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Pasaje Begoña, pionero del ocio LGTBI en España

Torremolinos, Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga

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Pasaje Begoña, pionero del ocio LGTBI en España

Historical milestone · Torremolinos, Costa del Sol Occidental, Málaga

Image of Torremolinos, not of the place itself.

In this passage in central Torremolinos, Tony's Bar opened in 1962, considered Spain's first gay bar, followed in 1968 by Porquoi pas?, the first dedicated to lesbian women. In 1971 a police raid arrested 119 people in the area, one of the most remembered episodes of Francoist repression against the LGBTI community.

Tony's Bar: 1962; redada policial: 1971

Photo: robbie jim (CC BY 2.0)

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