for the extreme right.

The spokesperson of the PP María Teresa Tortonda He has asked the opposition what is the use of a council "if it is empty of content and full of non-compliance” as was the case before or a ministry with so much “wordiness"stop at the end"put rapists on the street”, which he described as “ideological hypocrisy".

The deputy of Vox Álvaro Sánchez Ocañhas called historical memory “hysterical” in response to the socialists' proposal to shield funds for development cooperation, which suffer a 25% cut in funds, and historical memory. “This sectarian and falsified law of history has two news programs left”, the extreme right has warned.

Vox mocks the LGTBI law in Extremadura

Eurovision does not veto Israel as it did with Russia

Call to boycott Eurovision as it allows Israel to participate in the festival

The organizers of Eurovision Song Contest, which this year will celebrate its number 68 en Malmö (Sweden), reiterated last Monday that Israel will be able to participate in the popular European song contest, despite recent calls from fans and musicians for it to be banned due to its current genocide in Gaza.

«We understand the concerns and deep beliefs about the current conflict in the Middle East, but we are committed to ensuring that the Eurovision Song Contest remains a non-political event, in which artists and broadcasters compete, not governments.«argued the organizers.

«Our governing bodies, led by the Executive Committee, reviewed the list of participants for the 2024 edition and agreed that Israeli public television KAN meets all competition rules for this year and can participate, as it has done for the past 50 years«, continues the statement.

The text adds that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the organizing body of Eurovision, has aligned itself in this way with other entities in fields such as sports that have also maintained an open attitude towards Israeli participation in major competitions.

Iceland, Finland and Norway stand together

Eurovision does not veto Israel as it did with RussiaSeveral Nordic countries have called for a boycott of Israel and have been in favor of their countries not competing in Malmo si Israel it does.

In 2019, Iceland was fined for Eurovision because in that edition held in Tel Aviv the representation of the Nordic country in the contest—the musical band Hatari— will show the palestinian flag during voting.

Instead, Eurovision Yes, since 2022, he has vetoed the participation of Russia in the contest in response to their invasion of Ukraine, which caused the departure of Russian national television channels from the EBU.

Israel has been participating in the contest since 1973, and won the contest in 1978 (with the remembered song "A-Ba-Ni-Bi"), 1979, 1998 (the artist Dana International) and, more recently, in 2018, when Netta Barzilai won with Toy. Dana International, first trans artist to win Eurovision 25 years ago, he publicly defended his country's war against Israel in November and assured that not condemning Hamas it is "be against LGTBI, women and paz ».

1,000 musicians from host Sweden ask to exclude Israel

More than a thousand musicians from the host country signed an open letter to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) calling for Israel to be excluded for its “brutal war in Gaza".

The signatories maintain that, by allowing Israel to compete, the EBU “is displaying a notable double standard that undermines the credibility of the organization", and they remember that in 2022 Russia was excluded due to the invasion of Ukraine and in 2021, Belarus for violation of freedom of the press.

Eurovision does not veto Israel as it did with Russia

The five accused for the murder of Samuel Luiz are on trial

The judge appreciates the aggravating circumstance of sexual discrimination in the murder of Samuel Luiz amid cries of "faggot"

The Court of Instruction number 8 of A Coruña investigation of the case ended Samuel Luis and opens oral proceedings against five people for a crime of murder, when appreciating the aggravating circumstances of treachery and cruelty. The judge considers that there is sufficient evidence to place the five defendants on the bench as co-authors.

Furthermore, in the case of two of them, the man and the woman with whom the victim first encountered, he considers that there is the aggravating circumstance of discrimination due to sexual condition. Another of those investigated, Kaio Amaral, will be tried, in addition to the crime of murder, for robbery with violence. In the case, which will be judged by a popular jury, there are, in addition to the Prosecutor's Office and the defense, a private accusation and another popular accusation, carried out by the association WINGS A Coruña. Judicial sources did not specify the date of the trial, but they detail that it will be “before summer”.

For this crime committed in the early morning of on Julio 3, 2021 on the seafront A Coruña and which shocked the entire country, there were seven detainees. Five of them were of legal age at the time of the events: Diego Montaña Marzoa, Catherine Silva Barros —known as Katy- Alejandro Freire García —whom they nicknamed Yumba- Y Alejandro Miguez Roca (the last to be arrested and who is free, just like Katy).

Two men who were minors at the time of the events and who were tried in 2022 were also arrested. Both admitted having killed the young man from A Coruña. 24 years in exchange for a reduced sentence. And the sentence imposed for each of them was three and a half years of confinement in a center.

Discrimination based on sexual orientation

The five accused for the murder of Samuel Luiz are on trialThe judge explains in his order how, at the first moment, two of the accused “cwith the purpose of causing death” of the victim, and in any case “being conscious” that his actions could cause the fatal outcome or “admitting the risk that this entailed"They kicked and punched him in the face and head, while the woman accused in the procedure, "in attack action unit”, tried to prevent the later deceased from being helped by a friend.

According to all the accusations, two other men soon joined in the attack and will also be tried, in addition to the two minors.

The investigating judge maintains in his order that “In this scenario, the victim was surrounded and beaten, at the mercy and will of his group of aggressors, in a clear situation of inferiority and helplessness, without any possibility of defense.".

All the accusations request for the two accused that they consider that they acted with the aggravating circumstance of discrimination based on sexual condition 25 years in prison for the victim, and 22 for the rest of the defendants. To this we would have to add the 5 years they request for the accused of the violent robbery of the deceased's cell phone.

before summer

Although the arrests occurred shortly after the events, the investigation of the case was complex, among other aspects, due to the letters rogatory that it was necessary to send to the United States in order to access the content of the social network accounts and similar applications of the suspicious.

Once the investigation of the case is completed, the trial is scheduled to be held in the Provincial Court of A Coruña before the summer. For the moment, the personal situation of the defendants will not change: three of them will remain in prison and two will remain free.

The five accused for the murder of Samuel Luiz are on trial