The Councillor for Equality stated that sexual and gender diversity is not exclusively related to the LGTBI collective, but to society and culture as a whole. She emphasized that this diversity represents a common good, and that a society that allows and celebrates a wide range of sexual orientations and gender identities is a freer society for all people.
“"Sexual and gender diversity is not exclusively related to the LGTBI collective, but to our society and our culture as a whole. Thus, sexual and gender diversity represents a common good."
For the 2026 campaign, the City Council has chosen a creative proposal that develops the central concept 'Break the Frame'. This approach directly connects with the campaign's slogan 'Let's break sexual and gender norms, let's end discrimination', by visually and symbolically conveying the idea of questioning the structures that impose limits on identity, expression, and diversity from an intersectional feminist perspective. The campaign proposes a shift in focus from identities to the structures that limit them, seeking to transform the frame rather than fit into it. The image is the work of a Vitoria-Gasteiz illustrator.
To mark May 17, the Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council has organized a program with a total of 11 cultural events. It will begin today, Wednesday, with the monologue Elsa sin reglas, by comedian, screenwriter, and illustrator Elsa Ruiz, at 6:30 PM in the Assembly Hall of the Aldabe Civic Center. On Thursday, Isabel Mellén will offer the workshop Sexual and Gender Diversity in Romanesque Times at the Women's House at 5:00 PM. Additionally, this Friday, Gemma Almagro and Izaskun Barbarie will present Patas arriba. High comedy for daring people at the Jesús Ibáñez de Matauco Theater, of the Hegoalde Civic Center, at 6:30 PM.
The program will continue next week. On Monday, María Rodríguez will propose the workshop PorNo educar, addressing pornography from a sexual education perspective. And on Tuesday, the Women's House will host the conference Alternatives to address violence due to sexual orientation and gender identity, by Elena Olartua, at 6:30 PM. On Wednesday, the Gender Commission of La Cinètika will offer the workshop Transformative justice to address gender violence: practical community experiences at 5:00 PM at the Women's House.
Furthermore, on Thursday, the Félix Petite Theater, of the Ibaiondo Civic Center, will receive a very special visit from Las Migas. After conquering stages in more than 50 countries and winning two Latin Grammys, they will present their new album, Flamencas, in Vitoria-Gasteiz at 7:30 PM. The younger audience will also have an activity within this program, the escape room Egiteko bat dugu! with members of the KUIR Collective, on Saturday, May 16, at 10:00 AM at the Women's House.
The program will continue on Tuesday, May 19, with the conference How and where to work on feminist pedagogies in classrooms? by Iñi Etxezarreta and Kattalin Miner at 6:30 PM at the Women's House. The Florida Cinemas, for their part, will host the cineforum Sedimentos, on Thursday, May 21, at 5:30 PM. Finally, on May 22 and 23, Nuria Alabao will offer the course Gender Wars at 5:00 PM at the Women's House.
