The events planned for Pride 2025 have been presented.

Torrevieja City Council's Councilor for Gender and LGBTQ+ Policies, Inmaculada Montesinos, and the director of the UA Torrevieja Headquarters, Jesús Segarra, presented the events scheduled for Pride 2025 this morning.

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 entitled "Between Nits and Merlins: A Journey Through LGBTQ+ Characters on Television," to be held at the Torrevieja Casino on July 6 at 8:00 p.m. It will be given by Toni Maestre-Brotons, a senior lecturer at the University of Alicante.

This intervention proposes an overview of the representation of non-normative sexualities in recent television series, primarily Spanish. Its objective is to analyze the tropes, trends, most frequent archetypes, and the identity politics that underpin them. Attention is also paid to the educational nature of some of these series, as is the case with Merlí (2015-2018), a highly successful teen series in recent years. Nor can we ignore the phenomenon of the Javis, which have marked a milestone in the history of television by turning queer characters into the absolute protagonists of their plots, from Paquita Salas (2016) to Mariliendre (2025).

Toni Maestre-Brotons is a professor at the University of Alicante and a member of its Institute for Research in Gender Studies (IUIEG) and the Seminar on Queer Studies. He teaches contemporary literature and film. He has researched and published on the representation of masculinity and non-conformist sexualities in literature, film, television, and social media. Some of his work in this area has appeared in journals such as Sexualities, the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies , and Fotocinema.

PRIDE 2025 EVENTS PROGRAM:

- June 27: Flag raising at 9:00 a.m. and reading of the manifesto at Torrevieja Town Hall at 10:30 a.m.

- June 28: at 10:30 a.m. in the Eduardo Gil Rebollo recreational area in Lo Albentosa, VIBRAMOS JUNTAS (Let's Vibrate Together), an activity for LGBTQ+ women, in collaboration with the Elche LGBTQ+ association Dimove. Registration at dimove.es

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

- July 4: Pinto and Tinto at 7 p.m. at Calle Ulpiano, nª 18

- July 5: Presentation of the book "Turcpink Lafourcade" and activity on queer literature and creative writing at 7 p.m. at 18 Ulpiano Street

- July 6: "Between Nits and Merlins: A Tour of LGBTQ+ TV Characters" at the Casino at 8:00 p.m.

-July 11: 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 12: 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