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About Padova
Padova Pride is the city's Pride march and takes place in late spring. The most recent edition was held on a Saturday at the end of May, setting off at three in the afternoon from Piazza De Gasperi. Every edition carries its own motto, which also sums up that year's political demands.
The local groundwork is done by Arcigay Tralaltro Padova, the Padua branch of Arcigay, the Italian LGBTIQ association whose national headquarters are in Bologna. Tralaltro has co-organised Pride with other groups in recent years and wants to strengthen its ties with associations and community spaces across the city. The association treats culture openly as a political tool. Anyone who wants to get involved or join can contact the association directly.
On the legal side, same-sex couples in Italy can enter a civil union, the unione civile. It grants almost all the rights of marriage, including inheritance, pensions and social security. Marriage itself is not open to same-sex couples, and marriages concluded abroad are registered as civil unions. Joint adoption is not available, although courts have allowed stepchild adoption case by case. Discrimination at work on grounds of sexual orientation is banned, while there is no explicit national ban based on gender identity. Changing one's legal gender is possible and does not require sterilisation.
From the magazine
Magnus Hirschfeld and His Institute: What Was Lost on 6 May 1933
Long before Stonewall, Berlin had a place where homosexual people found advice and recognition. How the Institute for Sexual Science began and why it was destroyed in 1933.
Harvey Milk and Proposition 6: The November 1978 Victory
In 1978 a California ballot measure would have forced queer teachers out of public schools. Harvey Milk fought it, and voters rejected it. What happened and what it has to do with Pride.
Brenda Howard and the Pride Week: Who Turned a Memorial March into a Tradition
After Stonewall, a march marked the anniversary in 1970, and later a whole week. Brenda Howard is named as one of the people behind it. What is documented and where the title Mother of Pride stays disputed.