Beautiful Spain: Barcelona's Mayor Unveils Gay Monument

Barcelona Mayor Jordi Hereu unveiled a large triangle marble in Ciudadela Park dedicated to the LGBT community who has been persecuted throughout history. "This is a necessary monument to remember the discrimination, repression, humiliation, persecution, attacks, and assassinations that the LGTB community suffered for centuries and very especially during the Franco dictatorship," said Antonio Guirado, secretary general of the Catalonian LGBT umbrella group Gay Lesbian Coordinator. "We are honored as citizens to see recognized the persecution suffered, and above all the still-unmet challenge for social normalization." Full Story from Passport Magazine