Barcelona will be the first city in the State to have a specific ordinance against hate and discrimination crimes
Barcelona This Saturday, a memory lectern was inaugurated to commemorate the pride demonstration LGTBI celebrated in la Rambla in 1977, the first in the entire Spanish State. A pioneering mobilization that brought together more than 5.000 people in the Catalan capital in favor of sexual liberation, and which is now remembered by this plaque, installed at the end of the Rambla Santa Monica, the same point where the 1977 demonstration began.
«We pay tribute to the brave people who said 'enough' 47 years ago«, stressed the mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, one of those in charge of opening this lectern, along with other municipal officials and members of the community LGTBI. Collboni has taken the opportunity to announce that the Catalan capital «It will be the first city in the State that will have a specific ordinance against hate crimes and discrimination«.
The manifestation of June 26, 1977 on the Rambla in Barcelona It is considered the first manifestation of LGTBI Pride in Spain, and symbolizes the beginnings of the fight to defend the civil rights of the group. The protest, called by the Front d'Alliberament Gai de Catalunya (FAGC) clandestinely, it was held without authorization from the Spanish central government.
A lectern in memory of a historical event
Under the motto «For free sexuality, repeal of the Dangerousness and Social Rehabilitation Law«, the 1977 march had the support of activists from the feminist, neighborhood, worker, student, union and some political parties movements.
Among the demands was amnesty for gay activists sentenced to prison and legalizing the Gay Liberation Front of Catalonia. “My body is mine and I do with it whatever I want". "Sexual amnesty!” “We are not dangerous!” These were other slogans that could be read and heard throughout the demonstration.
Once arriving at Plaza de Catalunya, the police carried out several charges and fired rubber bullets. At least three protesters were seriously injured and a fourth, Oriol Martí, was beaten, detained and imprisoned for 56 days in La Modelo.
The day after the march, the FAGC published a statement evaluating the mobilization very positively and denouncing the actions of the public forces to repress a demonstration that, until the appearance of the police, had been peaceful.
During the Transition, the entity obtained great support from union organizations and political parties. With his struggle, he achieved, in 1979, the exclusion of gays from the Dangerousness and Social Rehabilitation Law and the legalization of homosexual organizations in 1980.
