Revealed: history of Spain’s fearless 1970s trans-rights political collective

Revealed: history of Spain’s fearless 1970s trans-rights political collective

Pioneering activists risked arrest and imprisonment amid lingering persecution after Franco dictatorship New research has shed light on Spain’s first transgender political organisation, a trailblazing collective that was launched in 1978 as its members grappled with the lingering persecution of the country’s four-decade dictatorship. Founded in Barcelona, the Colectivo de Travestis y Transexuales, or Collective of Transvestis and Transexuals, sought to add its voice to the heated conversation playing out across Spain in the transition to democracy after the death of the dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. Continue reading...

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So happy to share this piece by @ashifakassam.bsky.social for The Guardian on my work on Spain's first trans political org! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Revealed: history of Spain’s fearless 1970s trans-rights political collective

Pioneering activists risked arrest and imprisonment amid lingering persecution after Franco dictatorship

theguardian.com

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Fascinating history from @iagomora.bsky.social www.historyworkshop.org.uk/queer-histor...

Uncovering the History of Spain’s First Trans Organisation

How did trans people in 1970s Spain organise and campaign for their rights? Iago Mora explores this hidden piece of trans history.

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Super happy to finally share this piece on the little-known first trans org in Spain! Including previously unseen photographs, testimonies and debates :)

History Workshop@historyworkshop.org.uk · last mo.

How did trans people in 1970s Spain protest against their social and political marginalisation? Iago Mora uncovers this hidden piece of trans history.

How did trans people in 1970s Spain protest against their social and political marginalisation? Iago Mora uncovers this hidden piece of trans history.

Uncovering the History of Spain’s First Trans Organisation

How did trans people in 1970s Spain organise and campaign for their rights? Iago Mora explores this hidden piece of trans history.

historyworkshop.org.uk

Vaccines are humanity's greatest scientific achievement.

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Our commentary piece on “Misuse of evidence in sex and gender policy” is out! We call for greater integrity and transparency in evidence use, and for meaningful inclusion of trans people’s experiences and expertise in policymaking utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that

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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory

“In Spain, the effort to revive Franco’s reputation has been accompanied by ostentatious philosemitism…. This blend of philosemitism and antisemitism has also become a feature of the Trump administration.” —@dankaufman70.bsky.social

‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman

As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.

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New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.

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‘You have ten minutes to cry,” came the officer’s curt command to the couple as he revealed the corpse of their twentysomething daughter, gunned down in the historic streets of Isfahan. After searchin...

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Our panel on the Queer Legacies of Francoism is taking place this month! Join us in Holborn for some exciting talks on topics including lesbian nuns hijacking the repressive system, uncovered gay archives and Francoist 'reeducation camps'. Tix out on www.outsavvy.com/event/30367/...

Including toddlers.

España es el 2º país con más nacionales en la Flotilla: 49. Que no se olvide, hoy mismo el Gobierno pidió a la Flotilla dar la vuelta. Sin siquiera estar en aguas territoriales israelíes. Esto es un crimen de guerra. Punto. Y tenemos a Pedro Sánchez hablando de asistencia diplomática.

Tania Navarro, 70 años, la mujer trans y activista que sobrevivió al franquismo: "Aprendí a transformar el odio en amor" www.eldiario.es/1_be4020?utm...

Tania Navarro, la mujer trans que sobrevivió al franquismo: "Aprendí a transformar el odio en amor"

A sus 70 años, la activista echa la vista atrás para repasar una infancia de menosprecio y maltratos durante la dictadura, seguida de una juventud en la que desafió la transfobia

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Hoy, hace 4 años asesinaron a Samuel Luiz a golpes durante el Orgullo. Este mes, la LGTBfobia sigue: nariz rota en Alicante, jauría en Valladolid, paliza en Jaén, insultos en Burgos, 15 contra uno en Lleida. No es pasado. Es presente. No es adoctrinar: es dejar de enterrar a los nuestros.

🇵🇸 Este 23 de junio, alzamos la voz por Palestina y contra el gobierno genocida de Netanyahu. 📍 Nos vemos en los jardines del Templo de Debod, a partir de las 19h.

Ahora por aquí :)