LGBTQ rights are at the forefront of Spain's election

The rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have taken centre stage ahead of Spain’s July 23 national election.

MADRID, July 17 — The rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have taken center stage ahead of Spain’s July 23 national election.

Opinion polls predict Alberto Nunez Feijoo’s conservative People’s Party (PP) will win the election after four years of coalition government by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s Socialists and the leftist Unidas Podemos.

But Feijoo would likely need the support of the far-right Vox party to form a government. Vox has strongly opposed LGBTQ rights.

Here is what you need to know.

Local elections in May paved the way for PP-Vox coalitions in several Spanish municipalities.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/lgbtq-rights-are-forefront-spains-election-rcna94712

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