The aim of the exhibition is to present the origins of LGBTIQA+ activism in the city of Girona and its surrounding counties, showcasing the objects and elements that bear witness to this long-standing struggle, as well as the spaces that have been key in making the community visible - spaces of protest, but also of community and belonging. An evolution that has gone hand in hand with that of the city, filling it with colors and diversity.

The exhibition is a vindication of the freedom to be, to express oneself and to love, and a reflection on how all those rights that may now seem basic to us are in fact very recent. It also highlights the need to continue fighting to preserve them and to put an end to LGBT-phobia in all areas of society.


The exhibition is organized into five sections. Section 0, "Named Identities," is a glossary-style introduction to sexual and gender orientations. Section 1, "Persecuted Identities," explores the presence of LGBTIQA+ people in the Middle Ages in the Catalan Countries and their persecution by the Church and the Inquisition. Section 2, "The First Generation of the Movement," presents the earliest acts of visibility and identity advocacy in both Europe and the United States. Section 3, "The LGBTIQA+ Movement in Catalonia," examines the consolidation of movements advocating for the rights of LGBTIQA+ people in Catalonia from the 1970s onwards, while Section 4, "The LGBTIQA+ Movement in Girona," focuses on the case of the Girona counties.

Curated by: Lyhdyr Esquedo Teixidó and Pau Gálvez Lot. Organized by: Girona History Museum, Girona City Council. In collaboration with: Girona Provincial Council and the Department of Culture of the Government of Catalonia