Beatriz Gimeno

Beatriz Gimeno Reinoso (born 9 May 1962, Madrid)[1] is a Spanish politician and LGBTQ rights activist.

[3] She was the President of the FELGT (National Federation of Lesbians, Gays, and Transsexuals) between 2003 and 2007, during the period in which same-sex marriage was approved in Spain and Madrid was chosen as the holder of Europride 2007.

[5] Beatriz Gimeno works within diverse mediums of communication, among them the daily digital newspaper El Plural.

[8] She published diverse, specialised works on the theme of lesbian feminism and positioned herself on numerous occasions in opposition to the legalisation of prostitution, denouncing the commodification of the female body under neoliberalism.

The wedding – officiated by Inés Sabanés with the participation of Pedro Zerolo of the PSOE and Luis Asua of the PP – was attended by 110 guests, among them was the general coordinator of IU, Gaspar Llamazares, the Minister of International Cooperation, Leire Pajín, the Public Defender of the Basque Country, Iñigo Lamarca, the writer Almudena Grandes and the poet Luis García Montero[12] Gimeno has a child who was born in the 80s.