Posts Tagged: Spain

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11
Jul 11

SPAIN’S CREDIT RATING GOES UP

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That’s not a headline you are likely to read anywhere else in 2011. But in the case of access to equality, the fresh statistics for marriage in Spain show the country’s credit rating is very high indeed.

Rex Wockner reports that 18,634 same-sex marriages have been registered in Spain, while the State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGBT) believes that not all the marriages have been recorded, and that the actual number is 23,000.

In any case, 2.1 percent of marriages in 2010 were between people of the same sex - nearly 4,000 last year.

To the 8,000 happy people – my hearty congratulations.

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23
Jul 10

A BRIEF HISTORY OF GAY MARRIAGE

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From Time magazine, written in a friendly but not especially authoritative way in my opinion. While brief I think this piece does miss key angles to the global eqality debates.  That said its mere publication is TIME is useful and welcome.

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14
Jun 10

SPAIN’S 1ST GAY WEDDING STORE

A great video about ‘BY’ the first store in Spain dedicated to gay weddings. “What makes it so special and big is that it’s a simple idea”,

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24
May 10

FAIRYTALE SPANISH WEDDING

Imagine you are the most well-known lesbians in a country of 40 million people. Millions of people see you on TV or read about you every week.  Yours is the first ever legal televised gay wedding. The idea of you getting married is as big as Ellen DeGeneres marrying Martina Navratilova, plus you both look like models. Then there’s Spanish passion and a great deal of cleavage added in to an already heady mix.  It could be enough to send one party off in search of fun, escape and and simpler times.

Before they learnt about you most Spaniards got their impression of lesbians from one of the country’s most popular sitcoms, Aquí No Hay Quien Viva (No One Lives Here). But with you, the attention is somehow different.  It helps your career rather than hinders it; in fact it’s what you become known for more than anything else. And then gay marriage arrives in your country, making real the sort of future you had only ever dreamed of.

For Maca Fernández Wilson and Esther García, this is your life. CLICK BELOW VIDEO FOR FULL STORY.

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12
May 10

NOT THE ONLY GAY IN THE VILLAGE

What does a struggling village of 60 in rural Spain do to re-invent itself? Become a gay wedding capital of course, and get a film made about the journey.

You can learn all about this wonderful village, and it’s innovative out mayor Francisco Maroto in the film Campillo Sí, Quiero” (“Campillo Yes, I do”), here Continue reading →

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