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"-.
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