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 An Italian man who underwent a sex change to become a woman has won a legal battle to remain legally married in what has been hailed a landmark case for transsexuals in Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20140612/italian-court-marriage-still-valid-after-sex-change Thu, 12 Jun 2014 12:28:00 +0200 italian-court-marriage-still-valid-after-sex-change A woman who was born a man and her husband have written to an Italian cardinal to ask the Catholic Church to officially recognize their marriage, four years after they were controversially wedded in a church in Piagge in the central Marche region. https://www.thelocal.it/20131028/transsexual-asks-church-to-approve-marriage Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:31:00 +0100 transsexual-asks-church-to-approve-marriage