Catalan police officers face eight years behind bars after ‘pair tortured young man and hurled racist and homophobic abuse’
The Public Prosecutor wants the victim to get €20,000 in compensation for what he endured in November 2021.
Far-right VOX party in Marbella demands helpful information for young LGBT+ people be removed from local government websites because it ‘indoctrinates children’
VOX politicians in Marbella have called on the local council to remove educational guides from their website aimed at helping the region’s young LGBT+ people.
Spain sees convictions for homophobic hate crimes spike in 2022
CONVICTIONS in Spain for homophobic hate crimes rose 25% in 2022 compared to the year before. That’s according to a yearly report from the public
Homophobic attack: Woman punches man and calls him ‘mechanical monster’ in Spain’s Mallorca
A WOMAN has been accused of punching a man on the face as part of a homophobic assault in Palma de Mallorca. The assailant allegedly
Two Betis players condemned homophobic comments they received for carrying handbags to a wedding
Two Real Betis players have condemned homophobic comments they got for carrying handbags to a wedding. Strikers Antonio Ruibal and Borja Iglesias attended the wedding
Committee member for one of Valencia’s ‘fallas’ suffers homophobic attack during fiestas
A MEMBER of one of the committees in charge of creating the huge papier-mache fallas at the Valencia fiestas of the same name has been
Man in Spain’s Valencia facing jail term, fine for text blaming LGBTQ+ community as origin of monkeypox
A PUBLIC prosecutor in Valencia is seeking a two-and-a-half-year jail term for a man who blamed the LGBTQ+ community for being the origin of the
Hate crimes in Spain rise by 27% fuelled by pandemic and ‘radicalised’ political debate
A big rise in 2021 hate crime numbers was down to pandemic restrictions and ‘radicalised’ political debate according to the office of Spain’s Attorney General.
Costa Blanca councillor insulted by homophobic youths while holding hands with husband during seaside walk in Spain’s Santa Pola
A Costa Blanca councillor has slammed a homophobic insult shouted at him during a seaside walk with his husband on Saturday Mariano Valera, Elche’s Equality
Homophobic child mob attacks teacher on secondary school playground in Spain’s Valencia
AT least a dozen children have been expelled by a Valencia Province secondary school after a homophobic mob attack on a teacher. The expulsions have
Task force set up to tackle hate crime in the schools and streets of Spain’s Costa Blanca South
HATE CRIMES and discrimination are to be tackled head on in Orihuela with a special task force within the local police. The municipality covers many
Gay couple threatened by teenage mob in Valencia days after city wins bid to host 2026 Gay Games in Spain
TWO teenagers have been arrested on hate crime charges after threatening two gay men in Valencia City. The abuse happened on Sunday evening, just three
Hospital doctor brands teenager as being ill with ‘homosexuality’ in Murcia area of Spain
A gynecologist at a Murcia hospital is in trouble after claims that he wrote down that a teenage patient’s current illness was ‘homosexuality’. The 19-year-old
Pedro Sanchez will hold urgent ‘hate crime’ meeting after brutal homophobic attack in Spain’s Madrid
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez will host an urgent meeting this Friday(September 10) of a special committee trying to combat hate crime in Spain. Sanchez ordered
Costa Blanca teenager speaks about homophobic assault in Spain that ‘could have killed him’
A Petrer teenager says he was the victim of a homophobic assault outside the town’s sports centre last Friday night(August 20). Adrian Palazon, 17, said
Spain’s far right Vox party slammed for introducing ‘parental veto’ in schools to stop children attending sex education and anti-homophobia classes
Parents are also campaigning to have the policy lifted, calling it absurd
Shock LGBT poll reveals 20% of teenagers in Spain’s Andalucia think being gay or transsexual ‘can be cured’
Meanwhile, 20% said they thought that in homosexual relationships there is always a male and female role
Popular drag queen attacked by group of homophobic ‘foreign’ men in gay-friendly Torremolinos
Greco was taken to the local health centre where he was treated for defensive wounds, including scratches and bruised fingers
Barcelona FC to face heavy fines after its fans hurl homophobic abuse at Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese forward Ronaldo has been subjected to several instances of homophobia
Leading Spanish LGBT group calls on government to punish homophobic chanters at Barcelona v Real Madrid match
Action demanded over homophobic slurs hurled towards Ronaldo over the weekend
Malaga police force begin LGBT awareness training
Rincon de la Victoria police are to undergo LGBT ‘sensitivity training’ to combat homophobia and transphobia
Gay couple attacked at Almeria feria
The couple were verbally and physically attacked
First ever report into homophobia in Spanish football ongoing in Andalucia
The University of Sevilla has teamed up with the Andalucian federation ARCO IRIS to asses the level of tolerance towards gay footballers in the region’s
‘I want to stop being gay’ books stun Spain
Shocking books on sale in Spain's El Corte Ingles
Malaga cardinal: Homosexuality is a curable ‘defect’
Fernando Sebastian Aguilar claimed men and women involved in same-sex relationships were 'failing'