Western countries have mostly been moving toward greater equality of rights and recognition for same-sex couples. Italy is bucking the trend.
By Margherita StancatiMichela Leidi became a mother last summer when her wife gave birth to their daughter, Giulia.Last month, a local court ordered Ms. Leidi’s name to be erased from Giulia’s birth certificate on the grounds that her inclusion was “contrary to public order.”“I cried all my tears. I never missed a scan, from the moment she was conceived to the moment she was born. Yet it’s as though I don’t exist.
Meloni, who has frequently spoken out against what she calls “the LGBTQ lobby” and in defense of Christian family values.“All it took was for the government to change,” said Alessia Crocini, an activist with LGBT group Rainbow Families. “The climate that has been created over the last few months is really like a witch hunt.”Ms. Meloni comes from the far-right but has worked hard to burnish her credentials as a mainstream conservative.
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