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Italy: gay driver´s licence are ok

by rahul | July 12, 2008 at 11:36 pm | 291 views | 5 comments

As some countries have agreed to allow gay marriages, discrimination can still take place around. Whether it is black, gender, sexual orientation or ethnical origin, action must be taken to counteract discrimination. A recent case in Italy illustrates an affirmative ending. A court ordered hansome compensation for a man obliged to re take a driving test for beeing gay.

Italian wins gay driving ban case

An Italian court has ordered the government to pay 100,000 euros ($157,700) to a man who had to retake his driving test because he was gay.
Danilo Giuffrida, now 26, told doctors he was homosexual during a medical examination for military service.
The information was passed to the defence and transport ministries.
Mr Giuffrida was told to repeat his driving test or have his licence suspended because of his "sexual identity disturbance".
Mr Giuffrida passed his test for the second time but his licence was renewed for just one year rather than the usual 10 years because of his homosexuality. A court in Catania, Sicily, ordered the ministries to pay damages on the basis that Mr Giuffrida's constitutional rights had been breached and that homosexuality could not be considered a "mental illness". The judge said the actions of the ministries showed "evident sexual discrimination". Mr Giuffrida welcomed the sentence as "a step forwards for civil rights."

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azzayindia

at 23:55 on July 12th, 2008

good stuff:

rahul, I like this story. It's good stuff.

rahul

at 23:59 on July 12th, 2008

Thanks

amyjudd

at 00:10 on July 13th, 2008

He should have been given compensation - I'm glad he got some. That is terrible...

jordan

at 10:11 on July 13th, 2008

good stuff:

rahul, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Bert (not verified)

at 15:15 on August 24th, 2008

First let me say the person or persons at the transport ministry who made this decision should be given a no-advance job or let go. Second, what happened is 1,000% wrong.

Yet, part of me is hoping the ministry keeps giving him an one year license so he can keep winning court cases and getting 100,000 euros per year for life!

Also IMHO either the transportation minister or the prime minister should apologize to him and in public.