Italy: Refusal to sign EU declaration in favor of LGBTIQ+ communities

On May 17 (World Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia), Italy (alongside Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Lithuania, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia), opts out of endorsing a declaration promoting European policies supporting LGBTIQ+ communities.

The declaration committed signatory states to implementing national strategies for LGBTIQ+ people and appointing a new EU Commissioner for Equality following the upcoming EU parliamentary elections.

Italy’s Family Minister Eugenia Roccella defended the government’s position in an interview with Il Messaggero, stating that the document was “very unbalanced”. “I think the so-called gender binarism should continue to apply: There are women, and there are men. We want to preserve the anthropology on which parenthood and the continuity of humanity are based because if you abolish men and women, parenthood also changes, and you shouldn’t be surprised if no more children are conceived,”

See : Euractiv , The Pink News