Apparently, Montevideo, Uruguay's capital, is one of only five cities in the world to have a monument dedicated to gays and lesbians killed by the Nazis during WWII.
From CBSNews.com:
More from Americas.org:Uruguay has unveiled what gay activists say is the first monument in Latin America honoring sexual diversity.
The rose-colored block of granite shaped in the form of a triangle went up this week in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.
Set atop a concrete column, the monument is inscribed with the words: "Honoring Diversity is Honoring Life."
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"From our little country we are telling the world that sexual diversity is something very positive," said Fernando Fontan, the head of a local gay rights group.
Uruguay - Montevideo became the first city in Latin America and the fifth in the world to commemorate the homosexual victims of Nazism and to acknowledge the right of sexual diversity with a special monument and plaza.This is something very important. The Holocaust represents one of the most horrible tragedies ever happened to humanity and we should honor and remember all the peoples that were persecuted by the Nazi regime.
"Honoring diversity is honoring life. Montevideo for the respect of all genders, sexual identities and orientations," reads a triangular granite monument in the heart of the Old City, 200 meters (656 feet) from the first Catholic church erected by Spanish Conquistadors in 1726.
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The monument's shape and material were selected for precise reasons. In the concentration camps in World War II, the Nazis forced gay males to wear a pink triangular badge, while lesbians and prostitutes were forced to wear a black triangle. "The black and pink streaked granite combines both symbols," explained communal legislator Gabriel Weiss.
By the way, the other cities were you can find monuments honoring diversity are Amsterdam and Berlin in Europe, and New York and San Francisco in the United States.
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