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SPAIN - In what the organisers, the Defrente Association, called a ‘Visible display of gay tenderness’ dozens of gay couples held a Besada (kiss-in) outside the doors of a Seville bar on Saturday.
Two youngsters, Fran and David, were expelled by the owner of the bar, allegedly with an iron bar, last weekend for kissing on his terrace, although the owner was released with no charge because of a lack of evidence in a fast track court case held during the week.
The protestors said they wanted to take advantage of the week’s events in the city to read a manifesto in favour of the public display of affection between homosexuals.
from Typically Spanish
BARCELONA, SPAIN - A giant inflatable dummy representing George W. Bush and an English bulldog representing Tony Blair were displayed as a political statement showing the artist's opposition to the US/UK's led war in Iraq.
British singer and composer George Michael kicked off his first tour in fifteen years in Barcelona Saturday.
The artist staged a two-hour-long concert in which he included all his past and present hits from the times he was the lead singer of Wham! in the eighties until his last album Patience in 2004.
Right before a twenty-minute break, a giant inflatable dummy representing US president George W. Bush and an English bulldog representing UK's prime minister Tony Blair were displayed as a political statement showing the artist's opposition to the US/UK's led war in Iraq.
George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in Bushey, North London, in 1963. During his student years, he played and sang for several musical bands until 1982, when he and Andrew Ridgeley formed Wham!
In 1987 he launched his solo career with the album Faith, followed by commercial flaw Listen Without Prejudice in 1989, Older (1996), the compilation Ladies and Gentlemen (1998), Songs from the last century (1999) and Patience (2004). He is set to release a new album later this year.
During his 2006 tour will George Michael will visit many European countries, including Italy, Belgium, France, Germany and the UK.
from eitb24
SEVILLE, SPAIN - Two airmen became the first gay Spanish military couple to marry on Friday, accompanied by a fire-cracker chorus of flamenco clapping, guitars and a crowd of hearty-voiced well-wishers.
Private Alberto Linero exchanged vows with Private Alberto Sanchez at Seville's town hall, both in air force dress uniform and watched by friends, family and well-known gay personalities.
"I just hope everything goes well," said a nervous-sounding Sanchez as he was pursued along the streets of the Andalusian capital by a media throng.
They shed a tear as they hugged and kissed effusively as another flamenco chorus was played at the door of the town hall.
The Socialist government has shaken up some long-standing codes in Catholic Spain with measures such as legalising gay marriage, making divorce easier and diminishing the role of the church in education.
The Catholic Church had close links to the dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, backed by the army, which lasted almost 40 years.
After gay marriage was approved in July 2005, almost 1,300 same-sex weddings took place by the end of the year, representing 0.6 percent of total weddings celebrated in the year, according to Spain's statistics institute INE.
from Reuters
SPAIN - In what the organisers, the Defrente Association, called a ‘Visible display of gay tenderness’ dozens of gay couples held a Besada (kiss-in) outside the doors of a Seville bar on Saturday.
