The opening event brought together about 200 people was held in a festive atmosphere. Political leaders and associations of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender have made a wreath in memory of all who have suffered discrimination and retaliation for sexual purposes.
The city of Barcelona has released this weekend its first monument dedicated to gay and lesbian victims repression, installed in the central Parc de la Ciutadella.
The monument consists of a triangular monolith of 10 meters in diameter in all, carved in stone from Montjuïc and topped with a fuchsia trim, with the inscription "In memory of gays, lesbians and transgender people have suffered persecution and repression throughout history. Barcelona, \u200b\u200b2011. "
The work, lying on a parterre of Gardens Fontseré i Mestre, near an entrance of the park, not far from the headquarters of the Catalan Parliament, evokes precisely the triangle with which the prisoners were branded homosexuals in Nazi death camps and se ha acabado convirtiendo en un símbolo reivindicativo de esta comunidad.
El emplazamiento es significativo, ya que en 1991 seis cabezas rapadas mataron a golpes al travestido José Rescalvo Zafra, alias "Sonia", precisamente en el Parque de la Ciutadella.
Entre los más de dos centenares de personas que se han congregado junto al monumento se encontraban representantes de casi todas las formaciones políticas presentes en el Ayuntamiento de Barcelona, aunque el PP ha sido el único que ha rehusado enviar a algún destacado dirigente.
Sí estaban el alcalde de Barcelona, Jordi Hereu, el 'alcaldable' de CiU, Xavier Trias, el máximo representante de ICV en Barcelona, Ricard Gomà, and PSC spokesman, Miquel Iceta, the former deputy Carme Porta ERC or the leader of the group of Convergais, Jordi Arcarons.
At the opening, the mayor stressed that the monument is all a "declaration of intent" to make clear that Barcelona wants to be "front" of the claim by the "real equality" between people regardless of their orientation sexual. According
Hereu, with the installation of this monolith Barcelona has gone a step further as the "city of reference in freedom and tolerance." On the controversy surrounding the possibility that the monument was erected in front of the Sagrada Familia, Hereu denied that this was an alternative provided by the city of Barcelona. "At no time was raised.
From the minute I said that this was not a good time, did not want mixed messages," he remarked. Later, Xavier Trias both applauded the initiative of the monument and its site and has concluded that Barcelona will be consolidated as an "open city to claim the freedoms."
vice president also spoke of the Council of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bQuim Roqueta, paid tribute to all the people in this group, who for years have been considered "sinners, criminals or sick." "We achieved full social equality.
But the full social standards has not yet been reached, "he added. The calmness with which he was developing the event, entertained with songs by the choir" Barcelona Rainbow Singers "has been a truncated point when Hereu just as he began his speech, neighbors fifty Trinitat Vella has entered the place sounding drums and shouting loudly.
protested, carrying banners, the degradation of the neighborhood and the presence of drugs and traffickers on the streets and at first ignored the calls from the mayor and those attending the opening ceremony of the monument to homosexuals.
"I beg a moment of respect! Not mix one with the other! Your fight has nothing to do with this one! When you finish this act will listen and talk with you!" He implored the angry neighbors Hereu , which finally did have agreed to wait for the official ceremony to finalize. After
made a wreath at the monument, has addressed Hereu neighbors Trinitat Vella of "Anti-Drug Coordinator, with whom he has pledged to go another day in the neighborhood to listen to quiet their demands.
Fernández Díaz believes the monument to the gays 'has no meaning'
The president of the PP group in the city of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bAlberto Fernández Díaz, has said that the monument dedicated to gay and lesbian victims of repression, which opened today in the Parque de la Ciutadella de Barcelona, \u200b\u200b"makes no sense."
"We are in complete compliance with the freedom and sexual orientation, but we understand that promoting a monument to the gays, even initially wanted to place next to the Basilica of the Holy Family, it makes no sense" has said in press conference. According
Fernández Díaz, "if we are to defend sexual freedom", which should be promoted is the "break Barcelona-twinning with countries that persecute gays, like Cuba. "
Among the more than two hundred people have gathered near the monument opened today were representatives of almost all political parties present at City Hall Barcelona, \u200b\u200balthough the PP has been the only one who has refused to submit to any prominent leader.
Moreover, Fernández Díaz has opted to ensure that no district will become "ghetto" of immigrants and has warned that the Raval, Ciutat Meridiana Poble Sec or are at risk of abuse.
0 comments:
Post a Comment