Gay & Lesbian Information for the Balearics, Spain

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Gay & Lesbian Information for the Balearics, Spain

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

Based in Barcelona but active throughout Spain's cities, Casal Lambda offers guidance for gays and lesbians as well as a centre for information and documentation. It works to provide counselling, information and solidarity among gays and lesbians and 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
  e-mail
  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 planner for Europe. Website includes information on destinations and packages in Spain
• Spartacus International Gay Guidebook for gay travel and tourism in Europe and Spain

Gay and Lesbian Associations in the Balearics

• Gay Ibiza: Extensive guide to the gay and lesbian scene in Ibiza with a map showing the various gay-friendly bars and clubs on the island
• Gayiberia.com for Ibiza: a directory of gay and lesbian resources in Ibiza
• Gay Mallorca: a directory of gay and lesbian resources in Mallorca
• Yuki: Extensive guide to Palma de Mallorca's gay and lesbian scene with a map showing the various gay friendly bars and clubs in and around the city (in Spanish)
• e-mail
• Gay Menorca: Guide to gay friendly bars and beaches around Menorca
• Cgli: Gay, Lesbian and Transexual Group for Ibiza and Formentera (Colectivo Gay, Lesbico y Transexual de Ibiza y Formentera)
• e-mail

Ben Amics: Gay and Lesbian Balearics Association (Associació Lesbiana Gai Transsexual i Bisexual de les Illes Balears). A non-profit organisation fighting against the discrimination of homosexuals. The organisation has a number of groups including a lesbian group, Christian group and youth group. Services offered include psychological, social and legal assistance as well as information about HIV/AIDS

• Ben Amics
  At: C/ Conquistador, 2, Principal. 07001 Palma de Mallorca
  Tel: 971 715 670
  Fax: 971 723 058
  e-mail
  Website (in Spanish and Catalan)

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; this was raised to 13 a few years later.

Further Information

Spanish law has made same-sex marriage legal since June 2005.

• See AngloINFO INFOrmation page on Same-Sex Marriage in Spain