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Madrid and Barcelona, as well as Zaragoza, A Coruña, Santander or Málaga, already inaugurated their activity programs on Wednesday 28, Pride Day, which in this edition give prominence to LGTBI older people and emphasize the political nature of these dates to vindicate their rights and demand that they not back down in legal matters.
And others such as Seville, Valencia or Gijón went ahead and held mass demonstrations last Saturday under slogans such as “Orgullín del Norte” or “Orgull de totes, drets per a totes”.
Madrid
The capital of Spain repeats the motto “Love who you love, Madrid loves you” and will celebrate the great LGTBIQ+ Pride party “at a time when the advance of hate speech from the extreme right seems to be entering many governments of Europe”, according to the general coordinator of MADO, Juan Carlos Alonso.
The State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Trans and Bisexuals (FELGTB) and the Madrid LGTBI collective COGAM have convened this Saturday, July 1, a state demonstration under the slogan “Embracing family diversity: equal rights”, which will begin to 7:00 p.m. at the Atocha roundabout and will end at the Plaza de Colón.
The Pride will end in Madrid on Sunday with a closing gala that will have the theme of “Latino Pride” and in which artists such as Karina, Lucrecia or La Terremoto will perform.
Barcelona
“The pride of our lives” is the theme of the Barcelona Pride event, which will be held on July 15 and will be dedicated to thanking the older people of the group for the path they have opened for the new generations and giving visibility to their realities, needs and desires.
Although not all the details have been finalized, the Pride! de Barcelona will fill the streets of the city between July 3 and 16, and will feature performances by artists such as Eleni Foureira, Vicco or this year’s Eurovision winner, the Swedish Loreen.
Santander
Cantabria has chosen “Orgu(YO)” as its motto, a slogan with which it intends to support and recognize the collective through the affirmation of the “I” as identity.
This “OrguYO” will fill the streets of Santander from July 3 to 8, with a demonstration on Saturday the 8th that will begin at 6:00 p.m. in Plaza de Numancia and end at 7:30 p.m. in Plaza Alfonso XIII, where the a manifesto.
Tenerife and La Palma
This Saturday, La Palma will celebrate its Pride with a demonstration that will begin at 12:00 at the Town Hall and will end in the Port of Tazacorte, while La Laguna (Tenerife) will host a march that will begin in the Plaza del Adelantado.
Vigo
The people from Vigo will take to the streets this Saturday under the slogan “For our rights. For our lives. With Pride” to celebrate “free and diverse”, as explained by the Nos Mésmas Association, one of the organizers, in an Instagram post.
The demonstration will begin at 8:30 p.m. in A Doblada and will end in Porta do Sol with the celebration of Fiesta Diversxs.
Málaga
Also this Saturday, Malaga will host the LGTBIQ+ Pride demonstration, which, with the slogan “Our rights are not touched”, will also remember the Stonewall revolt in New York’s Greenwich Village.
In this case, the march will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Plaza de la Constitución and will end in the Plaza de la Merced, where at 7:00 p.m. there will be a show in which artists such as Noelia Franco, Alice Wonderland and David Pardo will perform. .
Alicante
Alicante will be one of the last cities to celebrate LGTBIQ+ Pride this year, with a demonstration on Saturday, July 17 that will begin at 7:00 p.m. in Plaza de los Luceros and end on La Rambla.
Benidorm
Later, at the end of summer, the LGBTIQ+ Pride festival will arrive in Benidorm the week of September 4 to 10, with the Benidorm Pride Festival, famous for being the closing Pride of the season.