Homofective discrimination in Spain: a historic survey of awareness and inspiration

Abstract

The study aims at the use of the Spanish model as a source of inspiration for the Brazilian society in issues of inclusion of homosexual persons and the fight against discrimination on orientation in the country. As an alternative, education has been presented in Spanish universities in the promotion of academic awareness to issues of gender and sexual orientation, in highlight the performance of the University of Salamanca as a reference on equality policies and inclusion of people in situations of social exclusion. To that, research based on bibliographic sources that portrayed the condemnation of homosexuality in Spain during the Franco dictatorship to the legalization of marriage between persons of the same sex in 2005 has been made. For this research was employed a methodology based on multidisciplinary bibliographic source, in relation with the art, law, history, psychology and so on. As inquiries, the study sought some answers: how has been treated homosexuality in Spain during the Franco dictatorship? There was condemnation of homosexuality in specific legislation in the period? Were there social movements that fought against the system in the Kingdom of Spain against the discrimination of the Francoist regime? Is it possible to quote some of these movements? What was the law 13/2005? Based on the precepts of equality provided for in that regulation was there in the Spanish academic space changes in teaching in subject of inclusion of minorities?