Joan Roca i Caball Joan Roca i Caball Joan Baptista Roca i Caball (1898–1976) was a Catalan Carlist and Christian-Democratic politician. He is known as co-founder of Unió Democràtica de Catalunya and recognized as representative of a "Third Spain", the group which emerged during the Spanish Civil War and claimed to have stood in-between the warring factions. He is also counted among leaders of the Catalan opposition to Francoism. The Roca family has traditionally owned vineyards in the Barcelona province; heavily hit by the phylloxera plague in the mid-19th century, it was driven out of business. Joan's paternal grandfather, Antonio Roca Calvet (1840-1917), inherited
LGBT rights in Montserrat LGBT rights in Montserrat Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Montserrat face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity has been legal in Montserrat since 2001. Before 2001, anal sex and oral sex for both heterosexuals and male homosexuals were criminal offences. Lesbian activity has never illegal in Montserrat. Sexual acts between two consenting adults in private were expressly decriminalised by an Order in Council in Montserrat (and other British Overseas Territories) by the British Government pursuant to Sections 3(1) and 3(7) of the "Caribbean Territories (Criminal Law) Order, 2000". According to section 4 of