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Geoffroy Huard, a historian specializing in sexual diversity, argues that during the Franco regime, Barcelona became established as the gay capital of the State despite classist repression and the invisibility of many experiences, while also advocating for a richer history that recognizes the resistance and everyday life of the LGTBI community. #DiversidadSexual #Franquismo #LGTBI (translated)

Ignacio Escolar argues that, although a new military dictatorship in Spain is inconceivable, there is a possibility of a democratic regression, and he emphasizes the importance of recovering the historical memory of the victims of Francoism to build true concord. #MemoriaHistórica #DictaduraFranquista #PolarizaciónPolítica (translated)

The article analyzes how the image and actions of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia aesthetically and symbolically evoke the Francoist era, especially through their recent visit to Ceuta, which has been laden with a discourse of firmness and national unity in a sensitive geopolitical context. #Monarquía #Franquismo #Soberanía (translated)

The ruling of the Supreme Court that freezes the voting rights of more than 160,000 Spaniards descendants of exiles from Franco's regime due to the law of grandchildren raises concerns about their disqualification in the upcoming elections, despite the government's warnings about the difficulty of implementing this decision. #LeyDeNietos #DerechoAlVoto #TribunalSupremo (translated)

The Congress of Deputies has approved the removal of the portraits of the presidents of the Francoist Cortes in compliance with the Democratic Memory Law, following years of requests from historical memory associations. #MemoriaHistórica #Franquismo #CongresoDeLosDiputados (translated)

Apu stated that during Franco's regime, women could not vote or freely choose how to dress, and that they needed permission from their husbands to open a bank account or buy a house. He also claimed that a husband could murder his wife for infidelity without facing criminal punishment. Apu reproached those who continued to uphold Francoism and said that they were pitiful. https://t.co/RZN8lnPeT0 #Franquismo #DerechosHumanos #Igualdad (translated)

Lupe Sánchez dismissed as false the claim that the descendants of exiles from Franco's regime who proved their status could not vote. He stated that the issue was that nationalities had been granted to hundreds of thousands of foreigners without any proof, contrary to what was established by the law approved by Parliament, and recommended reading the Supreme Court rulings more carefully. #PSOE #DerechosCiviles #Franquismo (translated)

What happens, that the grandchildren of those exiled from Franco's regime will not be able to vote and the grandchildren of the Franco regime will? The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, is once again pressuring judges, in this case the magistrates of the Supreme Court, to not deprive of the right to vote those who have acquired Spanish nationality through the grandchildren's law. #LeyDeNietos #PedroSánchez #DerechoAVoto (translated)

Pedro Sánchez pressures the Supreme Court to guarantee the right to vote for the grandchildren of Franco's exiles under the 'grandchildren's law', questioning the possible exclusion of this group while allowing voting for the grandchildren of Franco supporters. #LeyDeNietos #PedroSánchez #DerechoAVoto (translated)

The sculpture 'The Fish of Memory' in Quart de Poblet, which honors 14 neighbors executed by Francoism, has been vandalized with Nazi symbolism and provocative messages, leading the City Council to strongly condemn the attack and reiterate its commitment to democratic memory. #MemoriaHistórica #Franquismo #Vandalismo (translated)

The grandchildren of those exiled during Franco's regime will not be able to vote, while the grandchildren of the Franco regime will be able to vote. President Pedro Sánchez warned the Supreme Court this Sunday that it would be "unconstitutional" to prevent 400,000 "grandchildren of exiles" from voting in the general elections on November 29. #PSOE #LeyDeMemoriaDemocrática #VotoNacionalizados (translated)

The article proposes a reflection on the controversy in Spain regarding Francoist monuments, suggesting that a possible alternative to their total removal would be to convert them into learning spaces that condemn the ideology that originated them, instead of leaving them or removing them completely. #MemoriaHistórica #Franquismo #Monumentos (translated)

Loli Benito, a survivor of the Women's Protection Board in Spain, recounts her traumatic experience of abuse and mistreatment in a Francoist institution that, far from protecting women, subjected them to inhuman conditions and systematic violence. #franquismo #mujeres #historia (translated)

In an interview, Enrique Sánchez Lubián highlights the need to acknowledge and make visible the stories of the losers of the Civil War in his new book 'Chronicles of After a War: Toledo, Memory, and Freedom', while warning about the resurgence of Francoist ideologies and the importance of applying the law of historical memory. #MemoriaHistórica #Franquismo #LiteraturaHistórica (translated)

Josep Lluís Barona, emeritus professor of the History of Science at the University of Valencia, leads a project that has created the database "Ciencia represaliada," which documents more than 400 cases of professionals in medicine and Valencian science who suffered repression during the Franco regime. #MemoriaHistórica #Franquismo #CienciaRepresaliada (translated)

A granddaughter residing in Mexico requests the Board of Castilla y León to exhume the remains of her grandfather Benigno, executed during the Francoist repression in 1938 and buried in the cemetery of Trabadelo, to transfer them to his hometown in Ourense. #MemoriaHistórica #Exhumación #Franquismo (translated)