Italy didn't sign EU gay text because mirrors Zan bill

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 17 - Italy didn't sign an EU text on gay rights Friday because it mirrored a bill proposed by Italian centre-left Democratic Party (PD) MP and gay activist Alessandro Zan upping penalties for anti-gay discrimination, sources at the family ministry said.
    "Italy did not sign along with a third of the member states the declaration for the promotion of European policies in favour of the Lgbtiq+ community because it was actually unbalanced on gender identity, hence basically the content of the Zan bill," the sources explained to ANSA saying it was an "obvious criterion" meaning the government had not signed, since it is against the Zan bill.
    It was a decision taken "days ago", the same sources report, pointing out that on the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, several documents were produced and Italy adhered to the declaration against homophobia, transphobia and biphobia "because it was related to non-discrimination with respect to sexual orientation"-. (ANSA).