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Despite the law, gay Italians find a way to ’adopt’ a child
LGBT association Equality Italia launches a campaign to get more gays and lesbians to ’adopt’ a child living in poverty abroad
04 October 2012 | By Daniele Guido Gessa
Equality Italia president Aurelio Mancuso launched a campaign for adoption by LGBT people.
The LGBT Italian association Equality Italia has launched a campaign to encourage single gays or lesbians, or same-sex couples to ’adopt’ a child living in poverty abroad.
The campaign is called ‘Io ce l’ho grande il cuore’ or ‘My heart is very big’ and it’s thought to be the first of its type to target LGBT people.
Many Italians use ’long distance adoption’ to support a child living in poverty in another country - though the ’adoption’ does not, of course, make them the legal parents or guardians of the child.