Publications
One of the objectives of the Fundación 26 de Diciembre is to develop studies and research, as well as to programme, produce, edit and distribute publications about older LGTBIQ+ people. Here you can consult the publications we have produced, collaborated on or appeared in, which help to broaden the knowledge about our community.
Manual of good research practices
Manual
This document aims to guarantee the
protection and well-being of older LGTBIQ+ people participating in studies,
always placing their dignity, safety and rights at the forefront. It seeks to promote
responsible methodological practices that are sensitive to the diversity of experiences,
identities and life trajectories of this group, as well as to foster a cultural
and generational perspective.
Authorship: Training and research team of the 26th December Foundation
Publication date: 30/12/2025
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Proceedings of communications I International Congress for Older LGTBIQ+
Studies
This document collects the communications presented during the meeting held in different cities: on 21st September in A Coruña; on 28th September in Sitges and on 3rd and 4th October in Madrid. These communications reflect a collective effort to address and make visible the specific challenges and needs of older LGTBIQ+ people in the context of their aging, as well as to generate proposals for a more inclusive and equitable future.
Authorship: Rachele Di Francesco and Víctor Luís Mora Gaspar
Publication date: 30/12/2024
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Learn to understand me. Manual of good practices in the care of older LGTBIQ+ people
Guides and manuals
This manual addresses the historical context of the reality of older LGTBIQ+ people, from the definition of key concepts related to sexual and gender diversity to the challenges and good practices in psychosocial intervention. Additionally, it presents success stories and experiences alongside testimonies from older LGTBIQ+ people and professionals.
Authorship: Francisco Novo Vázquez
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Comprehensive care guide for people who engage in sexual relations under the influence of drugs: Chemsex in older LGTBI people over 50 years old
Guides and manuals
This guide aims to provide a useful and practical tool for health professionals, social work, and other areas of care, allowing for a better understanding and approach to the phenomenon of chemsex in older people. It seeks to promote respect and inclusion, and to offer resources and strategies that encourage comprehensive care and risk prevention in this group.
Authorship: Víctor Méndez Lobo
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Zero tolerance. The violence suffered by older LGTBIQ+ people
Studies
This document contains the first report of the study commissioned by the 26th of December Foundation to analyse the experiences and realities of older LGTBIQ+ people in Spain, with a particular focus on ageing and the discrimination they suffer. This group, which exceeds 1,200,000 individuals over 50 years old in the country, faces various inequalities that affect their physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Authorship: Francisco Novo Vázquez
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Source: 26th of December Foundation
Intra-gender violence in LGTBIQ+ people over 50 years old in Spain
Studies
This document contains the report of the exhaustive study commissioned by the 26th of December Foundation to analyse intragender violence in older LGTBIQ+ people. This group, which exceeds 1,200,000 individuals over 50 years old in the country, faces various inequalities that affect their physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Authorship: Víctor Méndez Lobo
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Source: 26th of December Foundation
MAPER LGTBIAQ+ Report 2022
Studies
The technical table for the attention of LGTBIAQ+ people at risk of residential exclusion in Madrid, of which the Fundación 26 de Diciembre is a part, publishes the first report to inform the different members and entities of Madrid society about the situation faced by LGTBIAQ+ people who are homeless.
Additionally, the objective is to present the results obtained regarding the assistance provided in the year 2022 by the different entities participating in the report, in order to evaluate the implementation of actions that help eradicate and improve the conditions of LGTBIAQ+ people who are homeless.
Study on older LGTBI+ people in Navarra
Studies
Final report of the first situational diagnosis on older LGTBI+ people living in Navarra. An exploratory qualitative approach to their realities, needs, and demands to find pathways for action in public policy and private sector interventions.
Authorship:Equala Initiatives in Consulting
Publication date: 01/03/2023
Source:Navarre Institute for Equality / Nafarroako Berdintasunerako Institutua
Sexuality and older people
Guides and manuals
Men who have sex with men also grow older, but sexuality does not have an expiration date.
Guide developed in 2015 by FELGTBI and the Fundación 26 de Diciembre.
Authorship: FELGTBI, Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Publication date: 01/03/2015
Source: FELGTBI
Intersectionality and old age: a study on the perception of feminist activists in the Spanish state
Studies
This research conducted by Elena Molinero Garau, was the winner of the I Empar Pineda Award, for the promotion of research on older lesbian women in Spain.
The aim of Elena Molinero Garau's work is to explore whether the system of oppression constructed around old age is considered, in the realm of feminist activism in the Spanish state, as a system of oppression that intersects or overlaps with the system of oppression constructed around gender.
This work seeks to answer the research question through the perspectives and perceptions of feminist activists who develop their activism in the Spanish state and who have been gathered through a questionnaire. Through the articulation of partial visions and connoted knowledge, the results of this research aim to contribute to a transformative process of our activism in the first instance and of the realities in which it is inscribed as the ultimate goal, from an exercise of collective and critical reflection and debate.
Authorship: Elena Molinero Garau
Publication date: 01/10/2019
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Guide for advice, information, and empowerment for entities and professionals on comprehensive health in diverse women
Guides and manuals
or asking the right questions, not taking diversity into account, or not providing a safe and trusting space can lead to diverse women remaining in the closet and not undergoing the tests, check-ups, or treatments they need, resulting in the development of greater pathologies or deterioration of health.
This guide offers tools, knowledge, and reflections to provide quality social and health care with a gender perspective to diverse women.
Aimed at professionals in the social and health system (or other professions) who work with diverse women.
Authorship: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Publication date: 13/12/2021
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
The time of the rainbow
Audiovisual
On 26 June 1977, the Ramblas of Barcelona witnessed the first demonstration for the rights of homosexuals in our country. In July 2017, Madrid became the global headquarters of Pride Day. Between those two dates, forty years of struggles and changes; and also a time when those who managed to survive have grown old.
Within the LGBT community, the “elders” are the great forgotten. Sometimes they are not seen and at other times they are ignored. The reality is that, like the rest of the so-called “elderly”, they have special needs. And in their case, they carry a history of concealment, fears, and rejection, which many still find hard to forget.
Authorship: Crónicas - RTVE
Publication date: 25/09/2017
Source: RTVE Play
The time of the rainbow
Audiovisual
On 26 June 1977, the Ramblas of Barcelona witnessed the first demonstration for the rights of homosexuals in our country. In July 2017, Madrid became the global headquarters of Pride Day. Between those two dates, forty years of struggles and changes; and also a time when those who managed to survive have grown old.
Within the LGBT community, the “elders” are the great forgotten. Sometimes they are not seen and at other times they are ignored. The reality is that, like the rest of the so-called “elderly”, they have special needs. And in their case, they carry a history of concealment, fears, and rejection, which many still find hard to forget.
Authorship: Chronicles - RTVE
Publication date: 25/09/2017
Source: RTVE Play
Proceedings of Communications I International Congress for Older LGTBIQ+
Studies
This document collects the communications presented during the meeting held in different cities: on 21st September in A Coruña; on 28th September in Sitges and on 3rd and 4th October in Madrid. These communications reflect a collective effort to address and make visible the specific challenges and needs of older LGTBIQ+ people in the context of their aging, as well as to generate proposals for a more inclusive and equitable future.
Authorship: Rachele Di Francesco and Víctor Luís Mora Gaspar
Publication date: 30/12/2024
Source: Foundation 26th of December
Zero tolerance. The violence suffered by older LGTBIQ+ people
Studies
This document contains the first report of the study commissioned by the 26th of December Foundation to analyse the experiences and realities of older LGTBIQ+ people in Spain, with a particular focus on ageing and the discrimination they suffer. This group, which exceeds 1,200,000 individuals over 50 years old in the country, faces various inequalities that affect their physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Authorship: Francisco Novo Vázquez
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Source: Foundation 26th of December
Intragender violence among LGTBIQ+ people over 50 in Spaina
Studies
This document contains the report of the comprehensive study commissioned by the Foundation 26th of December to analyse intragender violence among older LGTBIQ+ individuals. This group, which exceeds 1,200,000 individuals over 50 years old in the country, faces various inequalities that affect their physical, emotional, and social well-being.
Authorship: Víctor Méndez Lobo
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Source: Foundation 26th of December
MAPER LGTBIAQ+ Report 2022
Studies
The technical table for the attention of LGTBIAQ+ people at risk of residential exclusion in Madrid, of which the Fundación 26 de Diciembre is a part, publishes the first report to inform the different members and entities of Madrid society about the situation faced by LGTBIAQ+ people who are homeless.
Additionally, the objective is to present the results obtained regarding the assistance provided in the year 2022 by the different entities participating in the report, in order to evaluate the implementation of actions that help eradicate and improve the conditions of LGTBIAQ+ people who are homeless.
Study on older LGTBI+ people in Navarra
Studies
Final report of the first situational diagnosis on older LGTBI+ people living in Navarra. An exploratory qualitative approach to their realities, needs, and demands to find pathways for action in public policy and private sector interventions.
Authorship:Equala Initiatives in Consulting
Publication date: 01/03/2023
Source:Navarre Institute for Equality / Nafarroako Berdintasunerako Institutua
Intersectionality and old age: a study on the perception of feminist activists in the Spanish state
Studies
This research conducted by Elena Molinero Garau, was the winner of the I Empar Pineda Award, for the promotion of research on older lesbian women in Spain.
The aim of Elena Molinero Garau's work is to explore whether the system of oppression constructed around old age is considered, in the realm of feminist activism in the Spanish state, as a system of oppression that intersects or overlaps with the system of oppression constructed around gender.
This work seeks to answer the research question through the perspectives and perceptions of feminist activists who develop their activism in the Spanish state and who have been gathered through a questionnaire. Through the articulation of partial visions and connoted knowledge, the results of this research aim to contribute to a transformative process of our activism in the first instance and of the realities in which it is inscribed as the ultimate goal, from an exercise of collective and critical reflection and debate.
Authorship: Elena Molinero Garau
Publication date: 01/10/2019
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Manual of good research practices
Manual
This document aims to guarantee the protection and well-being of older LGTBIQ+ people participating in studies, always placing their dignity, safety, and rights at the forefront. It seeks to promote responsible methodological practices that are sensitive to the diversity of experiences, identities, and life trajectories of this group, as well as to foster a cultural and generational perspective.
Authorship: Training and research team of the 26th December Foundation
Publication date: 30/12/2025
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Learn to understand me. Manual of good practices in caring for older LGTBIQ+ people
Guides and manuals
This manual addresses the historical context of the reality of older LGTBIQ+ individuals, from the definition of key concepts related to sexual and gender diversity to the challenges and good practices in psychosocial intervention. Additionally, it presents success stories and experiences alongside testimonies from older LGTBIQ+ individuals and professionals.
Authorship: Francisco Novo Vázquez
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Source: Foundation 26th of December
Comprehensive care guide for individuals who engage in sexual relations under the influence of drugs: Chemsex among older LGTBI individuals over 50 years old
Guides and manuals
This guide aims to provide a useful and practical tool for health professionals, social work, and other areas of care, which allows for a better understanding and approach to the phenomenon of chemsex in older people. It seeks to promote respect and inclusion, and to offer resources and strategies that encourage comprehensive care and the prevention of risks in this group.
Authorship: Víctor Méndez Lobo
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Source: Foundation 26th of December
Sexuality and older people
Guides and manuals
Men who have sex with men also grow older, but sexuality does not have an expiration date.
Guide developed in 2015 by FELGTBI and the Fundación 26 de Diciembre.
Authorship: FELGTBI, Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Publication date: 01/03/2015
Source: FELGTBI
Guidance, information, and empowerment guide for entities and professionals on comprehensive health in diverse women
Guides and manuals
or asking the right questions, not taking diversity into account, or not providing a safe and trusting space can lead to diverse women remaining in the closet and not undergoing the tests, check-ups, or treatments they need, resulting in the development of greater pathologies or deterioration of health.
This guide offers tools, knowledge, and reflections to provide quality social and health care with a gender perspective to diverse women.
Aimed at professionals in the social and health system (or other professions) who work with diverse women.
Authorship: Fundación 26 de Diciembre
Publication date: 13/12/2021
Source: Fundación 26 de Diciembre