This article is an analysis of the theoretical and creative work which resulted in the artistic intervention Referentes invertidos (Inverted Referents) inaugurated on 26th April 2018 as one of the works of the collective exhibition Biblioteca en parallel (Parallel Library), a winning project of a PAC (Propuesta de Accion Cultural / Cultural Action Proposal), a financial help conceded by the Area d'Activitats Culturals de la Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (Area of Cultural Activities of the University of Valencia). This specific site was located in the building of the Central Library of the Polytechnic University of Valencia. On its windows using a chalk marker were written in letters of large dimensions the surnames of three writers who, in Spanish, Catalan and English, actively re-vindicated their condition of being gay men, highlighting and establishing other imaginaries about sentimental, amorous and sexual relations. Each one of the surnames -Burroughs, Moix and Lemebel- was produced with the titles of the literary works that their authors left as a legacy. The names were written in a secondary colour and back to front to allude to the insult "invertido" (in Spanish "invertido" / "inverted" can be used as an insulting reference to a male homosexual) - and to highlight the origin of some writers who have created from the sidelines, belonging to a minority, and in this way place value on their literary production, their historic importance and their contributions to the world of the arts. The choice of these authors, the use of concepts such as appropriation, the artistic methodology used, the handwriting and the colour creates a space that links art and literature, as it does create awareness of writers, the key in the production of stories peculiar to the queer world.
