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.

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

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.

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

Other big events the Italian LGBT+ lendar clu the Italy Gay Summer Party September and the Florence Queer Ftival October.

AN AMBIGUO VICTORY FOR GAY RIGHTS EUROPE

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. 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.