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Italy begins stripping lesbian mothers of their parental rights (www.lgbtqnation.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Five@beehaw.org to c/lgbtq_plus@beehaw.org

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While same-sex civil unions have been legal in the country since 2016, same-sex couples do not have the right to adopt, thanks in part to opposition from the Catholic Church. Surrogacy remains illegal in Italy and there are restrictions that prevent the adoption of “stepchildren” by one parent. Medically assisted reproduction, like in vitro fertilization (IVF), is only available to heterosexual couples.

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[-] AlecSadler@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago

I kind of assumed, mistakenly, that other countries that aren't the US were a bit more progressive than the US.

But it seems like the issues that we're plagued by exist everywhere?

Fuck. We gotta fight.

[-] shanghaibebop@beehaw.org 25 points 2 years ago

The US is actually pretty progressive on the LGBTQ front compared to the rest of the world outside of Northern Europe, I'd even go as far as to say the coastal states are some of the best places for LGBTQ folks in terms of culture in the world.

[-] min_fapper@iusearchlinux.fyi 6 points 2 years ago

Woah that is news to me 😳! You have some sort of source for that so I can include it when I tell other people this?

[-] shanghaibebop@beehaw.org 13 points 2 years ago

Yeah sure,

Even from the entire country perspective.

Top 6: https://www.equaldex.com/equality-index

Top 25: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/global-acceptance-index-lgbt/

[-] valpackett 1 points 2 years ago

Uruguay 3rd vs. USA 6th

South America best continent

"compared to the rest of the world outside of northern europe, USA great"

Sorry but that looks ridiculous even without mentioning that equaldex is in some places rather flawed. Do they not update the numeric ratings? It's utterly ridiculous that the country where DESANTIS'S FLORIDA EXISTS among other things has a perfect "100" legal index, while Argentina—where gender identity has been a right for a decade—gets 3 points less for not having all the anti-discrimination statements in federal law.

Northern Europe is actually only just getting rid of sterilization requirements for legal transition.

[-] gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org 15 points 2 years ago

wut

the US is very progressive — what sucks is that it's on a state-by-state basis so it's at the same time very conservative lol

but places like the west coast and northeast are very forward. Philadelphia for example has a whole gayborhood filled with gay bars and the most obnoxious LGBT people you've ever met

[-] raccoona_nongrata@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago

It's best to consider far-right extremism as a global terror campaign, rather than a domestic one wherever you are.

Some of the details and starting points vary between countries, but the messaging that these various groups use and the end goals they want to achieve are always the same and they look to eachothers successes for inspiration on what to try.

Conservativism; not even once.

[-] CorvusNyx@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

Conservatism is dying slowly, and instead of reconsidering their positions, right-wingers are doubling down and turning to fascism to keep their grip on power. We must stay vigilant and counter their bullshit and violence whenever possible. If we want a better world, we have to fight for it.