The rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have taken centre stage ahead of Spain’s July 23 national election.
Opinion polls predict Alberto Núñez Feijóo’s conservative People’s Party (PP) will win the election after four years of coalition government by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialists and the leftist Unidas Podemos.
But Feijóo would likely need the support of the far-right Vox party to form a government. Vox has strongly opposed LGBTQ+ rights.
Here is what you need to know. Why are LGBTQ+ advocates worried? Local elections in May paved the way for PP-Vox coalitions in several Spanish municipalities.