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How Madrid's MADO became one of the world's biggest prides

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How Madrid's MADO became one of the world's biggest prides

From a small gathering to one of the world’s largest prides, this is the story of Madrid’s MADO celebrations. 

Madrid Pride, known locally as Orgullo Madrid or MADO (Madrid Orgullo), has grown into one of the world’s most prominent LGBTQIA+ celebrations. 

Approximately 1.5 million people will descend upon Spain’s capital for what is a huge celebration of pride, protest, and partying. 

Its journey from very modest beginnings to a globally renowned event is a testament to the city’s vibrant culture, inclusivity, and relentless advocacy for LGBTQIA+ rights. 

Historical Roots and Early Growth

The origins of Madrid Pride date back to the late 1970s, a period marked by significant political and social change in Spain. The death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 and the subsequent transition to democracy opened the door for queer liberation to progress. 

For the LGBTQIA+ community, this period was particularly crucial. In 1978, the first Pride protest took place in Barcelona, and shortly after, similar movements began to emerge in other cities, including Madrid. Then in 1979, homosexuality was decriminalised. 

In Madrid, early pride events were small and often faced significant resistance and hostility. 

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These gatherings, primarily composed of activists and community members, were not just celebrations but also acts of defiance against a society that still harboured deep-seated prejudices.

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the LGBTQIA+ movement in Madrid gradually gained momentum with the queer neighbourhood of Chueca taking a starring role. 

Key moments of growth

Several key moments have helped grow Madrid Pride into a global phenomenon:

1996 – Chueca Becomes the Epicenter: The neighbourhood of Chueca, historically associated with LGBTQIA+ culture, became the heart of Madrid Pride. The area’s transformation into a lively, welcoming district attracted both locals and tourists, solidifying its status as the central hub for Pride celebrations.

2007 – EuroPride: Hosting EuroPride in 2007 was a turning point for Madrid Pride. The event attracted hundreds of thousands of participants from across Europe, significantly boosting its international profile. The success of EuroPride demonstrated Madrid’s capacity to host large-scale events, paving the way for future growth.

2017 – WorldPride: Madrid’s selection as the host city for WorldPride 2017 marked another significant milestone. Drawing millions of attendees from around the globe, the event featured a diverse program of cultural activities, parades, and conferences. WorldPride 2017 highlighted Madrid’s commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights and cemented its reputation as a leading tourist and pride destination.

Spain’s inclusivity

The popularity of Madrid Pride has grown as alongside the increasing progress of LGBTQIA+ rights and inclusion into Spanish society. 

The legalisation of same-sex marriage in 2005 and robust anti-discrimination laws have created an inclusive environment that has given it a reputation as one of the most gay-friendly destinations in the world. 

Madrid’s residents and businesses also fully embrace pride, contributing to its festive and welcoming atmosphere that keeps drawing visitors back. 

And you can’t have a good pride without the community. Local LGBTQIA+ organisations, such as COGAM (Colectivo LGTB+ de Madrid) and FELGTB (Federación Estatal de Lesbianas, Gais, Transexuales y Bisexuales), play a pivotal role in making it happen. 

Madrid Pride 2024 

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This year’s event from June 28 to July 6, will see  LGBTQIA+  travellers from all over the world gather for nine days of parties, protest and pride. 

The week will also include a Human Rights Conference, the crowning of Mr Gay Pride Spain and culminates in the final day parade in downtown Madrid.

Visitors will also have all the sights of Madrid to see and can continue the party at other pride events across Spain.

Make 2024 your year to visit Spain! Visit spain.info to find out more, download the LGBTQIA+ brochure or speak to your travel agent.

Read next:

Spain: The top five LGBTQIA+ places to visit 

The Spanish pride events not to miss in 2024

Torremolinos: Spain’s small city with a big LGBTQIA+ heart

The Yumbo: A unique Spanish LGBTQIA+ tourist destination

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antis test louis level of intelligence?sweetheart you guys think that he's a scum, faking a child? a girlfriend? his family being involved? hurting harry in the process if larry were real? and he just like " i have to follow orders :/" thinking he's faking a baby for 2 years now? thats pathetic, the closest louis will ever be to being part of the lgtb community is on manips that you guys create to satisfy your twisted desires of him being gay

i dont think any of that makes him a bad person considering so many celebs do similar things (like do you think fake relationships are just exclusive to closeted celebs like... no... and their families would have to be involved in it too) simon has literally stated he thinks fake relationships are great publicity and a way to get a name out there (don’t believe me? look it up) and modest! has a history of closeting gay clients (the guy in union j, for one) sony itself is just a piece of shit company; 5h have complained about epic many times michael jackson would literally openly talk about being anti-sony (there’s a photo of him somewhere with a sign like that) kesha was almost forced to continue working with a rapist and manipulator under sony. closeted celebs have had to go through so many commitments to keep themselves closeted like?? elton john literally had to marry his beard, lance bass has talked about his own closeting experiences in a boyband and said if one of the guys in 1d was gay there’s no way they would be coming out and they would be closeted like all hell. “following orders” is much more complicated than that-- they would be under contracts, contracts that if they break they could be sued for, and probably blackmail incentives as well. are all of these celebs bad people for being forced to go with it??

i have much more faith in harry than to think he would be hurt by louis for things louis can’t control. “twisted desires” right bc someone being gay is the most horrible thing someone can be? its a sin and disgusting right? no way would a prominent celeb EVER be gay or even show SUPPORT for the lgbt+ community thats just OUTRAGEOUS

YOU guys are the ones who think he has no idea what he’s doing by going into amsterdam’s most famous gay district with his girlfriend (like every venue there is either a gay club or a restaurant) WHILE he is one of the biggest celebs with sexuality speculation. you think he either didn’t know or he’s one of those straight people who think its fun to go to gay clubs bc look!! a place for gay people!! isn’t that so funny and unusual!! and this isnt even the first time this has happened (when he was across from the gay bar a photo with rbb was taken at). that restaurant he’s at advertises as being a place for lgbt+ people and there’s proof he was at a gay club in the snapchat eleanor posted (club nyx, right next to the restaurant they were at). 

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US  Civil Rights Commission Observes its 60th year Anniversary

In September 1957, Congress passed the first civil rights bill since Reconstruction and it was signed into law by President Eisenhower.  Although it fell short of effecting sweeping change, it laid the groundwork for the landmark legislation to come in the 1960s.  One provision of the legislation included the establishment of a new independent agency in the United States government, based on recommendations made by an advisory panel to President Eisenhower, to be called the United States Commission on Civil Rights.  

The new agency, meant to be a bipartisan investigative and policy body, was given a broad charge to investigate allegations of civil rights violations anywhere in the United States.  Almost immediately, the Commission were asked to investigate voting rights allegations in the South and ran headlong into the die-hard segregationists that dominated state and local politics -- all of whom refused to cooperate with the Commission.  Armed with the congressionally-granted power of subpoena -- a power that few independent agencies wield -- the Commission was able to compel local officials to open up their voter registration lists and gain access to poll officials, workers, and disenfranchised voters.  The Commission also investigated allegations that  school districts were ignoring Brown v. Board  school desegregation, and the difficulties faced by minorities in finding affordable and safe housing in the nation’s cities.

The Commission’s first report, released in 1959, spanned over 500 pages, and the findings and recommendations were so important that the Commission -- which in the 1957 Act was given a life of only two years -- was given a mandate to continue its mission.  Its investigation later that year on the rampant denial of voting rights for blacks in Louisiana resulted in the state (which demanded to know who was complaining to the Commission so the local magistrate could charge them with perjury) taking the Commission to the Supreme Court -- and losing. Ultimately, the Commission’s reports on voting rights, public accommodations, employment, and education became the foundation of the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act, and it gained the moniker “the nation’s watchdog” on the issue of civil rights.

The early years of the Commission were led by giants like George M. Johnson, one of the first African Americans to head a federal agency and a contributor to the NAACP Brown v. Board legal team; Father Theodore Hesburgh, the long-time President of Notre Dame, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and Congressional Gold Medal for his progressive civic works; and Spottswood Robinson, who after his service on the Commission became the first African-American appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.  Mary Frances Berry led the resistance on the Commission to the Reagan years and ended up serving over two decades (at the end of my tenure, I will have served a mere 17 years), including 11 as Chair.  And, of course, the Commission itself would not have existed without the courage, strength, and leadership of people like Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., John Lewis, and so many others who stood up to racism, regardless the cost.

Over the decades, the Commission has led the way in pushing for equal treatment for women, for the disabled, for immigrant communities.  Ironically the one area that the Commission did not lead -- due in no small part to a statutory change by Congress during the Reagan years that, for the first time, put restrictions on our mandate  -- was the struggle for civil rights by the LGTB community.  It is with some bittersweet pride that the first report by the Commission on our investigation into discrimination in employment against the LGTB community will be released shortly.

But as time has passed and our nation has changed, so has the Commission.  Once a body that had a staff of over 200, we now employ barely a quarter of that number today.  Hostile Congresses and indifferent Administrations have slashed funding and personnel for the Commission.  We no longer have the funds to travel to places in this country that need the spotlight of the Commission.  What began as a bipartisan ideal has devolved, at times, into a bitter partisan and politicized divide.  I know. I was in the middle of one of the most contentious times at the Commission when the conservative super-majority in power at the time futilely tried to paint President Obama’s Justice Department as a tool of voter intimidation.   

Nevertheless, the Commission continues its work. We have issued reports on the police response and tactics in situations like Ferguson, and gone behind the unrest in Ferguson and other communities to shed light on the practice of using traffic fines to fund local governments and its disproportionate impact on minority populations.  We investigated the brutal conditions of immigrants held in detention centers, and issued a widely-cited report on how the EPA has abdicated its responsibilities to prevent corporations from dumping their toxic waste in minority communities.

Now, in the time of Trump, the Commission’s work may be more important than ever.  As one of the few agencies left in the United States held by liberals, we are one of the few governmental voices that can disagree with the policies of the Administration.  We have already authorized investigations into the civil rights enforcement policies of the Trump Administration and the enforcement of voting rights since the conservative-controlled Supreme Court gutted one of the most important provisions of the Voting Rights Act -- an investigation in stark contrast to the Trump-initiated commission that is hell-bent on legitimizing voter suppression and validating Trump’s unfounded (and impossible) claim that he somehow should have won the popular vote.  

It has been my privilege to have been on the Commission for over 12 years, nearly a fifth of the lifespan of the Commission.  In that time I’ve initiated investigations on anti-Muslim bias, environmental justice, and most recently, the voting rights investigation.  For my first six years I was often the Commission’s lone voice in favor of affirmative action and the extension of the Voting Rights Act -- and fought against the continuing attempts to create false narratives to undermine the civil rights laws and policies in place for the past half-century.  Now I am on a Commission whose orientation hews to its traditional mission, and we’re getting great work done, and it is wonderful to work with colleagues where I don’t have to shoulder the heavy load.  It’s freeing, and I’ve never enjoyed it more.

So happy 60th anniversary to the United States Commission on Civil Rights.  While it is impossible to ignore the poignancy in its existence six decades after its founding, in practice and in policy its continued mission is a positive and constant reminder of our collective purpose to live up to our founders’ creed to establish a more perfect union.

In preparing to write this, I began reading through the older Commission reports, which are archived in the University of Maryland’s Thurgood Marshall Law Library.  They are accessible here.  It is fascinating history of our nation, and in some ways, a poignant reminder of how far we have yet to go.

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