ISSUES AND CONTROVERSIES MAPPING IN RELATION TO THE SO CALLED“ZAN” BILL (AND BEYOND)

Issues relating to the recognition of discrimination through legislative instruments always give rise to heated debates. They often are—and inevitably—at the basis of ideological clashes. The Bill “Measures to prevent and tackle discrimination and violence on sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and disability” was no exception. The Bill has given rise to meaningful controversies, in relation to which the reasons for ideological-political positioning have not always favored a more detached reflection on the most appropriate legal instruments to pursue the objectives of protection for various subjects exposed to discrimination and violence and, in doing so, had the effect of making them more vulnerable than others in social contexts.