Ernesto Gasco

Ernesto José Gasco Gonzalo (born 24 July 1963) is a Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) politician. He served as a councillor in San Sebastián from 1995 to 2020 and was a member of the Congress of Deputies from 2008 to 2009. Gasco is notable for being the first openly gay member of the Congress of Deputies. Born in San Sebastián, Gasco graduated in geography from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He and his husband Iñigo Alonso were the first elected politicians in Spain to enter a same-sex civil partnership and later marry. Gasco has played a significant role in advocating for LGBTQ+ rights in Spain.More