Italy is such a beautiful country to discover and to see each time from a different perspective. It’s rich in culture and nature, and each trip offers new surprises, revealing hidden places.
Italy is not just nature and art, but also good food, wine, colours, flavours and people.
Each region welcomes you not with typical local cuisine, and also with kindness and helpfulness that are not found everywhere in Europe.
But ours is also a country of great contradictions between our history, culture, and the modern lifestyle. Although Italy is no shining light in the international gay-community, we a thriving gay scene.
It’s smaller than those in many other European capitals, but it is out there, and we even have big annual gay events – Gay Pride and Gay Village in the summer.
In terms of gay rights, though, Italy is a late bloomer. Homosexuality is legal and even accepted here, but it is publicly frowned on by the government, the views of which largely coincide with the Vatican’s.
Even if Italy isn’t the most tolerant country regarding same-sex couples, due to the heavy influence of the Vatican, it has grown to accept homosexuality, especially over the past few decades.
It is rather common to see openly gay couples walking down the streets in big cities like Rome, Milan, and Florence, though university cities like Pisa are also very gay friendly. But in smaller towns, it can be more dangerous to be too open in public venues.
There are several gay associations in Italy: Arcigay is one of the most important, its head office is in Bologna. It has 33 local political groups throughout the country: the largest and more active ones are in Bologna, Milano and Tuscany.
Arcigay boasts 57 recreational private groups like bars, saunas and discos among its members. A membership card for foreigners is available.
There are also several unaffiliated associations, including an historical group in Rome under the name Mario Mieli, who was the organizer of the World GLBT Pride in year 2000.
Italy is a very romantic place get married, even if gay weddings are not recognized by the Italian law. Many foreign same sex couples choose to marry legally in their home countries and hold a romantic ceremony in Italy.
You can have your special day in one of the most beautiful settings in the world, with ancient villas, gentle countrysides, beaches, and more.
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