Pride 2026
According to data released by the Local Police, more than 100,000 gaily clad revellers descended on the Costa del Sol town at the weekend for a wide-ranging programme of activities focused on respect, freedom and diversity
Pride
The main festivities began on Thursday morning and are set to continue until Saturday, featuring a varied programme of events and drag shows
LGBT+
The launch of the magazine in Torremolinos featured Editor-in-Chief of SUR Javier Recio, who was one of the only journalists to give Dolores Vázquez a voice while she was in prison
Pride
Under the slogan of ‘where culture is sown, freedom flourishes’, this year’s festivities take place at various locations across the town between 26 May and 6 June
LGBT+
Hairdresser and artist Antonio Bueno has been campaigning since 2018 for the town hall to fulfil its commitment to pay tribute to Juan Alabarce 'La Juanita' who faced many years of homophobic abuse and who died in 2009
Culture
The town hall has presented the poster for the event, which takes place on 21 February at the Príncipe de Asturias municipal auditorium
Stories | 20 years of same-sex marriage
There are loves that were never to be legal realities, and others that took the risk to try. This is our tribute to them
Pride month
Held at the town hall on Friday 27 June, the initiative will include the reading of a manifesto and a roundtable discussion under the theme ‘equal in diversity’
Pride month
Benamargosa has been celebrating the LGTB+ day for seven years and claims to be the first village in the Axarquía to do so
LGBT+
Nerja, Vélez-Málaga, Cómpeta and Periana are hosting a series of activities including drag bingo, high-heeled shoe races, family events and award ceremonies
Stories | 20 years of same-sex marriage
They have been together for almost twenty years. In that time they have been married twice, have one child and are expecting another
20 years of same-sex marriage
Twenty years ago, Spain set an example to the world by passing a law that not only gave same-sex couples the right to marry, but also to adopt. That moment changed the history of an entire country
LGBT+
The town went all out for the tenth celebration of the biggest Pride event on the Costa del Sol, which attracted around 100,000 people at the weekend
LGBTQ+
For the first time since the magazine was first published, the Spanish minister of equality, Ana Redondo, has taken part in the launch
LGBT+
Mayor Margarita del Cid said that this would be the first time that this event would be held simultaneously on two continents
LGBT+
The initiative, with the aim of defending and protecting the town's diversity, will include professionals from a wide range of sectors involved in tackling this issue
LGBT+
Melody, Spain's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest, is the main star attraction of this huge LGBT+ event
LGBTi
Ciao Bambina, which will be shown in the Pablo Ruiz Picasso cultural centre on Friday 4 April, offers an intimate portrait of a trans man and his best friend, who explore their relationship with their bodies, masculinities and gender identity
LGBT+
The diocese of Asidonia Jerez, speaking of the accusation made against the parish priest for Arcos de la Frontera, has stated that "there is no proof that what was said actually happened"
