https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Pride month is underway, but Italy's government has been in the news for restricting the rights of same-sex couples. We asked international LGBTQ+ couples what it’s like living in Italy today and whether they want to stay. https://www.thelocal.it/20240625/weve-considered-going-back-to-the-us-what-life-in-italy-is-like-for-same-sex-couples Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:42:06 +0200 weve-considered-going-back-to-the-us-what-life-in-italy-is-like-for-same-sex-couples Italy continues to perform poorly compared to the rest of Europe when it comes to LGBTQ+ protections, a leading rights organisation has warned. https://www.thelocal.it/20240604/italy-one-of-the-worst-countries-in-europe-for-gay-and-trans-rights-study-finds Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:18:36 +0200 italy-one-of-the-worst-countries-in-europe-for-gay-and-trans-rights-study-finds Rome's mayor refused Friday to back down in an increasingly heated dispute over his registering gay marriages celebrated abroad, in defiance of an order from the government to the delight of rights groups. https://www.thelocal.it/20141101/rome-mayor-refuses-to-back-down-over-gay-marriages Sat, 01 Nov 2014 13:38:00 +0100 rome-mayor-refuses-to-back-down-over-gay-marriages An Italian woman who adopted her female partner’s daughter in the US is locked in a court battle to get the adoption recognized in Italy, where adoption by gay people is illegal. https://www.thelocal.it/20141017/gay-couple-in-battle-to-get-adoption-recognized-in-italy Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:10:00 +0200 gay-couple-in-battle-to-get-adoption-recognized-in-italy Several Italian mayors have vowed disobedience after Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano announced that he would put a stop to the registration of gay marriages entered into abroad. https://www.thelocal.it/20141008/italian-mayors-defy-gay-marriage-registration-ban Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:27:00 +0200 italian-mayors-defy-gay-marriage-registration-ban As the first gay marriage is registered in Naples, one of the grooms tells The Local about the "symbolic" moment for Italian society. https://www.thelocal.it/20140715/naples-registers-its-first-gay-marriage Tue, 15 Jul 2014 17:09:00 +0200 naples-registers-its-first-gay-marriage Naples will begin registering the marriages of gay couples who wed abroad, the city’s mayor has said, prompting a backlash from the archbishop of Naples who has argued that there are "more urgent" issues at hand. https://www.thelocal.it/20140603/row-erupts-over-gay-marriage-in-naples Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:01:00 +0200 row-erupts-over-gay-marriage-in-naples Deputy Prime Minister Angelino Alfano has threatened a government walk-out if the centre-left put gay marriage on the table, shaking the already fragile coalition government. https://www.thelocal.it/20140110/deputy-pm-threatens-government-over-gay-rights Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:55:00 +0100 deputy-pm-threatens-government-over-gay-rights Italians are allowed to adopt Russian children because their country has a ban on gay marriage, the Kremlin's official for children's rights has said. https://www.thelocal.it/20131129/gay-union-ban-lets-italians-adopt-russian-kids Fri, 29 Nov 2013 18:18:00 +0100 gay-union-ban-lets-italians-adopt-russian-kids Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino has thrown his support behind gay marriage, saying Italy has a "backwards" approach to people's rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20131115/rome-mayor-supports-gay-marriage Fri, 15 Nov 2013 13:34:00 +0100 rome-mayor-supports-gay-marriage The Vatican has asked national bishops' conferences around the world to quiz Catholics on a wide range of subjects including contraception, same-sex marriage and divorce, according to a report in National Catholic Reporter. https://www.thelocal.it/20131031/vatican-to-poll-catholics-on-gay-marriage-report Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:07:00 +0100 vatican-to-poll-catholics-on-gay-marriage-report Tens of thousands of people paraded noisily on floats through the historic streets of Rome on Saturday to celebrate Gay Pride, amid calls for Italy to follow France's example in legalizing gay marriage. https://www.thelocal.it/20130617/tens-of-thousands-take-to-romes-streets-for-gay-pride Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:46:00 +0200 tens-of-thousands-take-to-romes-streets-for-gay-pride A number of marriages in Italy, where same-sex marriages are illegal, have been automatically scrapped from the registry after one of the spouses had a sex change. https://www.thelocal.it/20130607/italian-court-to-rule-on-forced-divorce-for-sex-change-couples Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:42:00 +0200 italian-court-to-rule-on-forced-divorce-for-sex-change-couples