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Italy’s new government is bad news for women and minorities

There will be hard times ahead in Italy, unless you are a heterosexual, cisgendered, white man. The new families minister opposes abortion, immigration and LGBTI rights.

By Claudia Torrisi
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Italy's new family minister Lorenzo Fontana, 1 June 2018. Photo: NurPhoto/SIPA USA/PA Images.

There will be hard times ahead, unless you are a heterosexual, cisgendered, white man. The new interior minister, Matteo Salvini, told undocumented immigrants: “Get ready to pack your bags.” The man now in charge of the families ministry, Lorenzo Fontana, is known for his opposition to sexual and reproductive rights.

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