"First draft"

#1016335

26 January 2016

A supporters of same-sex civil union demonstrate on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016336

26 January 2016

Pierfrancesco Majorino during a demonstratation for same-sex civil union, on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016339

26 January 2016

Giuseppe Sala during a demonstratation for same-sex civil union, on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016340

26 January 2016

Giuseppe Sala during a demonstratation for same-sex civil union, on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016341

26 January 2016

Susanna Camusso during a demonstratation of for same-sex civil union, on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016344

26 January 2016

Giuliano Pisapia during a demonstratation of for same-sex civil union, on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016346

26 January 2016

Giuliano Pisapia during a demonstratation of for same-sex civil union, on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016392

26 January 2016

Supporters of same-sex civil union demonstrate on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016393

26 January 2016

A supporters of same-sex civil union demonstrate on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1016433

26 January 2016

Supporters of same-sex civil union demonstrate on January 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Italy is the only major Western European country not to have enacted legislation allowing gay couples to have their relationships legally recognised and protected. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1015505

23 January 2016

Supporters of same-sex civil demonstrate in Milan, Italy, on January 23, 2016. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1015506

23 January 2016

Supporters of same-sex civil demonstrate in Milan, Italy, on January 23, 2016. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1015507

23 January 2016

Supporters of same-sex civil demonstrate in Milan, Italy, on January 23, 2016. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1015508

23 January 2016

Supporters of same-sex civil demonstrate in Milan, Italy, on January 23, 2016. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1015509

23 January 2016

Supporters of same-sex civil demonstrate in Milan, Italy, on January 23, 2016. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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#1015510

23 January 2016

Supporters of same-sex civil demonstrate in Milan, Italy, on January 23, 2016. A bill, which the Senate will start examining on Thursday, is the first to get to parliament. The draft legislation will enable same-sex couples to commit themselves to one another before a state official, to take each other's names and, in certain circumstances, adopt each other's children and inherit each other's residual pension rights.

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