MEPs tabled written questions to the European Commission on the protection of transgender rights and rainbow families in Italy
Subject: Protection of transgender rights and rainbow families in Italy
The health, well-being and safety of LGBTIQ+ people, especially transgender people, including children, are threatened on a daily basis in Italy. The current legislation dates back more than 40 years, meaning there is an absence of adequate legislation.
Furthermore, recent initiatives against the Careggi hospital taken by the Italian Minister of Health resulted in jeopardizing access to health services and have produced negative consequences for transgender children and their families. This is contrary to the principles of the Italian Constitution and the founding Treaties of the EU, as the dignity and health of transgender people are violated and children’s lives are put at risk.
- How is the Commission planning to respond to the aforementioned recent developments that have affected the gender affirmation paths of transgender people?
- How will the Commission ensure that the rights of all children in Italy, especially transgender children, as well as their families are protected and follow the objectives laid out in the Article 3(3) TEU, as well as the UN Convention on the rights of the child, which Italy has ratified in 1991?
MEPs who signed:
- Marc Angel
- Kim van Sparrentak
- Fabio Massimo Castaldo
- Malin Björk
- Maria Walsh
- Pierre Karleskind
- Isabel Carvalhais
- Brando Benifei
- Dietmar Köster
- Sylwia Spurek
- Robert Biedron
- Sara Matthieu
- Mario Furore
- Sirpa Pietikäinen
- Rosa D’Amato
- Radka Maxova
- Antoni Comin
- Tilly Metz
- Malte Gallée
- Rasmus Andersen
- Matjaž Nemec
- Marianne Vind
- Frédérique Ries
- Aurore Lalucq
- Saskia Bricmont
- Theresa Bielowski
