Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual

Plaza de la diversidad sexual in Montevideo.

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Villar, Isabel (2 March 2005). "Inauguran en Montevideo Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual" (in Spanish). CIMAC. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Fotogalería: La vida de Gloria Meneses". Intendencia de Montevideo. (in Spanish). 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2023-12-02.

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