sentences:  In 2001 and 2003 he participated in negotiations between opposition and the government deputies over five modifications to the Spanish Civil Code relating to same-sex marriage.In 2004 he joined the board of directors of the International Lesbian and Gay Association.Also in 2004, he resigned as the president of the FELGTB after being elected to the Federal Executive Committee of as a councilman for the City of Madrid by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE).