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Demonstration in Piazza Della Scala, in Milan (Italy) for the rights of children of same-sex parent couples. Shutterstock/Federico Fermeglia

LGBTQ+ parents are being removed from their children’s birth certificates in Italy – here’s what’s behind this disturbing trend

The Prosecutor’s Office of Padova (Italy) has asked a local court to remove any same-sex non-biological parent on birth certificates, denying same-sex families the right to State recognition.

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