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EditorialSep 14, 2026·2 min read

💗💜💙 Bisexual Visibility Day Special · Events and plans to celebrate 23 September

On 23 September we celebrate Bisexual Visibility Day with community gatherings, culture, conversation and parties. Here is our Halo guide to the events happening on 23S and the surrounding days.

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Bi people organise too. So where is the night?

We filtered our own directory for Bi Visibility Day and found 130 upcoming events across eleven Spanish cities, and not one of them billed as bi. That is a finding about us as much as about the scene.

Aug 28, 2026

3 min

Editorial

New city, no friends.

The part of the queer moving story nobody puts in the caption: the weeks where you know the coffee shops and nobody at all.

Aug 8, 2026

2 min

Local

The queer guide to Málaga and the Costa del Sol

A compact, fast-growing scene in the city centre, and Torremolinos — one of Spain's oldest gay resort towns — a short train ride away.

Aug 5, 2026

2 min

Local

The queer guide to Madrid: Chueca and beyond

One of the longest-running gay neighborhoods in Europe, a Pride week that shuts down the city center, and two other pockets worth knowing before you plan a night out.

Jul 17, 2026

2 min

Local

Pride weekend in Barcelona: the march, and the free scene answering it

No ticket, no wristband, no door price — how Poble Sec turns this Pride weekend into something you can just walk into.

Jul 10, 2026

4 min

Editorial

Bonnie Tyler: The Voice That Made Millions of LGBTQ+ People Feel at Home

Bonnie Tyler passed away on July 9, 2026. Her legacy reaches far beyond the hits that defined a generation: she left behind a soundtrack that accompanied the LGBTQ+ community for decades.

Jul 8, 2026

4 min

Editorial

World Cup 2026: Football Is Still Playing Its Biggest Match Against Homophobia

As the 2026 FIFA World Cup brings millions together, men’s football remains one of the last major sports where coming out is still the exception.

Jul 2, 2026

1 min

Local

A queer weekend in Barcelona

Mar Bella, Arena, and Pride Art at La Federica: how the halo anchors in Barcelona this weekend.