Gay & Lesbian Information for Madrid, Spain

Links to gay and lesbian organisations in Spain and in the Catalonia and Barcelona area with information on social groups, gay friendly venues and AIDS support groups for homosexual men and women.

Gay venues and information in Spain

GayinSpain.com: A comprehensive guide to gay resources in Spain, providing regional directories of gay restaurants, bars, beaches, accommodation and shops
Gayiberia.com: Gay online guide to Spain providing regional directories
Gay Times: One of Europe's leading gay magazines
Gay Crawler Gay and Lesbian directory with many resources for all regions of Spain

Gay Associations

Casal Lambda offers a space for meetings and guidance for gays and lesbians as well as a centre for information and documentation. It offers counselling and information, promotes meetings, associations and solidarity amongst gays and lesbians and works to make public institutions, political parties and society in general aware of gay and lesbian concerns.

Casal Lambda
At: Verdaguer I Callis, 10, 08003 Barcelona
Tel: 933 195 550
Fax: 933 103 035
Website

FELGT (Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gays, Transexuales y Bisexuales) is an umbrella group for regional associations.

Gay & Lesbian Travel in Spain

Travels With Friends is a gay and lesbian friendly web travel planners for Europe. The website includes information on destinations and packages in Spain.

See TravelsWithFriends.com

Spartacus International Gay Guidebook for gay travel and tourism in Europe and Spain.

See SpartacusWorld.com

Gay & Lesbian Associations in Madrid

Madrid has a lively gay scene. Most of the activities take place in Chueca, an old quarter at the centre of Madrid. Website Chueca.com (in Spanish) has events listings for the area.

Gay Travel Guide Madrid (in English) has news on gay events in the city.

COGAM (the lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual collective of Madrid) is a non-profit organisation that aims to defend Human Rights and works to make society more inclusive in an effort to eradicate homophobic/transphobic behaviours and discrimination against people affected by HIV.

COGAM
Tel: 915 230 070
Open: Monday to Friday from 17:00-21:00
Website

The gay and lesbian travel resource guide Gay Mart has information about accommodation, bars and dance clubs, tour services and more.

Website GayMadrid.com provides information about Madrid's gay scene.

Fundación Triangulo is a non-government organisation aiming to achieve equality of political and social rights for gays and lesbians. It provides information and advice.

Fundación Triangulo
At: Eloy Gonzalo 25, 28010 Madrid
Tel: 915 930 540
e-mail
Website

The Association Colega supplies information for gays, lesbians and transsexuals.

Colega
At: Carretas 33, 28012 Madrid
Tel: 915 211 174
Website: http://www.colegaweb.org/ (in Spanish)

Madrid International Gay and Lesbian Experience (MINGLE) is a multinational group of English-speaking gay men and women meet for outings and activities (trips to the cinema, theatre, concerts, exhibitions, evenings out, mountain walks and so on). Ages range from 20 to 50s and straight friends are welcome. Members receive notification of group events and other events of interest in Madrid. Join via the website.

Website

Lesbian & Gay Helpline, Madrid Tel: 914 685 032

Age of Consent

The age of consent in Spain is 13, as specified by the Spanish Penal Code, Articles 181(2) and 183.

Homosexual acts have been legal in Spain since 1822 (with the exception of the offence of "habitual homosexual acts" in the years 1928-32). A new Criminal Code was introduced in 1995 which specified an age of consent of 12 under Article 181f for all sexual acts; and this was raised to 13 a few years later.