The Agustín de la Hoz House of Culture hosts from midday this Monday the 6th until July 16th the traveling exhibition ‘Geography of LGTBIQ+ Resistances in the Canary Islands’, promoted by the Directorate General of Diversity of the Government of the Canary Islands and organized by the Culture Area of the Arrecife City Council and the Equality, Gender Violence and Diversity Service of the Social Welfare and Inclusion Area of the Cabildo of Lanzarote.
The councilor responsible for the aforementioned Area, Abigail González, highlights the value of this initiative: “It is a satisfaction to be able to contribute from Cultura Arrecife to preserve the collective memory of the Canary Islands as a tool to continue advancing towards a more just and inclusive society, enhancing the role of those who contributed to actively transforming the reality of our Archipelago”; and in this regard, she underlines “the commitment of the City Council to the dissemination of cultural proposals that promote reflection, diversity and respect”.
The exhibition brings together testimonies, photographs, historical documents, archival images and life stories that make visible the LGTBIQ+ resistances in the Archipelago and claim the democratic memory of the Canary Islands. Curated and researched by Jen Dávila Arencibia and Nerea López Cabral, the exhibition invites visitors to journey through the recent history of the islands through the experiences, struggles and spaces that have marked the path towards the recognition of the rights of LGTBIQ+ people.
Francoist dictatorship
The exhibition tour addresses some of the most significant episodes in the history of the collective in the Canary Islands, from the repression suffered during the Francoist dictatorship to the consolidation of the movement for sexual and gender rights and freedoms. Among its most outstanding contents is the recovery of the memory of the former Tefía concentration camp, now recognized as a Place of LGTBIQ+ Democratic Memory, along with testimonies from activists and protagonists who decisively contributed to transforming the social reality of the Archipelago.
The inauguration will feature speeches by the Councilor for Social Welfare of the Arrecife City Council, Maite Corujo; the Minister of Social Welfare and Inclusion of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, Marci Acuña; the coordinator of the Insular Service for Equality, Gender Violence and Diversity, Esther Gloria Rodríguez; and the exhibition curator in Arrecife, Guacimara Hernández. The exhibition proposes a reflection on the importance of preserving collective memory as a tool for understanding the present and continuing to advance towards a more egalitarian, inclusive, and diversity-respecting society.
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