Lucas R. Platero- PhD.
- Associate Professor at Rey Juan Carlos University
Lucas R. Platero
- PhD.
- Associate Professor at Rey Juan Carlos University
Social Psychology at the Rey Juan Carlos University
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Introduction
Lucas Platero researches in the intersections of gender and sexuality in contemporary Spain. Their current project is 'Impactos psicosociales en población LGTBQA+ durante el estado de alerta por COVID-19 en España' (Psychosocial impact on LGTBQA+ people during the State of Alarm due to COVID-19 in Spain). Their research career has resulted in the publication of 52 scientific articles, 23 of which were published in JCR journals, 14 SCOPUS journals, 5 in Emerging Sources Citation, and 15 in other.
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July 2019 - February 2021
March 2017 - July 2017
October 2003 - November 2008
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¿Y si un día que sales a tomarte un chato de vino te lleva la Guardia Civil al cuartelillo? M.E. se busca la vida por las calles de Barcelona a finales de los años sesenta, a veces dona sangre, otras consigue algún dinero de la caridad o de sus amigas. Hasta que un mal día se topa con unos guardias civiles, que descubren sus curvas bajo la ropa de...
Non-binary people face numerous stressors in their daily lives, including personal, interpersonal, and environmental. These stressors gain strength when such individuals access healthcare services, and discrimination and cisgenderism become the main barrier to obtaining gender-affirming healthcare. This study aimed to describe the experiences of no...
Intersex studies constitute a vibrant and relatively young discipline promoted by both activists and academics who are challenging the traditional medical practices that often subject intersex individuals, especially infants and children, to unnecessary and irreversible surgeries and life-long treatments (Chase, 1998; Fausto-Sterling, 2000; Davis,...
The following conversation has been transformed into a narrative format for ease of reading and to produce a more coherent argument. Additionally, the text was thoroughly revised to connect its themes and considerations with various theoretical and conceptual frameworks found in the social sciences. This process emphasises how our lived experiences...
A group of 50 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) as well as diverse sexualities and gender identities in Madrid participated in a feminist community-based project, which supported them through the first wave of the pandemic. Facilitated by professionals, the project offered online meetings twice a month, helping them to...
Al giorno d’oggi gli adolescenti e i giovani 1 sono esposti a una quantità signi-ficativa di discorsi d’odio su internet, un fenomeno in aumento a livello globa-le 2. In Spagna, nel 2020, il Ministero dell’Interno ha pubblicato un rapporto sui crimini d’odio, sottolineando l’impatto dell’uso di internet e dei social network sui giovani 3. I contenu...
During the lockdown measures put in place at the time of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Spain (March through June 2020), LGBTQ+ youth lived through a particularly stressful situation that has so far received little attention. Confined in homes that are often hostile to their sexuality, struggling with the transition to online classes, t...
This study examines some of the perceptions amongst Spanish LGBTQ+ youth during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent confinement and lockdown measures, between March and May 2020. During this time, many of these young people were forced to return to their family homes and restrict their social relations. This new situation oft...
¿Qué sucede cuando nos aproximamos al deseo más allá de las categorías binarias? ¿Están los cuidados atravesados por el género? ¿Qué relación existe entre identidad, orientación y política sexual? ¿Cómo hacernos cargo de la intersección género, clase, raza?
Trece voces ponen cuerpo, afectos y escritura para tratar de dar respuestas a estas y otras...
This article intends to contribute to a novel research area - the construction of critical transgender narratives on Youtube – examining how some Spanish trans youtubers shift the focus from the ‘fleshy metamorphosis’ [Barnett, J. T. (2015). Fleshy metamorphosis: Temporal pedagogies of transsexual counterpublics. In L. G. Spencer & J. C. Capuzza (E...
Mascarillas, cams apagadas, plumas y voces» es un texto fruto de conversaciones y escrituras a tres bandas, entre Irene Blanco-Fuente, Miguel Ángel López-Sáez y Lucas Platero. A partir de nuestra pluma y tono de voz como acordes disonantes, planteamos algunos interrogantes que surgen de la experiencia encarnada e inves-tigadora de la disidencia sex...
Nos dicen que nos confinemos en nuestros hogares, que no salgamos y que respetemos la distancia social, la poca gente que se ve en la calle utiliza mascarillas y guantes… Y me surgen inmediatamente las preguntas, ¿y las personas que no tienen un lugar al que puedan llamar hogar? ¿En qué hogares confinarse, con qué condiciones? ¿Qué pasa con las per...
Debate sobre Sexo, Género y Sexualidad
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the situation of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender, queer and asexual (LGBTQA+) youth in Spain, pre-examining the links between the people they live with, their support networks and their perception of being a burden.
Design/methodology/approach - This study traces some brushstrokes through th...
Since 2012, 16 laws granting rights to trans individuals have been passed in Spanish regions. How can we assess the quality of these laws? Do they all profoundly and positively transform trans people's well-being? Do they tackle the economic marginalization of trans people? Do they have a symbolic impact? Using multidimensional criteria, I analyze...
La pandemia de COVID-19 y las medidas adoptadas por el gobierno en España han tenido un impacto negativo en la infancia y juventud. Pro ha sido particularmente pernicioso para la infancia y juventud que tienen sexualidades e identidades de género no normativas, que de entrada sabemos ya viven unas condiciones de vida que están atravesadas por un ma...
El proyecto CRUSEV-Cruising the Seventies, financiado por el European Research Council/UE, en el que intervienen investigadores de Gran Bre-taña, Alemania, Polonia y el Estado español, nació como un proyecto de investigación de índole fundamentalmente histórica con el propósito de revisitar los setenta desde una perspectiva queer. Se trataba de ind...
Cuerpos marcados parte de una premisa fundamental: la acción política e institucional puede privilegiar, dañar, humillar, violentar e incluso dejar morir a determinadas personas. De ahí que sea necesario realizar un tipo de análisis de políticas públicas que ponga los cuerpos en el centro, prestando atención a qué vidas se consideran importantes, q...
En los últimos veinte años, Ecuador ha experimentado una serie de transformaciones en materia de derechos sociales que incluye a las personas trans*. En 1997, la homosexualidad dejó de ser un delito y a partir de ese momento quienes fueron consideradas personas delincuentes y enfermas pasaron a convertirse en ciudadanas y sujetos de derechos. El mo...
Algunas personas sienten que su identidad sexual o de género no encaja en las categorías binarias disponibles, sus vidas están invisibilizadas y sus necesidades no están sufcientemente exploradas. A través de entrevistas semiestructuradas con diez personas, abordamos sus experiencias y referentes, su orientación sexual, la percepción de la atracció...
Though research into gender transition has grown in the social sciences and policy has turned its attention to the rights of trans* people, the social and family environment in which gender transition takes place is often overlooked. Based on qualitative data from two projects in Belgium and Spain addressing the experiences of parents and children...
Estudiar las realidades y necesidades de las “familias trans*”, conformadas por progenitores trans*, es un reto, y más en el contexto del Estado español donde los estudios trans* son aún incipientes. Es un reto por muchos motivos. Por una parte, supone pensar qué es y cómo se conforma una familia, con todas las diferentes circunstancias y conformac...
¿Cómo entendemos y utilizamos algunas palabras que surgen en el activismo, las prácticas artísticas, los estudios feministas y sobre la sexualidad, y desde posiciones subalternas que, aunque estén traducidas al español, encierran cierta dificultad?, ¿o se dicen en otros idiomas? "Barbarismos queer y otras esdrújulas" es un texto colectivo que surge...
No es nuestra pretensión en este breve ensayo abordar una visión diacrónica de los cambios acontecidos con respecto al entendimiento del sistema sexo/género. Tampoco mapear las variadas encarnaciones de los mismos que se dan o se dieron en distintos espacios, pero sí consideramos esencial iniciar nuestra reflexión llamando la atención sobre una cue...
¿Cómo entendemos y utilizamos algunas palabras que surgen en el activismo, las prácticas artísticas, los estudios feministas y sobre la sexualidad, y desde posiciones subalternas que, aunque estén traducidas al español, encierran cierta dificultad?, ¿o se dicen en otros idiomas? "Barbarismos queer y otras esdrújulas" es un texto colectivo que surge...
On 11 September 2015, the Spanish Senate passed the second reform of the Abortion Act, promoted by a Conservative Government. It was the last step in the parliamentary process of a law that bans 16- and 17-year-old girls from accessing abortion without parental consent. In this article, we explore how the debates between physicians, the Catholic Ch...
La diversidad sexogenérica se ha convertido recientemente en un tema que poco a poco va adquiriendo relevancia para la actividad docente en todos sus niveles formativos. En este artículo se somete a discusión cómo las diferentes formas de expresión de género de los cuerpos docentes pueden contribuir a producir nuevos significados sociales cuando és...
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in transgender issues in Spain, influenced by the growing acceptance of sexual minorities and gender equality. Despite growing media attention, new legislation allowing name and sex changes in all documents, and budding literature, progress in the areas of family relationships and assistance to...
What made current Spanish feminism shift toward transfeminism? Based on in-depth interviews and literature reviews, we explore what factors facilitated the participation of trans� women in Spanish feminism. Tracing the history through relevant events such as the National Feminist Conferences, it becomes clear that trans� women participated in the 1...
La diversitat sexogenèrica s’ha convertit recentment en un tema que mica en mica va prenent rellevància per a l’activitat docent en tots els seus nivells formatius. En aquest article es sotmet a discussió cóm les diferents formes d’expressió de gènere dels cossos docents poden contribuir a produir nous significats socials quan aquests s’articulen d...
Feminist and Trans* movements at the crossroads: mutual learning and productive conflicts
The rights of transgender people in Spain are the result of complex negotiations that have taken place in our recent history, concerning democratic freedom, sexual and reproductive rights, as well as identity-based social movements that emerged during the de...
Trans*formative pedagogies are explored through dialogue between two trans* teachers working in Madrid public schools. The queer methodological approach of personal dialogue and reflection provides an inside perspective into the emergent development of trans* pedagogy in public school classrooms. The authors’ divergent positionalities raise challen...
En este texto abordo no sólo los contenidos de la sitcom OITNB, sino también los vínculos entre la realidad y la ficción, así como algunas ideas sobre la recepción de la misma desde el Estado español. En este sentido, apunto a las ganas de ver historias de ficción que representen la sexualidad e identidad de género no normativas, vinculando esta se...
Este capítulo aborda la posibilidad de pensar a través del extrañamiento que plantea un asterisco la pluralidad de las experiencias e identidades trans
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¿Qué es la transexualidad? ¿es una enfermedad? ¿los menores que no conforman las normas de género, serán adultos transexuales? ¿Todas las personas trans tienen una trayectoria vital similar? ¿cómo se puede combatir la transfobia? En este libro se propone como un instrumento para el cambio social y utiliza el término trans*, con asterisco, para subr...
How can we think of multiple inequalities and intersectionality? What images or metaphors can facilitate our understandings of how inequalities are organized and how they relate to one another? Based in a historical approach, I explore concepts such as: simultaneity, crossroads, multiple discrimination, categories in relation and assemblages. In th...
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in transgender issues in Spain, influenced by the growing acceptance of sexual minorities and gender equality. Despite growing media attention, new legislation allowing name and sex changes in all documents, and budding literature, progress in the areas of family relationships
and assistance to...
Maikruz y Falete son dos personajes televisivos que forman parte de la cultura popular vasca y española y que performan identidades de género no hegemónicas, pues encarnan feminidades fuertes a pesar de haber sido asignados como varones en el na-cimiento. Nuestro análisis atiende a cómo el humor y lo vernáculo más que desactivar su posible potencia...
Critical approaches on disability and non-normative sexualities are an emergent space for debate in Spain nowadays, where most of the discussion had formerly focused on fighting discrimination and gaining rights. Nonetheless, there is a legacy of critical approaches that is not sufficiently explored, tracing a critical history that does not come ou...
This article presents a specific teaching practice that brings trans- genderism into a vocational training classroom, defeating the notions that it cannot be done, it is too complicated, or it is con-troversial. The article also discusses how personal experiences withtransphobia can be used to act out different responses and vicariously learn the co...
Nuestra propuesta se trata de un diálogo entre Rosa Borge Bravo, politóloga y profesora de la Universidad Oberta de Cataluña y Raquel (Lucas) Platero Méndez, psicólogo -y politólogo por adopción- investigador en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, en el que discutimos el ámbito de la adopción por parte de las parejas lesbianas y gays en el contex...
We present a dialogue between Rosa Borge Bravo, political scientist and lecturer at the Open University of Catalonia (Universidad Oberta de Cataluña) and Raquel (Lucas) Platero Méndez, psychologist –political scientist by adoption- and researcher at the Complutense University in Madrid, in which we discuss the issue of same-sex couple’s adoption in...
Los monstruos demarcan en el imaginario social y cultural la difusa frontera entre lo
que tradicionalmente se ha considerado bueno y malo, entre lo normal y lo patológico, lo bello y lo feo, y tienen la capacidad de vincular la realidad con lo imaginado. Nos ayudan a establecer la noción de pertenencia a la «normalidad» y construyen necesariamente...
Currently we are living a time of economic and political change, in which it is relevant to analyze the understanding of equality within gender equality policies, and precisely, the notion of intersectionality. Since the creation of the Instituto de la Mujer (Women's Agency) until now, there has been both a institutionalization and development of l...
En el presente diálogo se discute el ámbito y los procesos de adopción por parte de las parejas lesbianas y gays en el contexto de Cataluña. El diálogo se produce entre Rosa Borge Bravo, politóloga y profesora de la Universidad Oberta de Catalunya, y Raquel (Lucas) Platero Méndez, psicólogo e investigador en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ha...
The social and political debates on transgender rights in Spain is the focus of this article: it seeks to place current initiatives, claims and policy developments as well as political actors in their social, political and institutional context. It also explores new developments in the cultural, social and political ‘trans’ agenda. Particular atten...
Transgenderism has recently become a political matter that has entered the Spanish political agenda. We are witnessing a socio-political scenario of growing inclusion of LGTB rights (lesbians, gays, transgenders and bisexuals) in the political debate, including key events such as the approval of same sex marriage (law 13/2005) and the right of tran...
Spain has captured international attention with regards to equality for sexual minorities, recently approving laws that allow same-sex couples to marry under the same conditions as different-sex couples (Law 13/2005) and that allow transgender people to change their name in the register without having to go through compulsory surgery (Law 3/2007)....
Violence among peers is a problem that is arousing a growing interest in the media as well as in the community based intervention. Our argument is that homophobia and sexism are imbedded in own definition of this type of violence that we know as harassment among peers or bullying. Discrimination appears when gender norms are broken. Articulated int...
On 30 June 2005, the Spanish Parliament approved Law 13/2005, which amends the Civil Code to permit same-sex marriage. This
formal equality measure put Spain in the spotlight of the international media. It is the culmination of a series of developments
spanning from the last years of the Franco regime (which ended in 1975), through the enactment of...
Equality policies in Spain have increasingly developed since the creation of the National Women’s Agency (1983). Over a ten‐year period Spain has achieved European standards in equality policies in terms of institutions, budget and legitimization. In a short time Spain moved from a dictatorship to European Union membership, which has brought about...
In the course of less than forty years, the Spanish political and cultural scenario has changed drastically, particularly in relation to civil rights. Social movements, especially feminist and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) organizations, have been successful in putting demands on the political agenda that have translated into gender eq...
La homofobia y el sexismo están sirviendo de doble forma para acosar e intimidar a los chicos y chicas más vulnerables: por una parte, se persiguen todas las rupturas de género y sexualidad de todos, independientemente de su orientación sexual y género. Por otra parte, se recuerda a los chicos y chicas gays, lesbianas, transexuales y bisexuales que...
The development of equality policies in Spain has grown increasingly important since its origin in 1983 with the creation of the National Women's Agency, Instituto de la Mujer. Over a ten year period Spain has achieved European standards in equality policies in terms of institutions, budget, and legitimisation. These achievements have been made pos...
Public policies are built on different constructions and representations of gender and sexuality. In this article I present how sexual orientation and gender identity, as non normative sexualities, are presented within the gender and sexuality equality policies in the Spanish political agenda. By using relevant theories on the construction of publi...
En: Monitor educador Bilbao 2002, n. 91, mayo-junio; p. 11-13 El artículo tiene como objetivo sensibilizar contra la violencia doméstica contra mujeres discapacitadas
