Torino's First Museum of Homosexuality Gains Institutional Backing
In October 2021, Angelo Pezzana, the founder of the FUORI! homosexual liberation movement, proposed the establishment of Italy's inaugural Museum of Homosexuality in Turin to Mayor Stefano Lo Russo and Piedmont Region President Alberto Cirio. He emphasized that Turin, recognized as the "capital of rights," is home to the nation’s sole university chair dedicated to the History of Homosexuality and was gearing up for the European Pride assembly in 2022. A support committee, comprising activists and politicians, emerged in early 2023. With bipartisan backing, Lo Russo and Cirio are considering the Palazzo San Celso and San Daniele complex as potential sites. Pezzana envisions the museum, inspired by Berlin's Schwules Museum, as a significant draw to enhance Turin's Europride bid while funding is being arranged.
Key facts
- Angelo Pezzana proposed the Museum of Homosexuality in October 2021.
- The proposal was sent to Mayor Stefano Lo Russo and President Alberto Cirio.
- Turin hosts Italy's only university chair in History of Homosexuality.
- A support committee formed in early 2023 includes activists, politicians, and intellectuals.
- Guido Accornero, co-founder of the Salone del Libro, is part of the committee.
- The project received official support from both city and regional governments.
- Potential location is the Palazzo San Celso and San Daniele complex, home to the Polo del '900.
- The FUORI! archive will remain at Fondazione Sandro Penna but is digitized and online.
- Berlin's Schwules Museum has expressed interest in a partnership.
- Turin is competing for Europride 2027 after losing 2026 to Amsterdam.
Entities
Artists
- Angelo Pezzana
- Guido Accornero
Institutions
- Fondazione Sandro Penna FUORI!
- FUORI! (Fronte Unitario Omosessuale Rivoluzionario Italiano)
- Comune di Torino
- Regione Piemonte
- Polo del '900
- Museo della Resistenza e dei Diritti
- Salone del Libro
- Schwules Museum
- Artribune
- La Stampa
Locations
- Torino
- Italy
- Piemonte
- via Santa Chiara
- Palazzo San Celso
- Palazzo San Daniele
- Berlin
- Amsterdam