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Olympic swimmer dedicates silver medal to girlfriend
Rachele Bruni, Italy’s only out LGBTQ Olympian publicly thanked her “beloved,” and told reporters that was her girlfriend.
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Italian high court makes gay adoption easier
The decision does not give long-sought automatic recognition to the families of same-sex couples however.
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Italy joins rest of Europe in giving rights to gay couples
Italy was the last of the European Union’s 28 nations to grant legal recognition to civil unions.
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Did the Vatican ban on ‘Weekend’ actually help the gay-themed film?
This past weekend, Andrew Haigh’s 2011 film pulled the top per-screen average in Italy.
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Italy Senate OKs civil unions, but LGBT groups angered over adoption snub
Gay and lesbian groups denounced the watered-down legislation as a betrayal because Renzi’s Democratic Party sacrificed a provision to allow same-sex adoption in order to ensure passage.
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Italy’s prime minister mulls confidence vote to pass gay rights bill
Italian Premier Matteo Renzi is considering resorting to a risky confidence vote in the Senate to ensure the passage of a bill allowing civil unions, but not marriage, for gay couples.
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Thousands protest Italy’s plan to permit gay unions, adoptions
Massimo Gandolfini, organizer of Saturday’s “Family Day” protest, said “Italy is one of the few western countries that is still resisting this deviation.”
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Tens of thousands protest in the streets of Italy for gay civil unions
On Saturday, crowds demonstrated across Italy for gay and lesbian couples to have civil unions.
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Pope Francis: same-sex marriage is not ‘the family God wants’
“There can be no confusion between the family God wants and any other type of union”.
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Italian Football President to gays: Stay away from me!
Tavecchio has since claimed he’s the victim of an elaborate blackmail scheme and the tapes were “manipulated.”