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28 May 2013
Italy: Candidate who pledged to introduce civil partnerships leads in Rome mayoral race 3 A candidate in the race for the mayoral seat in the Italian city of Rome, who promised to introduce same-sex civil unions in the city, has led in the poll by a wide margin, and will now go to a run-off on 9 and 10 June.
28 May 2013
Italy: Culture committee chairman proposes bill on gay civil unions 5 A centre-right Italian politician proposes to introduce a bill this week that would recognise the civil rights of gay couples in same-sex relationships.
27 May 2013
Italy: Deputy responds to letter of suicidal gay teen 17 A gay teenager in Italy who wrote an impassioned letter published in a newspaper has been invited to Parliament by the President of the Chamber of Deputies.
22 May 2013
Italy: LGBT-supporting priest who called for an openly gay Pope dies at 84 11 Don Andrea Gallo, known as the "street priest" for his community work, and who called for an openly gay man to replace Pope Benedict XVI, has died at the age of 84.
17 May 2013
Italian Chamber of Deputies President: ‘Macho culture reduces gay people to caricatures’ 8 In a speech on the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy affirmed that promoting LGBT rights "does not mean stripping them from others".
13 May 2013
Italy: Rome mayoral candidate pledges to introduce same-sex civil unions 8 A candidate to become mayor of Rome on Monday promised that he would issue same-sex civil unions in the city, if he is elected.
4 May 2013
Italy: New equalities minister removed from post after saying that gays ‘ghettoise’ themselves 19 Less than 24 hours after being sworn in as a member of Italy's new coalition government, a junior equalities minister has been removed from her post for saying that gay people invite discrimination by "ghettoising" themselves.
18 April 2013
Comment: Don’t forget the rest of Europe in the fight for equal marriage 25 Writing for PinkNews, Adrian Trett says although equal marriage campaigners are scoring big victories in France and Britain, activists in other European nations need greater support in achieving the goal.
3 April 2013
Italy: Scientist claims that vaccinating children makes them gay 29 An Italian scientist has voiced his opposition to vaccinations, claiming that through an "inhibition" of personality, they can make children "become" gay.
21 March 2013
Sicily: Governor who said the Vatican should allow equal marriage allowed to return to church 4 A Sicilian governor has made up with a priest who took offence when he said that the Catholic Church should elect a female pope and allow equal marriage for gay and lesbian couples.
20 March 2013
Pope Francis criticised for greeting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe 38 Pope Francis has been criticised by human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell for meeting with President Robert Mugabe.
25 February 2013
Italy: British gay chat room murder suspect told victim he was an MI5 agent 2 Further details have emerged regarding the arrest of a 24-year-old man in Italy, held on suspicion of murdering a retired tour guide and attempting to murder another man - both of whom he met in gay chat rooms.
23 February 2013
Italy: British murder suspect thought to have targeted victims via gay chat rooms + A man from London has been arrested in connection with the murder of a tour guide and the attempted killing of another man in Italy – with police sources indicating he met both victims through gay chat rooms.
20 February 2013
Italian centre-right party says ‘Vote with your heart, not with your ass’ 2 Candidates of Italy’s centre-right party, Fratelli d’Italia, have been criticised for making a homophobic political advertisement on YouTube - which has now been removed.
5 February 2013
Italy: Gay Governor of Puglia scared to go out alone at night in Rome 6 The gay governor of Italy's Puglia region, Nichi Vendola, has said that he is afraid to go out alone at night in Rome.
31 January 2013
Italy: Gay Governor of Puglia wants to marry his partner in front of his family and community 18 A gay Italian Governor has said that he would like to have the "right" to get married to his partner in front of his "community and family."
26 January 2013
Italy: Catholic anti-gay blog returns after hacking downtime 12 An Italian Catholic blog has been reinstated after falling to a DDoS attack.
22 January 2013
Italian teacher gives students handout that states gay people can be ‘cured’ 14 A teacher in Venice attracted a media storm after a student posted a scan of his homophobic handout on Facebook.
17 January 2013
Italian PM Mario Monti opposes equal marriage and same-sex adoption rights 20 Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti has said he opposes same-sex marriage and adoption rights for gay people.
11 January 2013
Italian Supreme Court in landmark gay parental ruling 13 Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation ruled on Friday that there is no reason why gay people cannot have custody of children.

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