«Castells amb orgull», the campaign that makes the LGTB + collective visible in the casteller world

GAYLES.TV.- The bell "Castells amb orgull»Aims to give visibility to the collective LGTB + from the casteller world. Driven by the Colla Jove from Barcelona wants to make visible the respect to the existing diversity in the glues.

For a year, the Coordinator of Castellers de Cataluña It has a commission that works to combat machismo, racism and LGBTIfóbia. The glues they are safe and comfortable spaces for the people of the collective. With the pride of diversity they want to reinforce their commitment through concrete actions, such as favoring the participation of women, who currently represent only one out of ten group leaders.

The Castellers of the Vila de Gràcia They have presented their LGTBI commission in a few days of protest, which will work to eliminate LGTBIphobic behaviors. They claim to make their participation in the Castells for the lack of references that the group has.

Toni Caparrós, was one of the creators of the first LGBTI commission in the casteller world. Although he assures that he has never felt discriminated against, he thinks that this is a way of making the group visible and reinforcing the values of respect, tolerance and inclusion: «I think there is a misconception that although there are no problems inherent in a collective, no actions have to be taken for this group. The LGBTI collective lacks references in many environments. When people think of Castells think of strong and straight men, and we have to note that there is diversity«.

To reinforce the initiative they have released a handkerchief that costs 8 euros to cover the expenses and be able to allocate one euro entirely to the Couple Lambda, entity with more than 40 years of history in defense of community rights LGTB +.