We share this press release, of great interest for our historical memory. Our LGTBI+ Memory group has participated in this project by collaborating with some interviews of “sexiles” in Sitges.
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The Pedro Zerolo Foundation together with five Catalan LGTBI entities and the Pasaje Begoña Association have carried out this pioneering study.
For the first time, an unprecedented study is carried out in our country. It is about the migration of LGTBI people who between 1965-1975 moved from their towns and small cities of origin to Barcelona and its metropolitan area.
Despite the repressive laws of those years, Barcelona was a reference for its reputation as an open city, with numerous cabaret and revue venues, as well as the anonymity and lesser social control that all large cities and their metropolitan areas entail.
This migration due to fleeing pressure and social discrimination due to sexual orientation or gender identity is called sexile.
This pioneering study is an initiative of the Pedro Zerolo Foundation coordinated with five Catalan LGTBI entities: Casal Lambda, Entenem Santa Coloma, Fundació Enllaç, Grup d’Amics Gais (GAG), and l’Horgull de l’Hospitalet del Llobregat.
The methodological approach followed is based on a combination of collecting oral testimonies and reviewing archival sources. To do this, the records of the Vagrancy and Malefactors and Social Dangerousness Courts of the City of Justice of Barcelona have been consulted; in-depth interviews have been conducted with people who arrived in Barcelona seeking greater freedom, as well as surveys, always with the anonymity and proper data protection required by law.
The project has received support from the Directorate General for Democratic Memory. This study is directed by the anthropology professor at the Pablo Olavide University of Seville, Rafael Cáceres Feria, a specialist in gender and sexuality through the Pasaje Begoña Association; the fieldwork is carried out by the anthropology professor at the University of Barcelona, an expert in sexuality, Jordi Mas Grau. The project is coordinated by the veteran activist from Barcelona, Jordi Petit.
Attached is the survey that structures the monitoring of LGTBI people who made their sexile between 1965-1975 towards Barcelona and its metropolitan area.
For more information: sexilio@fundacionpedrozerolo.es
Jordi Petit: 649 44 12 03, jpetit@fundacionpedrozerolo.es
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