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13 May 2013Italy: 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 2013Italy: 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. -
20 February 2013Italian 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. -
17 January 2013Italian 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 2013Italian 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. -
6 January 2013Mario Monti: Decision on Italian marriage equality should be made by parliament 9 The Italian Premier, Mario Monti, who is backed by the Vatican for his re-election bid, has said that gay rights issues, including marriage equality, should be decided by parliament, not his governement, if he is successful. -
31 December 2012Silvio Berlusconi: “I have a lot of gay friends, they’re friendly and funny” 26 Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says his opponents have accused him of everything “except being gay and stealing money from Italians.” -
29 May 2012First gay couple in the world to marry imagine a dead Berlusconi for artwork 15 A gay couple, who were the first to be married in the world, have created an art installation which is a life-like waxwork of the former Italian premier, Silvio Berlusconi, imagined on a death-bed. -
27 March 2012Uruguayan man given landmark residence permit to live with husband in Italy 23 Authorities in northern Italy on Monday issued a residence permit to a Uruguayan man whose application was initially rejected because his marriage to an Italian man - which took place in Spain - is not recognised by the country's laws. -
23 September 2011Ten Italian MPs accused of being ‘gay hypocrites’ 34 Ten Italian MPs have been accused of being "gay hypocrites". -
27 July 2011Italy rejects anti-homophobia bill 127 Italy's parliament has rejected a bill to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people from discrimination. -
2 November 2010Silvio Berlusconi says it’s ‘better to like pretty women than be gay’ 55 Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has angered gay groups by saying that having an eye for beautiful women is better than being gay.
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