Fundación Triángulo

Fundación Triángulo was founded in Madrid in December 1996 as Spain's first LGBTQ+ human rights foundation with a specific international scope. Its work spans Spanish domestic policy — including the drafting of the 2007 trans-rights law — and Spanish-language-world international cooperation in Latin America and lusophone Africa. It has operated continuously for 29 years. The foundation's cultural anchor is LesGaiCineMad — Spain's largest LGBTQ+ film festival, running annually since 1996. The two-week festival in early November draws around 15,000 attendees to screenings at Cines Palacio de la Prensa, Cine Doré (the Filmoteca Española) and other central Madrid venues; the Panorama section is one of the largest annual selections of new LGBTQ+ cinema anywhere in the world. Beyond LesGaiCineMad, Fundación Triángulo runs Spain's largest LGBTQ+ international-cooperation programme, working with local LGBTQ+ organisations in Latin American countries with restrictive legal environments (particularly Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia) and in lusophone Africa (Mozambique, Angola). The foundation also runs the Familias LGBT programme, coordinating legal-and-social support for LGBTQ+ families in Spain. Since 2004 the foundation has occupied offices at Meléndez Valdés 52 in the Chamberí district. Reception open Monday-Thursday 09:00-14:00 and 17:00-19:00. Argüelles metro is five minutes' walk. This is one of the two Madrid LGBTQ+ heritage sites outside the immediate Chueca district — worth the detour for the international-cooperation history that's specific to Madrid rather than Barcelona.