Why is "LGBTQ rights in Italy" trending?

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) rights in Italy significantly advanced in the 21st century, thanks to both legislation and Constitutional Court and Supreme Court of Cassation rulings, although LGBTQ people still face various challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents, despite public opinion being increasingly liberal and in favor of LGBT rights. Both male and female same-sex sexual activity has been legal since 1890, when a new penal code was promulgated. A civil union law was passed in May 2016, providing same-sex couples with all of the rights of marriage except for joint adoption rights. The law also recognizes same-sex couples as a family. Stepchild adoption was excluded from the bill, but in June 2016 the Supreme Court of Cassation stated that courts can allow a couple in a civil union to adopt their stepchildren. The same law provides both same-sex and heterosexual couples which live in an unregistered cohabitation with several legal rights.In May 2025, the Constitutional Court ruled that when a lesbian couple has a child through IVF abroad, both women can be automatically registered as the child's mothers, without having to go through stepchild adoption. In April 2025, the Supreme Court ruled that children with same-sex parents must have gender-neutral terms on their ID documents instead of “mother” and “father.” This change ensures that documents reflect the child's actual family structure and effectively removes a discriminatory rule. In July 2025, the Constitutional Court ruled that the non-biological mother in a lesbian couple is entitled to mandatory parental leave.