Backward step on LGBT rights in G7 draft - Bloomberg

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 14 - In the final communiqué of the G7, any reference to the protection of the 'gender identity and sexual orientation' of the LGBT community, a reference that was instead present in the final communiqué of the last G7 in Hiroshima, has reportedly been removed, Bloomberg said Friday, linking the alleged deletion to the first time a pope has attended a G7 summit.
    Francis is set to address an AI session on Friday as well as having 10 bilateral meetings with world leaders.
    An alleged removal of the word abortion from the final statement, which Italy denies, was also linked to the pope's presence at Borgo Egnazia in Puglia. (ANSA).