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Added on: 12/07/2024

Vatican’s Holy Year calendar includes event for LGBT Catholics

12/06/2024

The Vatican has included an event organised by LGBT Catholics on its official online calendar for the upcoming 2025 Roman Catholic Holy Year, in an unusual sign…

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Added on: 11/30/2024

Italian Transgender Ex-Politician Recalls Parliament Bathroom Ban As Sarah McBride Faces Similar Fight

11/29/2024

Despite deadly conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and a possible trade war with China, US lawmakers still have time to argue about which toilet they…

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Added on: 11/24/2024

Italy’s same-sex civil unions rise to six-year high

11/23/2024

Same-sex civil unions in Italy rose in 2023 to a six-year high, the country’s national statistics office said on Friday, but at the same time LGBTQ groups…

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Added on: 11/05/2024

“Vatican: controversy over Jubilee mascot; designer has worked for gay pride

11/04/2024

The Vatican has introduced a bold new mascot, Luce, to engage with younger generations in the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025, a special period of pilgrimage and grace…

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Added on: 10/23/2024

‘This Is Coming to This Country’: Kara Swisher Warns Italy’s Anti-LGBTQ Parenting And Surrogacy Law Will Come to U.S.

10/22/2024

Tech journalist Kara Swisher made an ominous prediction recently on her Pivot podcast regarding the future of LGBTQ rights in the U.S. Swisher and co-host Scott Galloway…

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Added on: 10/19/2024

Italy’s LGBTQ community fears international surrogacy ban could trigger ‘witch hunt’

10/18/2024

LGBTQ activists and legal experts in Italy fear a new law criminalizing international surrogacy could have a chilling effect on the country’s same-sex families and their children….

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Added on: 10/17/2024

Italy bans couples from travelling abroad for surrogacy

10/16/2024

Italy has made it illegal for couples to go abroad to have a baby through surrogacy. The move extends a ban on the practice inside the country…

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Added on: 10/12/2024

Top Jesuit supports ‘LGBTQ Catholics’ event held at order’s headquarters in Rome

10/12/2024

Father Johan Verschueren, the general counsellor and delegate for the Interprovincial Houses and Works of the Society of Jesus in Rome, expressed his support for the “LGBTQ…

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Added on: 08/19/2024

Has Power Moderated Italy’s Leader? Not to Same-Sex Parents.

08/18/2024

While their curly-haired rescue dog napped on the floor, an Italian couple logged on to a late-night video call with their American surrogate, sunbathing in her garden…

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Added on: 08/13/2024

First trans athlete at Paralympic Games says her participation ‘is an important symbol of inclusion’

08/12/2024

Valentina Petrillo is gearing up to become the first out transgender athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games, and has noted that her participation “is an important…

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Added on: 07/31/2024

Cardinal Zuppi reportedly praises ‘queer’ families at Italian film festival

07/30/2024

Cardinal Matteo Zuppi reportedly praised “queer” families at an Italian film festival last week, saying that “the point is to love each other.” The Daily Compass, an…

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Added on: 07/28/2024

Paris 2024 Olympics: Organisers respond to offended reactions to opening ceremony

07/27/2024

The Olympics opening ceremony was intended to “trigger a reflection” while using a global audience to promote diversity and freedoms in France, Paris 2024 organisers say. They…

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Added on: 06/16/2024

Rome LGBTQ+ Pride parade celebrates 30th anniversary, makes fun of Pope Francis comments

06/15/2024

The Rome LGBTQ+ Pride parade celebrated its 30th anniversary Saturday as tens of thousands of people in brightly colored outfits marched through the Italian capital waving banners,…

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Added on: 06/15/2024

Italy denies removing LGBTQ and abortion references from G7 declaration

06/14/2024

Italy’s far-right government has denied that it removed references to abortion and LGBTQ rights in the final declaration of the G7 summit in Puglia. In the declaration,…

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Added on: 06/09/2024

LGBTQ+ activists warn against normalizing Europe’s far right

06/08/2024

Monika Magashazi is a fighter. The 52-year old trans woman lives in Hungary — a country that has been ruled by Viktor Orban’s nationalist Fidesz party since…

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Added on: 05/28/2024

Pope Francis used gay slur in meeting with Italian bishops-media

05/28/2024

Pope Francis used an offensive gay slang word during a meeting with Italian bishops, where he joked about the number of gay men in seminaries, media reports…

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Added on: 05/23/2024

The neoliberal populism of Milei and Meloni

05/22/2024

When far-right “outsider” Javier Milei was elected Argentina’s president in November, hard-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was the first European leader to congratulate him. In February,…

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Added on: 05/20/2024

Italy’s family minister explains decision not to sign EU LGBT declaration

05/20/2024

Italy was among nine EU countries that did not sign a declaration promoting European policies in favor of LGBT+ communities, sparking widespread protests within the country while…

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Added on: 05/20/2024

As countries tighten anti-gay laws, more LGBTQ+ seek safety and asylum in Europe

05/19/2024

RIETI, ITALY — Ella Anthony knew it was time to leave her native Nigeria when she escaped an abusive, forced marriage only to face angry relatives who threatened…

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Added on: 04/30/2024

Michelangelo and the most sublime declarations of gay love in art

04/29/2024

Tommaso de’ Cavalieri was the light of the age, unique in the world – at least in the eyes of the man who loved him. That ardent…

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Added on: 04/22/2024

Venice Biennale platforms LGBTQ , outsider and Indigenous artists

04/21/2024

Outsider, queer and Indigenous artists are getting an overdue platform at the 60th Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition that opened Saturday, curated for the first time by…

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Added on: 03/19/2024

Court rejects Italian government’s attempt to remove lesbian moms from birth certificates

03/18/2024

In the face of far-right prime minister Georgia Meloni’s ongoing assault on LGBTQ+ rights in Italy, lesbian moms in the country have won a small victory as…

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Added on: 03/17/2024

Italy’s Meloni Becoming Force to Be Reckoned With in European Politics

03/16/2024

Giorgia Meloni, the right-wing prime minister of Italy, could be set to shake up European politics in a big way. When Meloni and her Brothers of Italy…

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Added on: 01/23/2024

In Italy, non-biological parents in same-sex couples may be removed from birth certificates

01/23/2024

The children of dozens of same-sex couples in Italy could see the name of their non-biological parent removed from their birth certificates, an ongoing trial may soon…

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Added on: 12/12/2023

Queer parents in Italy are living a “nightmare” as the government cracks down on custody rights

12/11/2023

A lesbian couple say they are fleeing Italy due to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right government’s crackdown on the rights of LGBTQ+ parents. Chiara and Christine are…

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Added on: 12/05/2023

General Vannacci probed over anti-gay book

12/04/2023

General Roberto Vannacci was notified on Monday that he is under investigation over a anti-gay book that he recently self-published and has become a best-seller. The general…

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Added on: 11/20/2023

Trans Women Welcome Pope’s Message of Inclusivity

11/19/2023

TORVAIANICA, ITALY — Pope Francis’ recent gesture of welcome for transgender Catholics has resonated strongly in a working class, seaside town south of Rome, where a community of…

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Added on: 11/09/2023

Controversial EU proposal on parenthood comes closer

11/08/2023

EU Member States should be forced to recognise LGBT parents, even if they forbid it in their own legislation, a committee in the European Parliament believes. Especially…

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Added on: 10/02/2023

Donatella Versace slams Italian government’s anti-gay policies from La Scala stage

10/01/2023

MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni…

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Added on: 09/24/2023

‘The state says our kids don’t exist’ – how LGBT life is changing in Italy

09/23/2023

Italian authorities are bringing in new measures targeting LGBT families and making it harder for them to have children. Many same-sex parents feel that a new law,…