Federico García Lorca's sexuality and its recent re-recognition in Spain

A Guardian article reports that Lorca's homosexuality was long repressed in Spain, but recent work, including the film La Bola Negra, is reframing him as a gay icon for a new generation.

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1. 3 Nov, 12:15 UTCGuardian covers Lorca as gay icon

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• ‘His voice was too queer – so they silenced him’: how Spain’s national poet Lorca finally became a gay iconThe Guardian