This is a list of lesbian, gay, and bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Spaniards who have served in the Spanish Cortes Generales, the Spanish government or the regional parliaments.
, 40 members of the LGBT community are known to have held office in the Spanish Cortes Generales. In the Congress, 30 LGBT people held office; in the Senate, 16 held office. Six people, Jerónimo Saavedra, Miriam Blasco, Antonio Hurtado, María Freixanet, Javier Maroto, Raúl Díaz and Jaime de los Santos have served in both Chambers. The earliest known LGBT congressperson was Jerónimo Saavedra, who is also the earliest known openly LGBT senator, although he was not out during his tenure as deputy. The earliest openly LGBT deputy is therefore Ernesto Gasco. Following the 2023 elections, Carla Antonelli became the first trans person to serve in either chamber of the Spanish legislature. , there are 8 openly LGBT members of the 15th Congress: 6 of them belong to the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party or the Socialists' Party of Catalonia and two belong to the People's Party; and three openly LGBT senators, one from the People's Party, one from the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and one from the regionalist Más Madrid.
Senate All senators listed served as open members of the LGBT community unless otherwise specified:
SenatorPartyElected byTermNotesStartEndJerónimo SaavedraSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyRegional designation (Canary Islands)July 20, 1999July 22, 2003Saavedra became the first openly LGBT senator and the first openly LGBT politician of Spain after the Franco dictatorship.Miriam BlascoPeople's PartyElected (Valencia)March 12, 2000September 26, 2011Blasco came out in 2017, when she announced she was married since 2015 to her former rival from the 1992 Olympics, Nicola Fairbrother, after 22 years of relationship. She was previously married to a man, Alfredo Aracil. During her tenure, she voted against the same-sex marriage bill.Antonio HurtadoSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyElected (Córdoba)March 9, 2008September 26, 2011Hurtado is openly gay.Jesús MartínSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyElected (Ciudad Real)November 20, 2011IncumbentMartín is openly gay.Pilar LimaPodemosRegional designation (Valencia)July 22, 2015May 15, 2019Lima became the first openly lesbian senator.María FreixanetCatalonia in CommonElected (Barcelona)December 20, 2015May 21, 2019Freixanet is openly lesbian.Iñaki OyarzabalPeople's PartyElected (Álava)June 26, 2016March 5, 2019Oyarzábal recognised his homosexuality in June 2012, after agreeing to appear in the list of most influential gay Spaniards.Hipólito SuárezPeople's PartyElected (Gran Canaria)June 26, 2016March 4, 2019Suárez is openly gay.Eduardo RubiñoMás MadridRegional designation (Madrid)July 11, 2019July 12, 2021Rubiño is openly gay.Raúl DíazSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyRegional designation (La Rioja)July 23, 2019January 10, 2022Díaz is openly gay.Javier MarotoPeople's PartyRegional designation (Castile and León)July 24, 2019IncumbentPablo RuzPeople's PartyElected (Alicante)November 11, 2019May 29, 2023Ruz is openly gayKoldo MartínezGeroa BaiRegional designation (Navarre)November 11, 2019August 17, 2023Martínez is openly gay.https://www.elespanol.com/reportajes/20170623/226007405_3.amp.html Jaime de los SantosPeople's PartyRegional designation (Madrid)July 9, 2021May 29, 2023Carla AntonelliMás MadridRegional designation (Madrid)August 17, 2023IncumbentAntonelli became the first trans person to serve in the Spanish Cortes Generales
Congress of Deputies All deputies listed served as open members of the LGBT community unless otherwise specified:
RepresentativePartyProvinceTermNotesStartEndJerónimo SaavedraSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyLas PalmasJune 15, 1977May 26, 1983Saavedra came out later in the 2000, during his tenure as Senator.March 3, 1996July 6, 1999Miquel IcetaSocialists' Party of CataloniaBarcelonaMarch 27, 1996November 5, 1999Iceta came out on November 13, 1999.Ernesto GascoSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyGipuzkoaApril 1, 2008May 14, 2009Gasco was the first Spanish deputy to openly serve. His domestic partnership with his boyfriend in 2003 became the first one of that kind. In 2005, after the approval of the same-sex marriage bill, they became the first same-sex marriage of two politicians in Spain. When he was elected in 2008, he became the first married gay deputy.Ángeles ÁlvarezSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyMadridDecember 13, 2011October 27, 2015Álvarez married her girlfriend on October 28, 2005, the first female same-sex marriage officiated at the Madrid City Council following the approval of the same-sex marriage bill.July 19, 2016March 3, 2019Antonio HurtadoSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyCórdobaDecember 13, 2011March 5, 2019February 25, 2020 May 30, 2023Felipe SiciliaSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyJaénDecember 13, 2011May 30, 2023Sicilia is openly gay.Miriam BlascoPeople's PartyAlicanteDecember 13, 2011October 27, 2015Ricardo SixtoUnited LeftValenciaDecember 13, 2011May 20, 2019Sixto is openly gay.José Manuel GirelaSpanish Socialist Workers' PartySevilleJuly 8, 2014October 27, 2015Girela is openly gay.Adrián BarbónSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyAsturiasSeptember 29, 2015October 27, 2015Lucía MartínIn Common We CanBarcelonaDecember 20, 2015April 21, 2019Martín is openly LGBT.María SuchSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyValenciaJanuary 5, 2016August 8, 2016Such married her girlfriend in 2020.María del Mar GarcíaPodemosBarcelonaJanuary 13, 2016May 30, 2023García is openly bisexual.Ángela RodríguezPodemosPontevedraJanuary 13, 2016May 21, 2019Rodríguez "Pam" is openly bisexual.Sergi MiquelCatalan European Democratic PartyGironaJuly 5, 2016May 30, 2023Miquel is openly gay.Joan MenaCatalonia in CommonBarcelonaJuly 13, 2016May 30, 2023Mena is openly gay.Javier MarotoPeople's PartyÁlavaOctober 18, 2016March 5, 2019Maroto announced his marriage with his 19-year partner in June 2015. Representatives from the conservative People's Party assisted to the wedding, sparkling criticism after their known opposition to the same-sex marriage law.Arnau RamírezSocialists' Party of CataloniaBarcelonaMay 21, 2019IncumbentRamírez is openly gay.María FreixanetCatalonia in CommonBarcelonaMay 21, 2019September 24, 2019Freixanet is openly lesbian.Sergio SayasNavarra Suma (until March 1, 2022)NavarreMay 21, 2019May 30, 2023Sayas is openly gay.Independent (March 1, 2022 - August 17, 2023)People's PartyAugust 17, 2023IncumbentFernando Grande-MarlaskaSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyCádizMay 21, 2019February 21, 2020Grande-Marlaska is openly gay, and married his boyfriend in 2005 following the approval of the same-sex marriage law.August 17, 2023December 6, 2023Francisco PoloSocialists' Party of CataloniaBarcelonaMay 21, 2019January 27, 2020Polo is openly gay.Pablo MontesinosPeople's PartyMálagaMay 21, 2019April 21, 2022Montesinos is openly LGBTAntidio FagúndezSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyZamoraDecember 3, 2019IncumbentFagúndez is openly gay.Pedro CasaresSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyCantabriaDecember 3, 2019Jul 29, 2025Casares is openly gay.Raquel PedrajaSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyLa RiojaFebruary 18, 2020May 30, 2023Pedraja is openly lesbian.Lázaro AzorínSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyAlicanteFebruary 25, 2020IncumbentAzorín is openly gay.Raúl DíazSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyLa RiojaAugust 17, 2023IncumbentDíaz is openly gay.Jaime de los SantosPeople's PartyMadridAugust 17, 2023IncumbentVíctor GutiérrezSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyMadridDecember 5, 2023IncumbentGutiérrez is openly gay since 2016, when he became the first openly gay elite Spanish sportsman.Gabriel ArrúeSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyBiscayJune 10, 2025IncumbentArrúe is openly LGBT.
Government
In addition, several members of the Spanish government, present in the Spanish Cortes Generales but without right to vote, have belonged to the LGBT community.
All ministers listed served as open members of the LGBT community unless otherwise specified:
MinisterPartyMinistryTermNotesStartEndJerónimo SaavedraSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyMinister of Public AdministrationsJuly 14, 1993July 3, 1995Minister of Education and ScienceJuly 3, 1995May 5, 1996Miguel SebastiánSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyMinister of Industry, Tourism and TradeApril 14, 2008December 22, 2011Màxim HuertaIndependentMinister of Culture and SportJune 7, 2018June 14, 2018Huerta is openly gay.Fernando Grande-MarlaskaSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyMinister of the InteriorJune 7, 2018IncumbentMiquel IcetaSocialists' Party of CataloniaMinister of Territorial Policy and Civil ServiceJanuary 27, 2021July 12, 2021Minister of Culture and SportJuly 12, 2021November 21, 2023
Andalusian Parliament
DeputyPartyTermNotesStartEndFelipe SiciliaSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyOctober 10, 2007April 1, 2008September 25, 2009December 1, 2011Antonio MaílloUnited LeftApril 16, 2015June 18, 2019Maíllo is openly gay.
Aragonese Cortes
Basque Parliament
DeputyPartyTermNotesStartEndIñaki OyarzabalPeople's PartyMay 31, 1996June 26, 2016Oyarzabal came out in 2012.Javier MarotoPeople's PartyNovember 20, 2012June 30, 2015Eukene AranaElkarrekin PodemosOctober 21, 2016February 11, 2020Arana is openly lesbian and mother of twins.Ikoitz ArreseEH BilduAugust 3, 2020IncumbentArrese is openly LGBT
Canarian Parliament
SenatorPartyTermNotesStartEndJerónimo SaavedraSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyMay 8, 1983July 14, 1993June 13, 1999May 25, 2003Noelia GarcíaPeople's PartyApril 12, 2000May 25, 2003Hipólito SuárezPeople's PartyJune 25, 2019IncumbentOmar López GonzálezSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyJune 25, 2019October 7, 2019
Cortes of Castile-La Mancha
Cortes of Castile and León
Extremaduran Assembly
DeputyPartyTermNotesStartEndVíctor Manuel CascoUnited LeftJuly 21, 2011March 30, 2015Casco came out while defending a proposal related to the defense of the Human Rights of LGBT people.
General Junta of the Principality of Asturias
DeputyPartyTermNotesStartEnd Adrián BarbónSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyJune 24, 2019Incumbent
Madrid Assembly
DeputyPartyTermNotesStartEndCarla AntonelliSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyJune 7, 2011June 8, 2021When elected, Antonelli became the first trans person appointed to a legislature in Spain, and was reelected in 2015 and 2019. She failed to retain her seat following the 2021 regional election. She is the first and to date only trans person to serve in any regional or national legislature in Spain.Más MadridJune 14, 2023IncumbentEduardo RubiñoMás MadridJune 9, 2015June 12, 2023Beatriz GimenoPodemosJune 9, 2015June 13, 2023Historical activist, she is openly lesbian. She was married from 2005 to 2012.Jaime de los SantosPeople's PartyJune 11, 2019IncumbentDe los Santos is openly gay.Purificación CausapiéSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyJune 11, 2019June 13, 2023Causapié is openly lesbian.Paloma García VillaUnidas PodemosFebruary 6, 2020June 13, 2023García Villa is openly LGBT.Santiago RiveroSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyJune 8, 2021IncumbentRivero is openly gay.Jimena GonzálezMás MadridJune 14, 2023IncumbentGonzález is a trans activistGuillermo MartínSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyJune 14, 2023IncumbentMartín is openly LGBT
Parliament of Cantabria
Parliament of Catalonia
SenatorPartyTermNotesStartEndMiquel IcetaSocialists' Party of CataloniaNovember 5, 1999January 26, 2021Antoni ComínSocialists' Party of CataloniaJune 28, 2004October 5, 2010Comín came out in 2006.Together for CataloniaOctober 26, 2015July 30, 2018Santiago VilaDemocratic Convergence of CataloniaNovember 10, 2006February 12, 2013Vila is openly gay.Jaume CollboniSocialists' Party of CataloniaDecember 16, 2010March 14, 2014Collboni is openly gay and was married until 2016.
Parliament of Galicia
DeputyPartyTermNotesStartEndIria CarreiraGalician Nationalist BlocAugust 11, 2020Incumbent
Parliament of La Rioja
DeputyPartyTermNotesStartEndRaúl DíazSpanish Socialist Workers' PartyJuly 1, 2015Incumbent