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Donatella Versace slams Italian government's anti-gay policies from La Scala stage
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Donatella Versace, right, poses for photographers with Alessandro Zan as they arrive for the CNMI sustainable fashion 2023 awards in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for anti-gay policies in a heart-felt speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni Versace, while receiving a fashion award this weekend. - photo by AP Photo/Antonio Calanni
MILAN (AP) — Donatella Versace slammed the Italian government for what she described as anti-gay policies in a heartfelt and personal speech that referenced her late brother, Gianni Versace, while receiving a fashion award this weekend. “Our government is trying to take away people’s rights to live as they wish," Versace said in a speech Sunday night, citing in particular a government policy that allows only the biological parent in same-sex couples to be officially recognized as the parent. “They are restricting our freedoms,” she said.