Ben Amics has announced the definitive cancellation of the Pride festival in Palma and has blamed the City Council for a situation that, according to the entity, is the consequence of years of administrative inaction, lack of planning, and a sustained process of dismantling municipal LGTBI policies. It is, they assure, "the first time in more than 20 years that the Pride festival has been suspended." "Our festival is cancelled," said Jan Gómez, technical coordinator of the entity. "It is May 4 and the contracts are not yet posted on the contracting profile.

Ben Amics has announced the definitive cancellation of the Pride festival in Palma and has held the City Council responsible for a situation that, according to the entity, is a consequence of years of administrative inaction, lack of planning, and a sustained process of dismantling municipal LGTBI policies. It is, they assure, "the first time in more than 20 years that the Pride festival has been suspended". "Our festival is cancelled", said Jan Gómez, technical coordinator of the entity. "It is May 4th and the contracts are still not posted on the contracting profile".

Only 31.5% of schools in the Balearic Islands specifically address the visibility of the LGBTQ+ community, according to the 2024-2025 report from the Institute for Coexistence and School Success (Convivèxit) – data from 2023-2024. The study confirms that, despite progress in co-education, attention to sexual and gender diversity remains a minority practice in schools. This figure represents an improvement compared to 17.7% in the 2020-2021 school year, but it is far from the percentages of other initiatives related to equality. More than 90% of schools celebrate March 8, International Women's Day, and between 80% and 85% commemorate November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women). The visibility of female role models is also present in more than 90% of schools in recent years.

The Equality Commission of Algaida, Pina, and Randa has taken a stand and expressed its pride in the face of yet another attack on the bench on Ribera Street in the town. The bench, which displays the colors of the LGBTQ+ community, was found defaced with the word "Gay" painted in black. This is the third attack on the rainbow-colored bench. The first occurred in 2023, but it didn't receive much public attention at the time. In December 2024, it was vandalized again, this time painted entirely green. This second attack was condemned by the Algaida Town Council, which reported the incident to the Civil Guard. At the time, the Council and the Equality Commission expressed "their absolute condemnation and outrage at the act of vandalism" through social media and made their position known to the press. Now, in response to this latest attack, the commission has gone a step further, with some of its members posing for photographs to confront those who perpetrate these acts of vandalism from behind a veil of anonymity.

The playful and irreverent performance-procession of Sant Reprimoni is the Stonewall of the Balearic Islands' LGBTQ+ movement. The action was staged against the then-Socialist mayor of Palma, Ramon Aguiló, and ended with the police shoving and dragging along the ground the activists who were passively resisting. "I've seen and heard many things, but an action like this, never," says Jordi Petit, possibly one of those who knows the LGBTQ+ history of Spain and the world best, because he has been the international secretary of the movement. The protest took place in front of Palma City Hall on November 16, 1984. Ginés Quiñonero—who is now the most vocal anti-immigration voice in the Son Gotleu neighborhood and who recently campaigned for Vox—was then the deputy mayor and city councilor. Days before the protest, Quiñonero had ordered the closure of 32 establishments. Most were brothels, and three were gay bars located in the center of Palma: MAX-O, Bronx, and New Way. "The arbitrary and unjustified closure of these bars led to the organization of the procession. It was a Holy Week float with a puppet representing Mayor Ramon Aguiló, people in costumes, and even a censer," he explains. He continues: "Confetti and streamers were also thrown, and an adapted version of [the song] was sung." Sister Tomasseta "Blessed Saint Reprimoni, you can't hide, because gay people are looking for you and one day you'll fall." The driving force behind this action was Juan López, president of FAGI, the Gay Liberation Front of the Islands, "a hero in a conservative society like Mallorca's," says Petit. That day there were many police officers who wouldn't let the protesters enter the City Hall, so they decided to walk around the olive tree in Plaça de Cort. Finally, after waiting a long time, they were able to enter Palma City Hall to personally deliver to Ramon Aguiló the signatures they had collected against the closure of gay bars. "After five minutes the police came and dragged us out, grabbed us, and, because we resisted, they threw us out," recalls López.

The far-right party in Algaida City Council on Monday criticized the performance of queer artist Sor Estiercol, who performed last weekend as part of Alagaid'Art. Vox councilor Miguel Martínez criticized the DJ for "dressing up as a woman, smoking, and drinking while playing music in the presence of minors," he said in a press release.

The Flexas festival began as a Canamunt festival, a neighborhood festival to gather and have a good time. Families would come with their children on their shoulders, and everyone would applaud the chupinazo (fireworks) or the dancing of the drag queens. It grew organically due to public acceptance. The organizers, with Pepa Charro (The Alcorcón Earthquake) at the front, financed this growth out of their own pockets. Friends came to perform for a paella, accommodation, and the friendship with Charro, who puts his agenda at the service of Palma. public and raise the manure when someone is preparing the summer party. I would say that Cort is more than profitable. culture." He legitimizes, of course, those blessed by Christ, the oldest and those that are part of the heritage, always according to his point of view. But the crux The point is that they consider it "a mistake for the City Council to support a festival with an LGBTQ ideology" that requires "analyzing" its "influence on minors." They also criticize the attendees for drinking and taking drugs. They'll do it the same way, I say, as the parents and good men I've seen snorting lines as big as my index finger at weddings, baptisms, and communions. Sacramental cocaine.

The Flexas bar party will be held this Friday from 8:00 p.m. in Parque de la Mar with the slogan "We're Back Again!" and will include performances by more than 20 groups. The event's presentation was attended by the First Deputy Mayor and Councilor for Culture, Javier Bonet, who emphasized that the party deserves to be considered "cultural and popular heritage of the city, which, as such, must be maintained and supported, given that it represents an essential gathering that celebrates diversity, joy, and the."