Hundreds protest clampdown on same-sex parents in Milan | CNN

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Hundreds of people took to the streets of Milan on Saturday against Italy’s new initiative Right arm The government should limit the rights of same-sex parents.

Called “Hands of Our Sons and Daughters,” the demonstration took place in the historic Piazza della Scala pedestrian square and was organized by LGBTQ+ groups across the country.

“You must explain to my son that I am not his mother,” read one protest sign. Others carried ballpoint pens, signing birth registrations.

The protests were also attended by Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, who has previously tweeted his support for same-sex families.

Organizers estimated around 10,000 people took part, while Milan city officials put modest estimates in the hundreds.

In 2016, Italy became the last country in Europe. Legalize same-sex unions. But it still does not recognize “step-child adoption” or surrogacy, which rights groups say it opposes. The Catholic Church.

Its government is led by a far-right prime minister. Georgia Maloneylocations a Strong emphasis On traditional family values.

Same-sex parents who want to register their children born through surrogacy abroad often have to put only one parent’s name on the official birth registration or take their case to family court.

Several cities, including the capital Rome and Milan, had instituted a parent 1/parent 2 policy on birth registrations instead of the traditional mother/father designations, but last week the interior ministry ordered the city of Milan to stop the practice.

The Italian Interior Ministry said it would also order birth registrars in other cities to stop the practice.

Last week, the Italian Senate voted against a move introduced by the European Commission to make identification of same-sex parents mandatory.