LGBTQ+ news, rights, politics and culture from Spain.
Explore reporting from this country and its place in the wider world.
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s lower house of Parliament Thursday passed a law that allows people over 16 years of age to change their legally registered gender without any medical supervision. Under the Spanish law, drawn up by…
MADRID (AP) — Former Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas said Sunday his Twitter account was hacked after a post saying he was gay created a stir on the social media platform. “Hacked account,” Casillas said. “Luckily everyt…
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans will cast ballots this Sunday on whether to approve a new 'family code' that would legalize gay marriage and boost women's rights, with the government urging citizens to vote "yes" despite ange…
VENICE (Reuters) - Award-winning Italian director Emanuele Crialese revealed on Sunday that he had been born a woman as he presented his highly autobiographical movie "L'Immensita", starring Penelope Cruz, at the Venice…
NEW YORK, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The patient was 78, in poor health and had nowhere else to go, so a hospital social worker was tasked with finding her new sheltered accommodation in the U.S. state of Maine. Discussions beg…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LGBTQ representation on scripted TV series has grown along with the footprint of streaming services, according to an annual study by the advocacy group GLAAD. “TV is leading entertainment in telling L…
Jan 26 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An attractive alternative investment or no better than a Ponzi scheme? Cryptocurrencies are controversial - challenging conventional financial wisdom and worrying regulatory authori…
DURBAN (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - South African tech adviser Josh Stols felt a wave of euphoria when his doctor handed over his first testosterone prescription, allowing him to finally start his physical transition…
Jan 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Switzerland became one of the last Western European nations to legalise same-sex marriage in 2021, it made waves next door in the tiny Alpine country of Liechtenstein. Two days…
MADRID, Dec 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It might sound like a marketing gimmick, but the founders of the first LGBT+ cryptocurrency said they want to harness the community's economic power with the aim of "changin…
ZURICH, Dec 26 (Reuters) - People in Switzerland will be able to legally change gender by a visit to the civil registry office from Jan. 1, putting the country at the forefront of Europe's gender self-identification mov…
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - France’s parliament voted on Tuesday to ban so-called conversion therapy, joining a handful of countries that have taken steps to outlaw practices that seek to change a person’s sexual ori…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s top court ruled on Tuesday that Bulgaria must issue an identity document to a child of a Bulgarian woman and her wife despite same-sex marriage not being recognised in the count…
LONDON/ATLANTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When British tattoo artist Eva Echo found the courage to come out as transgender, she quickly sought specialist medical care to help her transition. More than four years lat…
