In Italy, Homophobia Is on the Rise - The Gay & Lbian Review

Contents:

• ITALY BEGS REMOVG GAY MOTHERS OM CHILDREN’S BIRTH CERTIFIT
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS
• ITALY ERAS NAM OF GAY MOTHERS OM THEIR CHILDREN'S BIRTH CERTIFIT CRACKDOWN
• FOR ITALY'S GAY RIGHTS ADVOT, IT'S 1 STEP FORWARD, 2 STEPS BACK
• AN AMBIGUO VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS EUROPE

ITALY BEGS REMOVG GAY MOTHERS OM CHILDREN’S BIRTH CERTIFIT

Italy’s senate has killed off a bill that would have ma vlence agast LGBT people and disabled people, as well as misogyny, a hate 315-member senate voted by 154 to 131 on Wednday to block the bate on the law, named after the gay centre-left Democratic party (PD) legislator Alsandro Zan and prevly approved by the lower hoe of parliament the face of months of protts om far-right and Catholic Picierno, a PD member of the European parliament, lled the vote “one of the worst pag the history of the Italian republic”.

Acrdg to the far-right parti that voted agast the bill the upper hoe, the law would have supprsed eedom of exprsn and promoted “homosexual propaganda” June, the Vatin ma an unprecented terventn urgg the Italian ernment to change the law over ncerns would ge upon the Catholic church’s “eedom of thought” over the approval of the bill, which would lead to people nvicted of such crim beg jailed for up to four years and perm an crease fundg for groups that work to fight agast discrimatn and assist people who are the victims of , me after a seri of high-profile attacks agast gay and transgenr groups receive hundreds of hate crime reports each year but many go unpunished. Although Italy approved same-sex civil unns 2016, the untry has lagged behd s EU partners creatg anti-homophobia measur. ”The foreign mister and ex-M5S lear Luigi Di Ma said the bill had been “swept away a disgraceful secret vote” while the Gay Roma group said was a “slap the face for the majory of the populatn” M5S lear and former prime mister Gieppe Conte said: “Those who are rejoicg at this sabotage should expla to the untry”.

Take an -pth look at Italy’s LGBT+ rights, cludg rmatn on gay marriage, equaly laws, and forms of discrimatn.

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

Although homosexualy has been legal Italy sce 1890, long before many other untri allowed , s LGBT+ rankgs are fairly low. Demonstratn favor of the Zan law, which aimed to offer more protectn agast discrimatn for gay, lbian, bisexual, and trans people.

Acrdg to a 2019 survey by the Pew Rearch Center, 75% of Italians say homosexualy should be accepted by society. 63% of Italians support gay marriage, and a further 20% support civil partnerships, pared to global averag of 54% and 17%. Many Italian ci are nsired gay-iendly, and Pri paras take place June and July multiple lotns.

Other big events the Italian LGBT+ lendar clu the Italy Gay Summer Party September and the Florence Queer Ftival October. Milan – nsired Italy’s LGBT+ pal, thanks to s many gay-iendly districts, bars, and events. Rome – the Italian pal has an annual outdoor event lled Gay Village nng om June to September.

ITALY ERAS NAM OF GAY MOTHERS OM THEIR CHILDREN'S BIRTH CERTIFIT CRACKDOWN

The 2021 Pri Survey showed that 65% of Italians support more openly lbian, gay, and bisexual people sports, and 37% support more LGBT+ TV, films, and advertisg. The Vatin Mms even has a number of homoerotic piec of art and a vis to this magnificent llectn is certaly orr.

For visors lookg for an LGBTQ+ scene, the relatively small but spired gay nightlife is only steps away om the Colism. Leonardo Da Vci’s legacy Milan is well known and many historians agree that he was a gay artist leavg his mark many masterpiec of the cy, cludg The Last Supper, hoed by the refectory of the nvent of Santa Maria lle Grazie. Though smaller than Rome, Milan stands out wh Italy’s largt and most visible gay scene.

There are also many wonrful lser-known plac where an tert LGBTQ+ history uld lead you, such as Florence's Bargello Mm, which ntas an earlier Renaissance statue of David by the artist Donatello—the first ee-standg male nu sce Classil Antiquy, and a super-sexy homoerotic nu at that. One of the most gay-iendly areas Southern Italy is Puglia, cludg the beachsi town of Gallipoli, which has recently bee a popular statn for LGBTQ+ lols. Serg Srdia is the -founr of Italy Gay Travels, a pany anizg LGBTQ+ group trips Italy.

FOR ITALY'S GAY RIGHTS ADVOT, IT'S 1 STEP FORWARD, 2 STEPS BACK

For ee real time breakg news alerts sent straight to your box sign up to our breakg news emailsSign up to our ee breakg news emailsItaly has begun removg the nam of gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit, as part of the right-wg ernment’s crackdown on same-sex move after populist prime mister Grgia Meloni’s aln announced March that state agenci should no longer register the children of same-sex upl, a move that sparked protts Milan.

Dpe Ms Meloni parg herself to Brish Conservativ and nyg she is homophobic, her party rose to power wh tough rhetoric agast same-sex parentg and support for tradnal fai and moral valu.

AN AMBIGUO VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS EUROPE

”Her aln partner, Matteo Salvi, of the far-right League party, had prevly lled gay parents “unnatural” while the ernment opposed a Bssels plan for a parenthood certifite that would be valid across the EU. Gay upl are forced to go abroad if they want children, as they are banned om accsg reproductive medil treatment such as IVF and surrogacy is also prohibed. On a csa for the fence of tradnal fai, Italy's Prime Mister Grgia Meloni wants to make surrogacy rried out abroad by Italian upl a crime, after steppg up rtrictns on homosexual upl' already limed rights to parenthood.

If the bill is voted on, Italian cizens who go to untri where is legal would risk recln and a ernment is also harng s stance towards homoparental fai. In Italy, adoptn and medilly assisted procreatn techniqu are banned for homosexual upl. More than 18 years after the Netherlands beme the world’s first untry to legalize same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland has bee the latt European jurisdictn to allow gays and lbians to marry.

The Czech Republic is the only untry out of 19 surveyed Central and Eastern Europe where a majory of adults (65%) support gay marriage. "Same-sex upl still have the possibily to adopt, if the child is already fathered or mothered by one person that acrdg to the mayor of Milan this requir a very lengthy and expensive procs bee Italy there is no marriage equaly between homosexual and heterosexual issue of not beg regnised as a parent also affects non-blogil partners heterosexual upl who have rorted to surrogacy December, the European Commissn laid out plans for the regnn of parenthood between EU untri, but the Italian senate voted down. The polls also show support for Meloni's party remas stable after ten months power Crics says the furore threatens to strip away the refully nstcted veneer of prime mister Meloni, who, as a teenage activist, praised Msoli and was a member of a party found by alli of the fascist leaThe 70-year-old former print of the town's football team scrib himself as a Catholic and centrist who is not motivated by gay rights or polics.

Its flame logo is still ed by her Brothers of Italy Meloni sists the Italian Right 'has hand fascism over to history for s' and par herself to Brish Conservativ – although the parti clearly differ on gay rights sce the Tori legalised same-sex marriage a charismatic prime mister rose to power wh tough rhetoric agast same-sex parents and strong support for tradnal fai – although she sists she is not homophobic and was motivated by her opposn to gay one proment member of Meloni's party has dismissed same-sex parentg as abnormal, after cricisg an episo of children's rtoon seri Peppa Pig that featured a polar bear wh two abrasive aln partner, Matteo Salvi, lear of the far-right League party, lls gay parents 'unnatural.