Czech international midfielder Jakub Jankto, a player for Madrid's Getafe football team, said on Monday that he was gay in an emotional video on his Twitter account.
Some two million revellers are expected in Madrid starting on Friday as the Spanish capital hosts WorldPride 2017, one of the biggest celebrations of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights.
The country's only openly gay football referee, who has become an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights, is now under police protection due to increasing threats on his life.
Spain may not lead countries like Germany or France when it comes to the economy, but it certainly comes up trumps on LGBT rights, according to a new report.
Spain mourned the death this week of Pedro Zerolo, a politician and activist who was instrumental in the creation of monumental marriage equality laws that helped make Spain a pioneer in gay rights.
A Spanish feminist with ties to Femen was expelled from the conservative Muslim kingdom and two Moroccan men who kissed in public were arrested after a pro-gay protest, officials said on Thursday.
Spain ranked sixth in Europe in the latest review of how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people experience human rights across the continent, by campaign group ILGA-Europe.
Madrid pair Miguel and Roberto have become the first gay couple to register their marriage in the traditional Italian city of Naples. They tell The Local how they did it and why it represents a "symbolic" moment for Italian society.
