Pedro Zerolo

Zerolo was also one of the most important LGBT activists in Spanish history and one of the biggest promoters of extending the right to marriage and adoption to homosexual couples in the country.

Pedro González was the first mayor of San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife) in times of democracy and also well-known painter.

At the same time, he collaborated with Catholic priest Enrique de Castro in a project to help the people of the poor Madrid barrio of Entrevías.

In 2001 and 2003 he participated in negotiations between opposition and the government deputies over five modifications to the Spanish Civil Code relating to same-sex marriage.

Also in 2004, he resigned as the president of the FELGTB after being elected to the Federal Executive Committee of as a councilman for the City of Madrid by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).

On 11 December 2015, Radio Club Tenerife Cadena Ser granted him the "Teide de Oro Award" posthumously.

Other dedications such as a square in the south of Tenerife in the Villa de Adeje, and a garden by Elche (province of Alicante) were honored in his name.

Pedro Zerolo (2013).