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Tuesday, November 18
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Queen Sofía of Spain was bored of flying from airports named in her honor one day and decided to sit down with author Pilar Urbano and get literate by saying a bunch of entertaining things about gays in an interview for a book.
It seems that the...
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Friday, October 31
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Spain's royal flacks insist Queen Sofia's anti-gay comments from her biography were "misquoted:"
The Spanish royal court distanced itself Friday from comments expressed by Queen Sofia in a new biography in which she opposes gay...
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Thursday, October 30
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We're usually big fans of queens, but Spain's Queen Sofia's definitely an exception. The seventy-year old monarch lets her anti-gay attitude show in a new biography, The Queen Up Close. For her first round of homo-centric conservative...
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Friday, October 17
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The European Union likes to say it's achieving "Unity through diversity," but that's not always the case when it comes to gay rights. While Spain allows gay marriage, other nations, like Poland, stridently oppose such civil expansions...
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Thursday, October 16
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Once a rabble-rouser, always a rabble-rouser! Albert Marchena made headlines in Spain two years ago, when he and his boyfriend became the nation's first same-sex military couple to tie the knot. The men have since split.
Fast forward to today...
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Thursday, September 18
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Hilarious or terrifying? Yesterday John McCain was interviewed on the Florida affiliate of Spanish radio network Union Radio. And in the interview McCain appeared not to know who the Prime Minister of Spain was and assumed he was some anti-American...
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Thursday, August 07
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Giorgio Armani is taking heat from Italian animal rights activists for designing a sparkly costume for Spanish bullfighter Cayetano Rivera for his competition in the "Corrida Goyesca" bullfight, named for Spanish painter Francisco de Goya...
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Tuesday, July 29
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Talk about cojones! Spanish social conservatives have filed a lawsuit against Madrid Pride for - get this - hate speech. HazteOir claims that pride organizers and other revelers smeared the Catholic Church’s good name by holding up a sign...
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Wednesday, July 23
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“Two sexual orientation and gender identity rights groups have been given consultative status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council. COC Netherlands and the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transexuals and Bisexuals of Spain...
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Wednesday, July 23
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“More than 5,000 athletes, gay and straight, from across Europe are converging on Barcelona for the Eurogames which get underway on Thursday in the Spanish port city, organizers said.” [Independent] Read more...
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Wednesday, July 09
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Rumor has it Madrid’s gay pride tops all others. Thus, in an effort to uncover the truth, Queerty contributor Jimmy Im traveled to the Spanish city for a full investigation. Check out the blow-by-blow, after the jump…
Day One: Getting...
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Wednesday, June 18
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Francisco Maroto, the mayor of Campillo de Ranas, a tiny village 78 miles (125 km) northeast of Madrid, has made his town famous by making it a magnet for weddings, both gay and straight. Wrote TIME in 2007: "When the... Read more...
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Thursday, June 12
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Spanish Judge Laura Alabau, who has thrice refused to marry queer couples despite the country’s 2005 same-sex go ahead, will soon be ordered to carry out gay marriages. Alabau claims she’s simply being used as a “vehicle of propaganda...
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Thursday, June 05
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Is estrogen the secret to containing the spread of HIV? Seconds, please: Is David Beckham the hottest waiter of all time? The two Spanish nationals detained late last week in the west African country of Gambia have been released: "Two... Read...
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Tuesday, June 03
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The two Spanish nationals arrested for being gay in Gambia face up to fourteen years in prison. The Spanish consul has been offering their “full support” to their incarcerated citizens, whatever that means. [News 24] Read more...
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Monday, June 02
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This isn't the country you want to be arrested in on suspicion of being gay, considering that two weeks ago Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced that he planned to "cut off the head" of any gay person. The Point reports:... Read...
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Friday, May 16
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Homeless man gets 35 years in prison for spitting on a police officer and saying he was HIV positive. Sean Penn slams Obama's "phenomenally inhuman and unconstitutional" voting record, expresses optimism: "I don't have a candidate...
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Wednesday, May 14
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The UK tab Daily Mail recently spotted a man they claim is Colin Farrell looking like a ghost of his former self: "The emaciated 32-year-old was snapped during a night out in Spain at the weekend. It was impossible to... Read more...
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