The Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual (Plaza of Sexual Diversity) is located in the Old City neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay.[1] The plaza includes a large triangular granite monolith -- a reference to the pink triangles worn during the Nazi persecution of LGBT people.[2]
History
Eight activist groups worked together to propose the creation of this plaza: Grupo Diversidad, Grupo LGTTBI, Amnesty International Uruguay, LGTTBI Library, Uruguayan Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Study in Sexuality (CIEI-SU), the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Encuentro Ecuménico por la Liberación de las Minorías Sexuales, and the Association of Uruguayan Lesbians.[3] The proposal received the unanimous support of the Montevideo legislature.[4]
Mariano Arana dedicated the monument on February 2, 2004.[2]
Monolith
The monolith features the following inscription: "Honrar la diversidad es honrar la vida: Montevideo por el respeto a todo género, identidad y orientación sexual" (Honoring diversity is honoring life: Montevideo for the respect of every gender, identity, and sexual orientation).[4]
Exhibitions
In 2023, researchers Diego Sempol and Aldo Garay presented the outdoor exhibition La vida de Gloria Meneses. Memoria histórica y silencios (The Life of Gloria Meneses. Historical memory and silences) which brings together photographs of travesti and LGBT rights activist Gloria Meneses' life.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Orangias, Joseph; Simms, Jeannie; French, Sloane (2017). "The Cultural Functions and Social Potential of Queer Monuments: A Preliminary Inventory and Analysis". Journal of Homosexuality. 65 (6): 705–726. doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1364106. PMID 28777713. S2CID 33573843.
- ^ a b Basilia Muñoz, Carlos (2007). La construcción regional de ciudadanía (homo)sexual (PDF). El Uruguay desde la Sociología IV (in Spanish). p. 394. OCLC 184738196. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-24. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
- ^ Villar, Isabel (2 March 2005). "Inauguran en Montevideo Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual" (in Spanish). CIMAC. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ a b Carro, Hugo (2 February 2005). "De todo un poco: Uruguay pionero con 'plaza gay'". news.bbc.co.uk (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
- ^ "Fotogalería: La vida de Gloria Meneses". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
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