Italy

LGBTI Rights in Italy


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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ADDED ON: 12/01/2022

Rainbow flag-waving protester invades World Cup pitch

A man ran onto the pitch during Monday's World Cup group-stage match between Portugal and Uruguay, holding up a rainbow flag to protest Qatar's anti-LGBT laws. The activist, whose blue Superman T-shirt…

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ADDED ON: 11/22/2022

Lesbian couple in Italy wins right not to be identified as “mother” & “father” on government docs

In a rebuff to Italy’s new right-wing government, a lesbian couple in Italy has won the right not be identified as “mother” and “father” on their child’s identity card. A judge in…

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ADDED ON: 11/18/2022

Italy Govt Loses Court Battle Over ID Documents for Gay Parents

ROME (Reuters) - Same-sex parents have the right not to be called "father" and "mother" in the ID papers of their offspring, a court in Italy has ruled, in a decision that…

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ADDED ON: 10/07/2022

Italy adopts new LGBT strategy just before right-wing takeover

Italy's outgoing government has adopted a new plan for LGBT rights just before handing over the reins to a right-wing administration that promises to be far more socially conservative. "We weren't very…

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ADDED ON: 09/29/2022

The Anti-LGBTQ+ Views of Italy’s Likely New Leader, Giorgia Meloni

LGBTQ+ Italians are concerned about the views of the country’s presumptive new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni. Meloni is leader of the Fratelli d’Italia (Brothers of Italy), a right-wing party that is forming…

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ADDED ON: 09/27/2022

Italy’s ‘next PM’ Giorgia Meloni is a far-right leader who rallied against ‘LGBT lobbies’

Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who has rallied against “LBGT lobbies” and so-called “gender ideology”, is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister. Projections based on the near-final count of votes showed…

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ADDED ON: 09/25/2022

Same-sex parenting not normal, says aide to Italy’s Meloni

Same-sex parenting is not normal, a senior member of the far-right party expected to win Italy’s election on Sunday has suggested, casting a fresh spotlight on its socially conservative agenda. The remarks…

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