History
COGAM was born in Madrid as a result of Coordinadora de Frentes de Liberación Homosexual del Estado Español's meeting (COFLHEE). In 1988 an Antidiscriminatory project was proposed to COFLHEE (and accepted) with the inalienable demands that, to its judgment, the political parties should assume. From its initial revolutionary propositions COGAM is evolving towards more moderate and positive politics; as a result, it resulted in the leaving of COFLHEE due to be considered too radical. It meant the split of COGAM itself. one of its members established Radical Gay, an anti-establishment, combative Group against the Catholic Church. In 1992 COGAM promoted the establishment of the Estate’s Federation of Gays and Lesbians (FEGL), which later on will become FELGT. In 1993 it put forward a “Couples´” Bill and signed with Madrid’s Community the first stable agreement supporting COGAM's activities. In 1996 COGAM suffered a new split (as a result Fundación Triángulo comes to light).
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