1977 Barcelona gay pride demonstration
barcelona gay pride demonstration took place june year spain first great act lgbt visibility gathering organized newly minted front dalliberament gai de catalunya gay liberation front catalonia brought together almost five thousand people headed group transvestite peacefully paraded along la rambla barcelona demonstration harshly repressed police mounted several charge shot demonstrator rubber bullet least three demonstrator seriously wounded fourth doctor oriol martí beaten arrested jailed day la model prison allegedly attacking insulting agent authority gathering motto nosaltres tenim por nosaltres som fear slogan could heard read day body mine want sexual amnesty dangerous francesc francino armand de fluvià clandestinely created barcelona movimiento español de liberación homosexual spanish homosexual liberation movement spain first ever modern association defending homosexual right activity developed dissolved face police harassment dictator francisco franco death front dalliberament gai de catalunya gay liberation front catalonia created although legalized barcelona demonstration illegal gay liberation front called caught press attention marked turning point defence lesbian gay transsexual bisexual right franco died spain lived intense period recognition sexual minority right strengthened franco dictatorship homosexuality legally persecuted law known law vagrant thug force law dangerousness social rehabilitation completely abolished homosexual homosexual relation day punishable fine deemed guilty thing could even sent prison psychiatric institution catalan photographer colita captured moment film demonstration make part collection museo nacional centro de arte reina sofía madrid keeping year photographer enrique serrano santa coloma de gramenet brought back light unpublished photograph taken chance happened demonstration barcelona year old lgbt right spain lgbt history spain international lgbt pride day