Sagunto city council backs LGTBIQ+ rights ahead of Pride 2026
Sagunto City Council approved a motion in support of LGTBIQ+ rights at its ordinary plenary session on Thursday 4 June, with all political groups voting in favour except Vox, which abstained.
Four municipal groups — PSOE, Iniciativa Porteña, Compromís per Sagunt and EU-Unides Podem — jointly sponsored the motion that Mayor Darío Moreno presented to the 4 June plenary, reaffirming the council's commitment to the rights, dignity and equality of LGTBIQ+ people. All groups voted in favour; Vox abstained. The motion frames Pride as simultaneously a tribute to those who fought discrimination, a demand for rights still to be secured, and a celebration of an open and plural society. It notes that more than sixty countries still criminalise sexual and gender diversity, and that the Ministry of the Interior recorded 528 related hate crimes in the past year. Spain ranked first in the 2026 Rainbow Map published by ILGA-Europe — an index assessing legal protections across 49 European countries in its 18th edition — ending more than a decade of Maltese dominance (ILGA-Europe). International LGTBIQ+ Pride Day falls on 28 June, marking the 1969 Stonewall Inn riots, considered the catalyst of the modern rights movement. According to Sagunto City Council, the agreement commits the municipality to continuing to promote equal treatment and respect for diversity.