Italy Faces Backlash Over Restrictions on Same-Sex Parental Rights

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ activists protested in Milan against Italy's new right-wing government's move to restrict the rights of same-sex parents. The government led by far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni places a strong emphasis on traditional family values and does not recognize "stepchildren adoption" or surrogacy. The Interior Ministry ordered the city of Milan to stop the Parent 1/Parent 2 policy on birth registrations, which several cities had instituted, and said it would order other cities' birth registrars to also halt the practice.