The Encyclopedia of Spanish Lesbians : Lesbians were always in Spain

Lesbian names have come down through history in Spain dating to the 800s, and lesbians continue to be named through the Spanish Inquisition, the Second Republic, the Civil War, the Dictatorship, the Democratic Transition and into the current day.

Knowing names, and the stories that go along with those names, is important for better understanding lesbian lives and lesbian history in Spain. These biographies often provide a glimpse into the situation for lesbians around the country when other, broader more sociological histories about lesbians as a group are less available because almost no one wrote about lesbian experiences contemporaneously.

This encyclopedia contains brief histories of Spanish lesbians and lesbians who lived in Spain. It includes writers, politicians, a saint, victims of the Inquisition, murder victims, sportswomen, politicians, award winning writers, academics, everyday women who try to get on with their lives during different periods of times, prostitutes, women who dressed in pants to avoid restrictive gender roles of their time, labor rights activists, queer feminists, radical feminists, lesbian separatists, refugees, immigrants, victims of sexual abuse, and women who identify as non-binary and lesbian.

It also represents lesbians from various parts of Spain including Catalonia, the Basque Country, Madrid, Galicia, La Rioja, Ceuta, Melilla, Castilla y León, Castilla - La Mancha, Asturias, Andalucía, the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Murcia, Aragon, and Extremadura.