Successor | Frente de Liberación Homosexual |
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Formation | 1967 |
Founder | Héctor Anabitarte |
Founded at | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Nuestro Mundo (literally "Our World," also Grupo Nuestro Mundo meaning "Our World Group"[1]) was the first gay rights organization in Latin America.[2][3] It was founded by Héctor Anabitarte in Buenos Aires, Argentina in late 1967.[1][4][5] In 1971, it joined with several similar organizations to form the Frente de Liberación Homosexual.[2][3]
Nuestro Mundo was founded by Héctor Anabitarte, a trade unionist. He and the other leaders of the group were expelled from the Communist Party of Argentina for being homosexuals.[6][7]
When the group was formed in the late 1960s, Argentina was ruled by the National Reorganization Process, a military dictatorship[3] that repressed LGBT people.[8] Nuestro Mundo largely focused on bringing awareness to the oppression of Argentina's LGBT community and ending police brutality against homosexuals rather than engaging in political activity.[5][9] Anabitarte described the group's demands as "more reformist than revolutionary."[6]
In August 1971, Nuestro Mundo merged with several other activist groups to form the Frente de Liberación Homosexual ("Homosexual Liberation Front"), also known as the FLH.[6][9] Other groups which joined the FLH included Safo, Eros, and Bandera Negra.[6] This new group was more politically active than those that preceded it, including Nuestro Mundo itself.[5] The FLH eventually dissolved as a result of the 1976 Argentine coup d'état.[9]
The group was shunned by all left-wing organizations, and its leaders, including Anabitarte, were expelled from the Communist Party. This action was in line with the treatment of gay leaders by left-wing organizations across Latin American countries...