One of the last acts of Draghi’s government was the approval of the Lgbt+ National Strategy. The plan includes, among other things, parental leave for same-sex parents, incentives for companies hiring transgender people, the inclusion in collective labour agreements of anti-discrimination rules for homosexuals, the university "double booklet" for transgender people, training courses for police and public security agents, measures to counter the negative effects of "conversion treatment " (so-called “reparative theories”) for LGBT+ minors. The figures in Italy show that there is still a long way to go: 62% of those concerned avoid taking their partner by the hand in public for fear of repercussions; only 39% freely express their identity, compared to a European average of 47%: 23% declare that they have suffered discrimination in the workplace, 32% have suffered harassment and 8% a physical assault in the last 5 years. Only 16%, however, denounce it. Fratelli d'Italia, last elections’ winning party, rose up against the plan of Draghi’s government. "The issue is delicate – say Giorgia Meloni's collaborators – and cannot be regulated by an outgoing government".
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