https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish police said Monday that they had broken up a network that was forcing transsexuals into prostitution, after luring most of them to Spain from Venezuela. https://www.thelocal.es/20170814/transsexuals-from-venezuela-forced-into-prostitution-in-spain Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:41:13 +0200 transsexuals-from-venezuela-forced-into-prostitution-in-spain The aim of the move is to "encourage their integration" into society in the Spanish capital. https://www.thelocal.es/20160125/madrid-metro-to-offer-free-passes-to-transsexuals Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:59:38 +0100 madrid-metro-to-offer-free-passes-to-transsexuals Transgender Ángela Ponce is looking to go home with the top prize in Sunday's Miss World Spain contest - and shake up the world of beauty pageants while doing so. https://www.thelocal.es/20151023/first-ever-transgender-miss-spain-contestant-hopes-to-make-beauty-pageant-history Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:38:34 +0200 first-ever-transgender-miss-spain-contestant-hopes-to-make-beauty-pageant-history A Spanish bishop has forbidden a transsexual man from becoming godfather to his nephew arguing that he does not “live a life consistent with the faith”. https://www.thelocal.es/20150728/trans-man-banned-from-being-godfather-in-spain Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:52:41 +0200 trans-man-banned-from-being-godfather-in-spain A landmark trial in Spain has seen a Barcelona judge revoke a local doorman's licence for a year after he prevented two transsexuals from entering the discotheque he was working at. https://www.thelocal.es/20140325/bouncer-banned-for-restricting-entry-to-transsexuals Tue, 25 Mar 2014 11:13:00 +0100 bouncer-banned-for-restricting-entry-to-transsexuals Barcelona has paid tribute to a transsexual murdered by a group of neo-Nazis in 1991 by naming the bandstand where she lost her life in her honour. https://www.thelocal.es/20131008/transsexual-killed-by-nazis-gets-bandstand-tribute Tue, 08 Oct 2013 11:29:00 +0200 transsexual-killed-by-nazis-gets-bandstand-tribute Spain's Supreme Court has forced the government of Galicia to pay for a sex change operation in a landmark ruling. https://www.thelocal.es/20130905/transsexual-wins-state-paid-sex-change-op Thu, 05 Sep 2013 13:14:11 +0200 transsexual-wins-state-paid-sex-change-op A group of Spanish transsexuals is planning to go on hunger strike outside Granada Cathedral in the southern region of Andalusia to protest against a parish priest's decision to refuse confirmation to a fellow transsexual. https://www.thelocal.es/20130613/hunger-striking-transsexuals-fight-church-snub Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:12:00 +0200 hunger-striking-transsexuals-fight-church-snub A transsexual has won a ten-year-long battle to receive a widow's pension after she was repeatedly denied the right to one for not having had any children with her de facto partner. https://www.thelocal.es/20130429/spanish-transsexual-bags-widow-pension Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:06:00 +0200 spanish-transsexual-bags-widow-pension