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Italy has triumphed at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with glam rock band Måneskin rising to the top of the tally board with their song Zitti e buoni. Early favourite Destiny from Malta failed to break through the strong support for songs from France, Switzerland and Azerbaijan, but it was Italy who came out on top pushed […]
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23 May 2021 /
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The latest film from Italian director Luca Guadagnino is garnering much attention, with rave reviews and some unexpected controversy with an old Hollywood star. Call Me By Your Name, based on the 2007 novel by American author André Aciman, follows the story of Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet) in 1980s Italy, who meets an academic named […]
Tags: A Bigger Splash, Andre Aciman, Armie Hammer, call me by your name, cinema, Film, italy, james woods, Luca Guadagnino
15 Sep 2017 |
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A bar in Salerno Italy has been asked to cancel it’s weekly gay night after people took offence at it’s promotional poster for their weekly night DiverCity. The advert depicted a gay version of The Last Supper. Leonardo Da Vinci’s The Last Supper show Jesus eating with his disciples, the alternative version used in the […]
Tags: Bar, Catholic, gay, italy, Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Salerno
13 Apr 2017 |
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Italy have made steps towards legalising same-sex unions after making a number of amendments to previously proposed bills. The bill was stalled in Italy’s upper house for many weeks due to a raging debate over a provision which would allow one partner to adopt the child of the other. Lawmakers have removed the adoption clause, which […]
Tags: Adoption, Civil Union, italy, same-sex union
26 Feb 2016 |
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Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Rome to speak against a proposed bill that will allow legal recognition of civil unions in Italy. A protest rally held over the weekend attracted large crowds. The bill, which is due to be voted on this month, has been a divisive issue in Italian Parliament […]
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4 Feb 2016 |
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Angelino Alfano, Italy’s Minister for the Interior, has compared surrogacy to sex crimes. The conservative politician who is a long time campaigner against gay rights , is also against un-wed heterosexual couples having children. Surrogacy is “the most vile, illegal trade that man has invented,” Alfano told Italy’s Avvenire newspaper. Italy is the last major Western […]
Tags: Angelino Alfano, italy, Same Sex Marriage, Surrogacy
10 Jan 2016 |
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Italian parliament has initiated debate on a bill that would legislate for civil unions– one of the last countries in Western Europe to allow legally recognised same-sex and gender diverse partnerships. Senator Monica Cirinna, the author of the bill, is confident that this iteration of the text is strong enough to pass and become law. […]
Tags: Civil Union, italy, marriage equality, Matteo Renzi
16 Oct 2015 |
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The mayor of Venice has declared that Pride parades will be banned from the Italian city while he is in power. “There will never be a Gay Pride in my city,” Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro told a local newspaper. “Let them go and do it in Milan, or in front of their own homes.” The regions […]
Tags: italy, Parade, Pride, venice
28 Aug 2015 |
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There are so many things to do and see in Rome a few days can quickly be filled with sightseeing, great food and endless sampling of gelato. The centre of Rome is filled with cobbled streets that open up on grand boulevards. It’s easy to get one from famous location to the next with a […]
Tags: Europe, Graeme Watson, italy, Rome, Travel
17 Aug 2015 |
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The European Court of Human Rights have ruled that all signatories of the European Convention on Human Rights should legally recognise same-sex relationships as a human right. ‘Oliary and Others v. Italy’ saw three same-sex couples bring a case against the Italian government, which remains the last country in Western Europe to legally recognise same-sex […]
Tags: Human Rights Commission, italy, Russia, Turkey
22 Jul 2015 |
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