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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
