What does this research mean for the field?

Formal legal inclusion does not eliminate lesbophobia, but rather reorganizes it into socially normalized forms of regulation, silence, and internalized 'endolesbophobia'. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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The research explores the persistence of lesbophobia in the everyday lives of lesbians in Spain despite legal equality.

May 19, 2026Journal of Homosexuality

Beyond Legal Equality: Lesbophobia, Endolesbophobia and Lesbian Everyday Life in Contemporary Spain

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The research explores the persistence of lesbophobia in the everyday lives of lesbians in Spain despite legal equality.
Conducted a ten-year feminist collaborative ethnography (2014-2024) with 254 self-identified lesbian participants.
Focused on the experiences of lesbophobia across family life, institutions, and community spaces.
Developed the concept of endolesbophobia to analyze internalized and relational dimensions of lesbophobic violence.
Identified that legal inclusion does not eliminate lesbophobia but reorganizes it through normalized forms of regulation.
Showed how symbolic violence, guilt, and negotiated visibility affect everyday life for lesbians in Spain.
Revealed lateral policing within the lesbian community contributes to the persistence of lesbophobia.

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Collaborative ethnography examines how lesbophobia persists in Spain, indicating ongoing challenges despite legal progress.

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M. Concepción Unanue Cuesta (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0bfd7a166b51b53d378cec https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2026.2675357

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Beyond Legal Equality: Lesbophobia, Endolesbophobia and Lesbian Everyday Life in Contemporary Spain

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