The monument is located in the heart of the French capital, next to the Seine, not far from places of remembrance for the Jewish community and other groups that suffered deadly persecution. The placement of the monument is not accidental; it is an attempt to integrate this aspect of history into the broader narrative of collective memory.

For decades, LGBTQ+ people imprisoned, executed, or silenced by the Nazis remained invisible even in the post-war record of crimes. Acknowledging this historical injustice, however belatedly, signals not only an acknowledgement of the past, but also a commitment to the present and the future.

This monument is not just stone; it is political. It reminds us that fascism is not just a matter of ideology, but also of everyday inhumanity – and that each era must decide who it remembers and why. In the era of the far-right resurgence and the new transphobic rhetoric, History calls us not just to remember, but to be vigilant.

Because without memory, forgetting becomes complicit. And without recognition, no justice can be considered complete.