Gay & Lesbian Information for the Costa del Sol, Spain

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Gay & Lesbian Information for the Costa del Sol, 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
  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. 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 and Lesbian Associations on the Costa del Sol

• Gay Marbella: a candid view on the gay scene in the town
• Gay Torremolinos: a directory of gay friendly facilities and directions to the gay beach
• Gay Info Torremolinos: practical information on Torremolinos specifically for gays with shopping, accommodation, night life and detailed beach guides
• Gay Málaga: a directory of gay and lesbian services in Málaga
• Gay Fuengirola: a directory of gay and lesbian services in Fuengirola

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

• Colega
  At:Centro de Información y Asesoramiento, C/ Victoria, 8, Local 1, 29012 Málaga
  Tel: 952 217 199
  Open: Monday to Friday 09:30-14:00 and 18:00-20:00. Closed in August
  Meetings: Friday 20:30
  e-mail
  Website (in Spanish)

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.

Further Information

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

• See AngloINFO INFOrmation Page: Gay Marriage in Spain