The 1977 Barcelona gay pride demonstration took place on 26 June of that year and was Spain's first great act of LGBT visibility.
[1][2] The gathering, organized by the newly minted Front d'Alliberament Gai de Catalunya (Gay Liberation Front of Catalonia) brought together almost five thousand people who, headed by a group of transvestites, peacefully paraded along La Rambla in Barcelona.
[1][4] At least three demonstrators were seriously wounded, and a fourth, Doctor Oriol Martí, was beaten, arrested and jailed for 56 days at La Model prison for allegedly attacking and insulting agents of authority.
When Franco died in 1975, Spain lived through an intense period in which the recognition of sexual minorities' rights was being strengthened.
[4] The Catalan photographer Colita captured some moments on film during the demonstration, some of which make up part of the collection at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid.