- The Gay Liberation Front of Catalonia (FAGC) commemorates in 2026 its fifty years of struggle for LGTBI+ rights and freedoms with the exhibition “Love as you want”.
- The exhibition covers the history of the organization and the LGTBI+ liberation movement, from its beginnings to the present, and will be inaugurated on Monday, October 26, at 7 PM, at La Model, Memory Space of Barcelona. It will be open for visits until November 29.
- The commemoration revolves around three axes: the historical memory of the LGTBI+ movement, the fight against LGTBI-phobia, and the evolution of rights and freedoms achieved in these five decades.
The Gay Liberation Front of Catalonia (FAGC) celebrates fifty years of activism in 2026, and it does so with “Love as you want”, an exhibition that reviews its own history and that of the LGTBI+ liberation movement. It will be inaugurated on October 26 at La Model in Barcelona and will be open for just over a month.
What is the exhibition “Love as you want”?
“Love as you want” is the exhibition with which the FAGC commemorates its fifty years of history, tracing the trajectory of the organization and the LGTBI+ liberation movement from its beginnings to the present. According to the organization itself, the exhibition is an opportunity to recover a fundamental part of the collective’s history and to reflect on the rights achieved, the social and political transformation experienced in these five decades, and the challenges that still lie ahead.
When and where can it be visited?
The exhibition will be inaugurated on Monday, October 26, at 7 PM, at La Model, Memory Space of Barcelona, and will be open for visits until November 29. La Model is the former penitentiary center of the city, now converted into a memory space, which places the exhibition in a location with strong symbolic value for Barcelona’s historical memory. The FAGC has advanced the inauguration date to reserve it in the agenda; the organization has announced that it will later send the formal invitation with all the details of the event.
What is the FAGC and what does it commemorate in 2026?
The Gay Liberation Front of Catalonia (FAGC) is one of the historical organizations of the LGTBI+ liberation movement in Catalonia, which in 2026 celebrates fifty years of struggle for the rights and freedoms of the collective. With “Love as you want”, the entity aims to focus on three axes that run through its entire trajectory: the historical memory of the LGTBI+ movement, the fight against LGTBI-phobia, and the evolution —not always linear— of the rights and freedoms achieved.
It is a memory that in Revista Rainbow we have also collected in other pieces, such as the tribute to Sonia Rescalvo in Barcelona or the review of the voices of LGTBIQ+ activism that made history in Spain.
What voices accompany this commemoration?
Jordi Muñoz, Pau Gálvez, and Eugeni Rodríguez are the voices of the FAGC linked to this commemoration of the 50 years. Through them, the organization wants to open the debate on several issues that run through its entire trajectory: the historical memory of the LGTBI+ movement, the fight against LGTBI-phobia, the evolution of the rights and freedoms achieved, and the current context of threats and setbacks that, according to the FAGC, the collective continues to experience.
Frequently asked questions about “Love as you want” and the 50th anniversary of the FAGC
What does the FAGC commemorate in 2026?
Fifty years of struggle for LGTBI+ rights and freedoms, with the exhibition “Love as you want”.
When is the exhibition inaugurated?
On Monday, October 26, 2026, at 7 PM.
Where can it be seen?
At La Model, Memory Space of Barcelona, until November 29, 2026.
What is “Love as you want” about?
It covers the history of the FAGC and the LGTBI+ liberation movement from its beginnings to the present.
What voices from the FAGC are linked to this commemoration?
Jordi Muñoz, Pau Gálvez, and Eugeni Rodríguez.
