Tag: Madrid

Pedro Aunión Monroy, 42, died on Friday after falling 100 feet to his death at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid. The acrobat had been warming up before a set by Green Day and fell from his harness. But while more than 34,000 people witnessed the tragic moment, it’s the beautiful message Monroy left his boyfriend with that has the world talking now. “I can’t wait to see my beautiful boyfriend. Love, come to my arms!” he wrote Thursday on Facebook. Monroy...

Hundreds of thousands flocked to Madrid World Pride, the largest LGBTQ pride event in the world, for over a week of events, wrapping up on Sunday night. Madrid World Pride coincided with the 40th anniversary of the first LGBT pride protest in Spain, taking place in Barcelona. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu4zoWBEkHQ Saturday’s parade doubled as a protest march, led by all of Spain’s major political parties, carrying a banner reading, “For LGBTI Rights All Over The World.” https://twitter.com/WorldPride2017/status/881178096845639681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lgbtqnation.com%2F2017%2F07%2Fhundreds-thousands-celebrate-worlds-largest-pride-madrid%2F https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1WiSM0jxpY Spain has been on the forefront of LGBTQ rights, granting...

Now that's what we call a party. Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Madrid to march for LGBT+ equality this weekend as festivities for World Pride 2017 came to a head. Saturday’s march through the city centre was led by politicians from across Spain’s political spectrum, who carried a large banner which read: ‘For LGBTI Rights All Over the World.’ The huge display of LGBT+ solidarity was the highlight of the 10-day World Pride 2017 festival, which concluded...

"Our message is simple: Madrid is a city that promotes—and invests in—diversity and equality." Madrid just earned itself some LGBTQ street cred. Earlier this month, 288 crosswalk signs across the city got a queer makeover, swapping out the ubiquitous green man for outlines of same-sex couples. “Our goal was to create an influential, forward-thinking visual campaign to go hand in hand with the upcoming WorldPride festivities,” said Inés Sabanés, delegate of the local Ministry of Environment and Mobility. The Spanish capital...

Fasten your seat belts and prepare for takeoff. This June, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world will gather in Madrid, Spain to celebrate the spirit of the international LGBTQ community during the World Pride 2017 event. But this isn’t just any Pride event. World Pride breaks down more than just barriers of sex, gender and sexual orientation. It brings people together from varying cultural, religious, political, ethnic and racial groups, celebrating the myriad differences found within the LGBTQ...

Protestors carried pink triangles Hundreds of people came together in Madrid to protest Chechnya’s concentration camps for gay men. About 300 people assembled on the Plaza de Pedro Zerolo in central Madrid to show their support and law down banners against homophobia. https://twitter.com/David_SanchezB/status/856921064319979521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Fhundreds-rally-madrid-show-support-gay-men-chechnya-concentration-camps%2F Attendees also carried pink triangles, which were used by the Nazis as a symbol to mark gay men in concentration camps, as a stark reminder of the ongoing violence against gay men. https://twitter.com/ItGetsBetter_es/status/856914441824342016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaystarnews.com%2Farticle%2Fhundreds-rally-madrid-show-support-gay-men-chechnya-concentration-camps%2F ‘We are very proud,’ Rubén López, CEO at Spanish...

If you’re only going to one pride this year then you should pick Madrid Pride. This year Madrid will host the famous World Pride. 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the first LGBTI pride parade in Spain. Now 40 years later, Spain continues to be a leader for LGBTI equality and rights. Madrid Pride is one of the largest prides in the world with nearly 2,000,000 participants and a demonstration with about 1,000,000 attendees. The World Pride celebration in Madrid will...

As a gay person, the community and culture of a city are very important. There are different places on this Earth, beautiful cities, countries, isles, etc., but where could we feel like home? Where could we walk with our lover and feel normal, without anyone looking at us strangely. Fortunately enough there are cities in the world that we love because they are gay friendly. Let's see which ones are the best and why. Tel-Aviv, Israel The Middle East is a rough place and we know...