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Same-Sex Families & the Need for the Same Surname for Children

The Court of Lecco, Northern Lombardy, has decided that children born to a married gay couple should be able to have the surname of its parents choosing. Indeed, a child born to two women who were married in Portugal...

LGBTI rights , same-sex families , civil unions , children's rights
April 12, 2017 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Rome Court Approves Stepchild Adoption for Two Mothers

A ruling by a civil court in Rome represents another big step forward for gay families in Italy, where the law is still restrictive (a bill on civil unions was passed last year but does not allow for "stepchild...

Italy , Same-sex couples , stepchild adoption , civil unions
March 20, 2017 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
The First Civil Union Has Been Registered in Italy!

The first registered civil union in Italy for formalized in Castel San Pietro, near Bologna, on July 24. The lesbian couple is considered the first same-sex couple to enter into a civil partnership in Italy, 50 days...

civil union , civil unions , first civil union , civil unions bill , Italy , same-sex couple
August 09, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Green Light for Civil Unions in Italy!

The State Council of Italy decided on July 21 that the transitional implementation decree for the country's civil unions bill is applicable. After the positive evaluation, the decree will pass onto other councils and...

civil unions , civil unions bill , Italy , LGBTI , LGBTI rights , Same-sex couples , registration , bridge decree
August 02, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Bookings for the registration of civil unions starts in Italy

The mayor of Fiumicino, Esterino Montino, PD, husband of Monica Cirinnà after whom the civil union bill is referred to as Cirinnà Bill, announced that the bookings for registring civil unions will start. The...

civil unions , Italy , Fiumicino , bookings , LGBTI , LGBTI rights , Same-sex couples , civil unions bill
July 08, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Pope Francis Advocates Conscientious Objection of Civil Unions

Italian politics is highly influenced by the Vatican, and apparently the Church and the state cannot be completely separated in Italy despite the fact that it is a basic principle of democracy. After the country's...

civil unions , civil unions bill , Catholic Church , pope , conscientious objection , LGBTI , LGBTI rights , exclusion
June 01, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Italian Couple Wins Adoption Rights in Important Ruling

After the approval of the Italian civil unions bill, the Turin Court of Appeal granted a lesbian couple, married in Denmark in 2014, the right to stepchild adoption, which means each is allowed to adopt the other's...

adoption , stepchild adoption , same-sex marriage , LGBTI , LGBTI rights , civil unions
June 01, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Still a Long Way to Go for LGBTI Rights in Italy, Despite Civil Unions Law

Although a historic step for LGBTI rights in Italy, the new civil unions law is being strongly criticized for not including critical elements such as stepchild adoption rights.

civil unions , civil unions bill , Italy , LGBTI , LGBTI rights , pros and cons , marriage equality
May 25, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Catholic Church Opposes Italy's New Civil Unions Law

Italy was the last western country to finally approve civil unions for homosexual couples in Europe. The bill itself does not give adoption rights to LGBTI people and lacks other essential clauses, but it is still the...

civil unions , LGBTI , LGBTI rights , Catholic Church , Vatican
May 24, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
It's a ’Yes’: Italy’s Civil Unions Bill Has Been Finally Approved!

The Italian Senate in February approved the much-discussed and anticipated civil unions bill. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi then called a confidence vote in order to speed up the passage of the bill, which has...

civil unions , stepchild adoption , Italy , civil union bill , LGBT rights , same-sex couple
May 12, 2016 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
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