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Candlelit service at Colosseum for victims of gay Orlando nightclub shooting.
Rome residents and members of the city's LGBT community gathered by the Colosseum on the night of 12 June to remember the 50 victims of the...
Numerous "Festa della Donna" events in Rome for International Women’s Day.
Women have free admission to all state museums and archaeological sites across Italy for International Women’s Day on Tuesday 8 March. There i...
Rome procession offers solidarity to women facing violence and prostitution.
A Via Crucis procession offering prayers and support to young women who are victims of violence and prostitution takes place on the streets...
Government imposes vote of confidence and scraps stepchild adoption.
On 25 February the senate passed on first reading a compromise bill introducing civil unions for same-sex couples but not stepchild adoption.
T...
Political manoeuvring in Italy's parliament threatens gay rights.
It should have been a big day for gay rights in Italy with the approval by the senate at first reading of key parts of a bill introducing civil unions...
New wedding locations in Rome possible.
Rome could soon be inviting tenders for additional locations for civil weddings. In order to qualify the location must be of historic, cultural, scenic or tourist interest and mus...
Rome hosts week of cultural events against homophobia.
The capital hosts a series of cultural events dedicated to the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community as part of Rome Rainbow Week...
One million children in Italy live in educational poverty.
According to a report by Save the Children one in ten children in Lazio lives in economic and cultural poverty. The research contained in the report Illuminia...
Register to include both hetrosexual and same-sex couples
Rome city council has approved the establishment of a civil union register which will automatically include same-sex marriages contracted abroad.
The contr...
The article below was sent to Wanted in Rome by Amber Paulen, freelance journalist working in Rome and wife of Simon Griffee who was arrested at the Colosseum
This past Sunday, 27 July, in Rome, Italy, 36-year old pho...
Rome supports International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
The façade of Rome's City Hall will be illuminated with red lights and an image of a hand with the slogan "Stop violence against wo...
Anti-gay graffiti has appeared outside Rome's Circolo di Cultura Omosessuale Mario Mieli, directed at Rossana Praitano, the centre’s former president and independent city councillor candidate backed by the Partito...
Italy's minister for labour, social policies and equal opportunities Elsa Fornero has condemned the appearance of homophobic graffiti outside a Rome school as a "new shameful episode."
The threatening graffiti, which...
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