Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual
The Plaza de la Diversidad Sexual is located in the Old City neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. The plaza includes a large triangular granite monolith -- a reference to the pink triangles worn during the Nazi persecution of LGBT people.
History
Eight activist groups worked together to propose the creation of this plaza: Grupo Diversidad, Grupo LGTTBI, Amnesty International Uruguay, LGTTBI Library, Uruguayan Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Study in Sexuality, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Encuentro Ecuménico por la Liberación de las Minorías Sexuales, and the Association of Uruguayan Lesbians. The proposal received the unanimous support of the Montevideo legislature.Mariano Arana dedicated the monument on February 2, 2004.