Italy

LGBTI Rights in Italy


ADDED ON: 05/27/2023

Italian government’s anti-LGBT rhetoric blamed for brutal beating of trans woman in Milan

A video of a trans woman in Milan being pepper sprayed, kicked and beaten by three police officers has caused a stir in Italy, with many drawing a link between the incident…

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ADDED ON: 05/16/2023

Over 40% of Italy’s LGBTQ workers say careers have been hit by discrimination

Four out of 10 LGBTQ people in Italy believe discrimination has damaged them at work, a survey by national statistics bureau ISTAT and state anti-discrimination office UNAR showed on Monday. Among those…

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ADDED ON: 05/06/2023

Artists take aim at Italy’s attack on same-sex parents’ rights

Street art in Italy championing LGBTQ+ rights has sparked controversy as the country’s hard-right government has appeared to clamp down on same-sex parents in recent months. Right-wing commentators and politicians have described…

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ADDED ON: 04/15/2023

Are LGBT Rights Under Fire In Italy?

At the beginning of March, the Municipality of Milan was forced to stop registering children born to homo-parental couples in Italy, also known as rainbow families. This interruption was due to a…

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ADDED ON: 04/13/2023

Italy’s Meloni turns to culture wars after muted debut

(CN) — What country is talking about banning “fake” lab-grown meat and flour made from pulverized insects, blocking ChatGPT, not recognizing the children of gay couples and punishing the use of foreign…

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ADDED ON: 04/09/2023

Italy celebrates its second ever LGBT History Month – Here’s why it matters

This month, Italy celebrates its second LGBT History Month, with a variety of events and seminars being held in its honour throughout the coming weeks. In a country where queer people have…

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ADDED ON: 03/31/2023

Rainbow family controversy in Italy slowly turning into full-blown EU dispute

A domestic Italian clash could soon become a European problem, with mayors of Italian cities being prevented from registering foreign birth certificates when presented by same-sex couples. The mayor of Milan Beppe Sala…

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ADDED ON: 03/30/2023

Italy to debate bill that criminalises surrogacy done abroad

ROME, March 22 (Reuters) - Italy's ruling conservative majority wants to prosecute couples who go abroad to have a baby via surrogacy, according to a law that has drawn fire from critics…

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ADDED ON: 03/21/2023

Italy orders cities to stop recognizing children of same-sex couples

A move by Italy’s new right-wing government to restrict the rights of same-sex parents led hundreds to take to the streets over the weekend. Protesters gathered in Milan’s Piazza della Scala Saturday…

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ADDED ON: 03/19/2023

Italy’s gay opposition leader blasts bureaucratic crackdown on rights of LGBTQ parents as ideological, cruel and discriminatory as thousands protest in Milan

The head of Italy's opposition party blasted a bureaucratic crackdown on LGBTQ families as 'ideological', 'cruel' and 'discriminatory'. The Interior Ministry this week forced Milan to limit parental rights to the biological…

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ADDED ON: 03/16/2023

Italian government tells Milan to stop registering same-sex couples’ children

MILAN, March 14 (Reuters) - Italy's right-wing government has told Milan's city council to stop registering same-sex parents' children, re-igniting a debate around Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's conservative agenda. Italy legalised same-sex civil…

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ADDED ON: 03/15/2023

Italian government limits parental rights of gay couples

Gay rights activists on Tuesday denounced as homophobic moves by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government to limit recognition of parental rights to the biological parent only in the case of…

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