Torrevieja’s Pride 2025 announced

Torrevieja City Council’s Councillor for Gender and LGBTQ+ Policies, Inmaculada Montesinos, and the Director of the UA Torrevieja Headquarters, Jesús Segarra, presented the Pride 2025 festivities on Wednesday morning, June 25th.

The UA Headquarters, the result of a collaboration agreement between Torrevieja City Council and the University of Alicante, is collaborating with Torrevieja Pride 2025 with a talk titled “Between Nits and Merlins: A Journey Through LGBTQ+ Characters on Television,” which will be held at the Torrevieja Casino on July 6th at 8:00 p.m. It will be delivered by Toni Maestre-Brotons, a distinguished lecturer at the University of Alicante.

This intervention provides an overview of the representation of non-normative sexualities in current Spanish-language television series. Its goal is to examine the tropes, trends, most common archetypes, and the identity politics that support them. Merlí (2015-2018), a popular teen series, has received attention for its educational content. We cannot ignore the Javis phenomenon, which has revolutionised television history by elevating LGBT individuals to the forefront of their narratives, from Paquita Salas (2016) to Mariliendre (2025).

Toni Maestre-Brotons is a professor at the University of Alicante and a member of the Institute for Research in Gender Studies (IUIEG) and the Queer Studies Seminar. He teaches current literature and movies. He has studied and written about the representation of masculinity and nonconformist sexualities in literature, film, television, and social media. His work in this field has appeared in publications such as Sexualities, the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, and Fotocinema.

PRIDE 2025 EVENTS PROGRAMME:

• June 27th: Flag raising and reading of the manifesto at Torrevieja Town Hall, at 10:30 a.m.
• June 28th: Vibrating together. Activity for LGBTQ+ women at 10:30 a.m. in Doña Sinforosa Park, in collaboration with the Elche LGBTQ+ association, Dimove.

Registration can be done through this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHC9723q9mSTXKDyaAm1LNk25umtOSABd-KWUr2-vyzlsUqw/viewform

• July 4th : Pinto and Tinto at 7 p.m. at Calle Ulpiano, nª 18
• July 5th: Presentation of the book “Turcpink Lafourcade” and activity on queer literature and creative writing at 7 p.m. at 18 Ulpiano Street
• July 6th: “Between Nits and Merlins: A Tour of LGBTQ+ TV Characters” at the Casino at 8:00 p.m.

-July 11th: In La Mata (Plaza Encarnación Puchol):

9:30 p.m. Opening of the gala presented by Soberbia Malibú and featuring a performance by No Ni Ná.

10:00 PM Paula Muñoz (X Factor Singer)

10:30 p.m. Drag Perseid

10:45 PM Kika Lorace Drag

11:15 p.m. Paca Merino Drag

11:45 p.m. Drag Perseid

00:00h Kika Lorace Drag

00:30h Superb Malibu

00:45h Farewell to the artists

1:00 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. DJ Set Bimba del Bar DJ

-July 12th: At Paseo Vistalegre:

9:30 p.m. Opening of the gala. Featuring Soberbia Malibú and a performance by Unity Dance Studio.

10:00 PM Lolita Lepika Drag

10:30 p.m. Paca Merino Drag

11:00 PM The Forbidden Drag

11:30 p.m. Unity Dance Studio

00:00h The Forbidden Drag

00:30h Superb Malibu

00:45h Farewell to the artists

1:00 a.m. – 2:30 a.m. DJ Set Bimba del Bar DJ

Last year a Torrevieja Pride event on Paseo Vistalegre had to be abandoned because Torrevieja Council gave permission for VOX, who are well known for being homophobic, allowed them to also hold an event in the same location and at the same time.