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The Italian Debate on Civil Unions and Same-Sex Parenthood: the Disappearance of Lesbians, Lesbian Mothers, and Mothers Daniela Danna
The Italian Debate on Civil Unions and Same-Sex Parenthood: The Disappearance of Lesbians, Lesbian Mothers, and Mothers Daniela Danna How to cite Danna, D. (2018). The Italian Debate on Civil Unions and Same-Sex Parenthood: The Disappearance of Lesbians, Lesbian Mothers, and Mothers. [Italian Sociological Review, 8 (2), 285-308] Retrieved from [http://dx.doi.org/10.13136/isr.v8i2.238] [DOI: 10.13136/isr.v8i2.238] 1. Author information Daniela Danna Department of Social and Political Science, University of Milan, Italy 2. Author e-mail address Daniela Danna E-mail: [email protected] 3. Article accepted for publication Date: February 2018 Additional information about Italian Sociological Review can be found at: About ISR-Editorial Board-Manuscript submission The Italian Debate on Civil Unions and Same-Sex Parenthood: The Disappearance of Lesbians, Lesbian Mothers, and Mothers Daniela Danna* Corresponding author: Daniela Danna E-mail: [email protected] Abstract This article presents the political debate on the legal recognition of same-sex couples and same-sex parenthood in Italy. It focuses on written sources such as documents and historiography of the LGBT movement (so called since the time of the World Pride 2000 event in Rome), and a press review covering the years 2013- 2016. The aim of this reconstruction is to show if and how sexual difference, rather important in matters of procreation, has been talked about within this context. The overwhelming majority of same-sex parents in couples are lesbians, but, as will be shown, lesbians have been seldom mentioned in the debate (main source: a press survey). -
Combating Sexual Orientation Discrimination in Employment: Legislation in Fifteen EU Member States
Combating sexual orientation discrimination in employment: legislation in fifteen EU member states Report of the European Group of Experts on Combating Sexual Orientation Discrimination 1 about the implementation up to April 2004 of Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation 11 Italy by Stefano Fabeni 2 1 The European Group of Experts on Combating Sexual Orientation Discrimination (www.emmeijers.nl/experts) was established and funded by the Commission of the European Communities under the framework of the Community Action Programme to combat discrimination 2001- 2006 (http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/index_en.htm). The contents of the Group’s report do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of national authorities or of the European Commission. The report, submitted in November 2004, aims to represent the law as it was at the end of April 2004; only occasionally have later developments been taken into account. The full text of the report (including English versions of all 20 chapters and French versions of most chapters, plus summaries of all chapters both in English and French) will be published on the website just mentioned; links to it will be given on www.emmeijers.nl/experts. 2 Mr. S. Fabeni LL.M. ([email protected]) is a J.S.D candidate at Columbia Law School, New York. He also works as Director of the Center for Research and Legal Comparative Studies on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Turin (www.cersgosig.informagay.it). 277 Combating sexual orientation discrimination in employment – 2004 Chapter 11 – Fabeni – Italy 11.1 General legal situation 11.1.1 Constitutional protection against discrimination A general protection against discrimination is established by article 3 of the Italian Constitution, which recognises equal dignity and equality under the law without distinctions on grounds of sex, race, language, religion, political opinions, and personal or social conditions. -
Extreme Speakers and Events: in the 2017/18 Academic Year Includes the University Extreme Speakers League Table by EMMA FOX
ExtrEmE SpEakErS and EvEntS: In thE 2017/18 acadEmIc YEar IncludES thE unIvErSItY ExtrEmE SpEakErS lEaguE tablE BY EMMA FOX DEMOCRACY | FREEDOM | HUMAN RIGHTS January 2019 Published in 2019 by The Henry Jackson Society The Henry Jackson Society Millbank Tower 21-24 Millbank London SW1P 4QP Registered charity no. 1140489 Tel: +44 (0)20 7340 4520 www.henryjacksonsociety.org © The Henry Jackson Society, 2019. All rights reserved. Title: “EXTREME SPEAkERS And EvEnTS: In THE 2017/18 AcAdEMIc YEAR” By Emma Fox cover Photo: credit InBLIvE, https://www.wxxinews.org/post/suny-join-study-abroad-initiative ExtrEmE SpEakErS and EvEntS: In thE 2017/18 acadEmIc YEar IncludES thE unIvErSItY ExtrEmE SpEakErS lEaguE tablE BY EMMA FOX DEMOCRACY | FREEDOM | HUMAN RIGHTS January 2019 EXTREME SPEAkERS And EvEnTS: In THE 2017/18 AcAdEMIc YEAR about the author Emma Fox is a Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Sociey. She was previously the Director of Student Rights. Emma read for a BA in classical civilisation at the University of Leeds, undertaking several modules in Politics and Philosophy. Whilst at university, she was campaigns Officer for the Jewish Society, organising several interfaith and charity events. She was also involved in mental health awareness across campus and in local schools. Prior to joining the Henry Jackson Society, Emma worked as a magazine researcher at Time Inc; as a Public Affairs intern; and taught classics. She also volunteered at the calais refugee camp. 2 EXTREME SPEAkERS And EvEnTS: In THE 2017/18 AcAdEMIc YEAR Executive Summary l This report catalogues 204 events promoted to students in the academic year 2017/18 featuring speakers with a history of extreme or intolerant views, or representatives of extremist-linked organisations. -
Speaking with Care
Speaking with Care A Manual to Prevent, Mitigate, and Counter Hate Speech Targeting Sexual and Gender Minorities in East Africa Edited by Brian Pellot Published by the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights and Sexual Minorities Uganda under a Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercialShareAlike 2.0 (CC BYNCSA 2.0) license. 2018 Acknowledgements This manual stems from a workshop the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights and Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG) convened with 15 people in Nairobi in June 2017 on how hate speech affects sexual and gender minorities. Discussions revealed the unique and powerful role personal narratives can play in enhancing empathy for marginalized communities and demonstrated some of the real and lasting harms hate speech can inflict. Our time together highlighted the important role religious belief plays in motivating people of faith to care for and protect sexual and gender minorities as equal members of our communities. Faith leaders at our gathering communicated a shared understanding that all persons — regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression — should be respected. They embraced the notion that God affirms all forms of selfless love and emphasized the special duty society shares to protect and care for those who suffer from hate speech, violence, harassment, or exclusion. Ultimately, participants agreed that sexual and gender minorities should enjoy the same fundamental rights all humans deserve including freedom of expression, association, religion, and belief. The workshop and this manual would not have been possible without the participation and insight of numerous individuals and organizations in East Africa and around the world. Workshop participants included Leacky Ochieng, Ishmael Omumbwa Ondunyi, Nhlanhla Mokwena, Frank Mugisha, Umulugele Richard Lusimbo, Dennis Wamala, Stella Nyanzi, Waweru Njenga, Opimva Pepe Julian Onziema, Solomon Gichira, Roselyn Odoyo, Laura Arudi Cori, Marie Ramtu, Esther Mombo, Joseph Tolton, Nguru Karugu, Ambrose Barigye, and Kapya Kaoma. -
M Franchi Thesis for Library
The London School of Economics and Political Science Mediated tensions: Italian newspapers and the legal recognition of de facto unions Marina Franchi A thesis submitted to the Gender Institute of the London School of Economics for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, London, May 2015 1 Declaration I certify that the thesis I have presented for examination for the MPhil/PhD degree of the London School of Economics and Political Science is solely my own work. The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. Quotation from it is permitted, provided that full acknowledgement is made. This thesis may not be reproduced without my prior written consent. I warrant that this authorisation does not, to the best of my belief, infringe the rights of any third party. I declare that my thesis consists of 88924 words. Statement of use of third party for editorial help (if applicable) I can confirm that my thesis was copy edited for conventions of language, spelling and grammar by Hilary Wright 2 Abstract The recognition of rights to couples outside the institution of marriage has been, and still is, a contentious issue in Italian Politics. Normative notions of family and kinship perpetuate the exclusion of those who do not conform to the heterosexual norm. At the same time the increased visibility of kinship arrangements that evade the heterosexual script and their claims for legal recognition, expose the fragility and the constructedness of heteronorms. During the Prodi II Government (2006-2008) the possibility of a law recognising legal status to de facto unions stirred a major controversy in which the conservative political forces and the Catholic hierarchies opposed any form of recognition, with particular acrimony shown toward same sex couples. -
Flannery Kevin L., S.J
17_Flannery OK(Gabri)F.qxd:1.Prima Parte 22-08-2007 10:23 Pagina 64 64 YEARBOOK 2004 Flannery Kevin L., S.J. Date and place of birth: 12 August 1950, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Priestly Ordination: 6 June 1987; final vows in the Society of Jesus, 6 June 1999 Appointment to the Academy: 21 February 2004 Scientific discipline: The history of ancient philosophy, ethics Titles: Professor of Philosophy (since 1992); Consultor of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (since 2002) Flannery Academic background Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English Literature, Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio), 1972; Master of Arts (M.A.), Anglo-Irish Studies, University College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland), 1974; Master of Arts (M.A.), Philosophy, Politics and Economics (specialization in general philoso- phy and political philosophy), University of Oxford, 1983; Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Weston School of Theology (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 1987; License in Sacred Theology (S.T.L.), Patristics, Weston School of Theology (Cambridge, Massachusetts), 1989; Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.), dissertation: ‘The logic of Alexander of Aphrodisias’, University of Oxford, 1992. Academic positions Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University, September 1992 until the present; Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University, September 1999 to June 2005; Mary Ann Remick Senior Visiting Fellow at the University of Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, 2006-2007; Visiting Scholar, Centre for Philosophical Psychology, Blackfriars, Oxford, Trinity Term, 2007. Summary of scientific research The ethics of Aristotle, with special emphasis on action theory; ancient logic; the ethics of Thomas Aquinas. -
Resourcing Sustainable Church: a Time to Change - Together
RESOURCING SUSTAINABLE CHURCH: A TIME TO CHANGE - TOGETHER Transforming lives in Greater Lincolnshire 1 Foreword from The Bishop of Lincoln Returning to Lincoln after almost two years’ absence gives me the opportunity to see and evaluate the progress that has been made to address the issues we face as a diocese. Many of the possibilities that are placed before you in this report were already under discussion in 2019. What this report, and the work that lies behind it, does is to put flesh on the bones. It gives us a diocese the opportunity to own up to and address the issues we face at this time. I am happy strongly to recommend this report. It comes with my full support and gratitude to those who have contributed so far. What it shows is that everything is possible if we trust in God and each other. Of course, this is only a first step in a process of development and change. Much as some of us, including me at times, might like to look back nostalgically to the past – the good news is that God is calling us into something new and exciting. What lies ahead will not be easy – as some hard decisions will need to be taken. But my advice is that there will never be a better opportunity to work together to uncover and build the Kingdom of God in Greater Lincolnshire. I urge the people of God in this diocese to join us on this journey. +Christopher Lincoln: Bishop of Lincoln 2 Introduction Resourcing Sustainable Church: A Time to Change - Together sets a vision for a transformed church. -
Italy and the Regulation of Same-Sex Unions Alessia Donà*
Modern Italy, 2021 Vol. 26, No. 3, 261–274, doi:10.1017/mit.2021.28 Somewhere over the rainbow: Italy and the regulation of same-sex unions Alessia Donà* Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Italy (Received 11 August 2020; final version accepted 6 April 2021) While almost all European democracies from the 1980s started to accord legal recogni- tion to same-sex couples, Italy was, in 2016, the last West European country to adopt a regulation, after a tortuous path. Why was Italy such a latecomer? What kind of barriers were encountered by the legislative process? What were the factors behind the policy change? To answer these questions, this article first discusses current morality policy- making, paying specific attention to the literature dealing with same-sex partnerships. Second, it provides a reconstruction of the Italian policy trajectory, from the entrance of the issue into political debate until the enactment of the civil union law, by considering both partisan and societal actors for and against the legislative initiative. The article argues that the Italian progress towards the regulation of same-sex unions depended on the balance of power between change and blocking coalitions and their degree of congru- ence during the policymaking process. In 2016 the government formed a broad consen- sus and the parliament passed a law on civil unions. However, the new law represented only a small departure from the status quo due to the low congruence between actors within the change coalition. Keywords: same-sex unions; party politics; morality politics; LGBT mobilisation; Catholic Church; veto players. -
Polish American and Additional Entry Offices
POLONIA CONGRATULATES POLISH PRESIDENTPOLISH IN NEW AMERICAN YORK — JOURNAL PAGE 3 • NOVEMBER 2015 www.polamjournal.com 1 PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE JOURNAL REMEMBERING PULASKI AND “THE BIG BURN” ESTABLISHED 1911 NOVEMBER 2015 • VOL. 104, NO. 11 | $2.00 www.polamjournal.com PAGE 16 POLAND MAY SUE AUTHOR GROSS •PASB TILE CAMPAIGN UNVEILING•“JEDLINIOK” TOURS THE EASTERN UNITED STATES HEPI FĘKSGIWYŃG! • A LOOK AT POLAND’S LUTHERANS • FR. MAKA ENLISTS IN NAVY • NOVEMBER HOLIDAYS DO WIDZENIA OR WITAMY AMERIKA? • FATHER LEN’S POLISH CHRISTMAS LEGACY • WIGILIA FAVORITES MADE EASY Newsmark Makes First US Visit Fired Investigator Says US SUPPLY BASES IN POLAND. Warsaw and Washing- House Probe Is Partisan ton have reached agreement on the location of fi ve U.S. WASHINGTON — A The move military supply bases in Poland. The will be established former investigator for the d e - e m - in and around existing Polish military bases Łask, Draws- House Select Committee on phasized ko Pomorskie, Skwierzyna, Ciechanów and Choszczno. PHOTO: RADIO POLSKA Benghazi says he was unlaw- o t h e r Tanks, armored combat vehicles and other military equip- fully fi red in part because he agencies ment will form part of NATO’s quick-reaction spearhead. sought to conduct a compre- involved Siting the storage bases in Poland is expected to facilitate hensive probe into the deadly with the swift mobilization in the event of an attack. The project attacks on the U.S. -
“The Catholic Church Needs Its Own Stonewall” Interview with Krzysztof Charamsa Reconciling Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Gender Expression and RELIGION
MAGAZINE OF ILGA-EUROPE Destination EQUALITYwinter 2015/16 “The Catholic Church needs its own Stonewall” Interview with Krzysztof Charamsa Reconciling sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and RELIGION LGBT Christians, Muslims and Buddhists speak about their experiences Destination>>EQUALITY winter 2015-2016 1 Krzysztof Charamsa with his partner “The Catholic Church needs its own Stonewall” Interview with Krzysztof Charamsa, a Polish priest and theologian who worked at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Vatican and who came out as gay in October 2015. Can you tell us what happened after you came out, Krzysztof? What This is the frst moment in my life when I can say “Yes, I am are you doing now, what is your role within the priesthood? free, I am happy!” It is an exciting experience. I am without I am free! I am a freelance priest. You know, in Catholic doctrine, you work, but I am happy. And it feels little contradictory, because I cannot cancel priesthood completely. Once you became a priest, you are a must think about my future, my pension, my security, because priest for life. But you can be suspended; I am in this situation. Objectively I I lost everything. I have no contract any longer. I have been in am a priest – a priest without work, a priest who cannot do his job. the church for 18 years. But now it’s like all those years of my work did not exist for the church, it’s like I am ‘cancelled’. Since I came out, I have been exercising my priesthood in another way; I have had so many contacts with people, with other priests, lay people, I just fnished my book, which I wrote in Italian and Polish, in two young, old. -
Porvoo Prayer Diary 2021
PORVOO PRAYER DIARY 2021 The Porvoo Declaration commits the churches which have signed it ‘to share a common life’ and ‘to pray for and with one another’. An important way of doing this is to pray through the year for the Porvoo churches and their Dioceses. The Prayer Diary is a list of Porvoo Communion Dioceses or churches covering each Sunday of the year, mindful of the many calls upon compilers of intercessions, and the environmental and production costs of printing a more elaborate list. Those using the calendar are invited to choose one day each week on which they will pray for the Porvoo churches. It is hoped that individuals and parishes, cathedrals and religious orders will make use of the Calendar in their own cycle of prayer week by week. In addition to the churches which have approved the Porvoo Declaration, we continue to pray for churches with observer status. Observers attend all the meetings held under the Agreement. The Calendar may be freely copied or emailed for wider circulation. The Prayer Diary is updated once a year. For corrections and updates, please contact Ecumenical Officer, Maria Bergstrand, Ms., Stockholm Diocese, Church of Sweden, E-mail: [email protected] JANUARY 3/1 Church of England: Diocese of London, Bishop Sarah Mullally, Bishop Graham Tomlin, Bishop Pete Broadbent, Bishop Rob Wickham, Bishop Jonathan Baker, Bishop Ric Thorpe, Bishop Joanne Grenfell. Church of Norway: Diocese of Nidaros/ New see and Trondheim, Presiding Bishop Olav Fykse Tveit, Bishop Herborg Oline Finnset 10/1 Evangelical Lutheran Church in Finland: Diocese of Oulu, Bishop Jukka Keskitalo Church of Norway: Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland (Bodø), Bishop Ann-Helen Fjeldstad Jusnes Church of England: Diocese of Coventry, Bishop Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop John Stroyan. -
Academic Statement on the Ethics of Free and Faithful Same-Sex Relationships Table of Contents Foreword Krzysztof Charamsa
Academic Statement on the Ethics of Free and Faithful Same-Sex Relationships Table of Contents Foreword Krzysztof Charamsa Foreword 3 In this time of epoch-making challenge the Academ- was changing, requiring “being” to make room for ic Statement on the Ethics of Free and Faithful Same- “becoming”. The problem of the coexistence of bib- Introduction 8 Sex Relationships offers a powerful intellectual and lical creation with evolutionary development had spiritual manifesto in favour of both non-heterosex- to be resolved, something which is possible, con- 1. Summary of Findings 12 ual people and the community of the Roman Catholic trary to the initial impressions of church authori- 1.1. Some Persons are Non-heterosexual in Orientation Church. Let me reflect on these four elements: time, ties. The ecclesial confrontation with the sciences message, people and the Roman Catholic Church. of evolution was also tortuous: only at the end of 1.2. Papal Teaching the twentieth century did the papacy recognise 1.3. The Biological Argument The time of the epochal challenge that the theory of evolution is more than a scientif- ic hypothesis,2 and therefore a religious faith which 1.4. The Biblical Argument When the Nicolaus Copernicus published De revo- sees itself as in agreement with human reason can- lutionibus orbium cœlestium in 1543, formulating the not avoid integrating its findings. 1.5. Conclusions heliocentric theory, he dethroned Earth and hu- 2. Recommendations 14 mankind from their position at the centre of the The Copernican revolution forced us to change universe and triggered a radical crisis in biblical our understanding of humankind in space; the Dar- 2.1.