Meet the LGBT+ parents denied legal recognition in Italy

LGBT+ couples in Italy are being denied recognition on their surrogate child’s birth certificate under a new rule created by Georgia Meloni.

The far-right prime minister has written to city mayors asking them to stop registering the children of so-called “rainbow families”.

Gay parents Giovanni Bianco and Cosimo Mirigliano live in the UK with their six-month-old baby who was born via a surrogate.

“I want to ask for my daughter Sole’s passport, but they asked me to take my name out of her birth certificate,” said Mr Bianco, “It’s crazy.”

Unlike in the UK, surrogacy is against the law in Italy and people who practice it can face up to 6 years in jail and a fine of up to a million euros

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[lemon]

I'm a lesbian and they're also erasing the second mother from the birth certificate. I must say, I don't understand why the second non-biological parent would expect to be on the birth certificate in the first place? Do legal documents mean nothing anymore? They should be fighting for the right for same sex couples to adopt their partner's child to get parental rights. There's no need to be falsely named on a birth certificate of a non-biological child. That's not a right, that's a lie.

[davidperry]

No Ferraris for homophobic Italian politicians.

[riggermortisfpv]

I like their PM. Kick rocks rainbow people, you don't get to be parents, and I don't care !

[guff]

Im sorry? How can one man entering another man's posterior make him pregnant?