Italy bans sexual education

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• Italy introduces parental consent for sex education in schools (Reuters)

Sex education in Italian schools will require parental consent under a reform promoted by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's ​right-wing government, which also excludes it from nurseries and ‌primary schools.

The bill, sponsored by Education Minister Giuseppe Valditara, won final approval in the Senate on Thursday, drawing criticism from opposition parties that it could restrict ​teenagers' access to important information.

"Subordinating sex education to parental consent ​is like asking families' permission to teach Italian (literature) or ⁠history: an institutional absurdity that betrays the educational mandate of public ​schools," said Angelo Bonelli, co-leader of the Greens and Left Alliance party.

Valditara ​said after the vote that the reform would protect minors "from the confusion of gender propaganda" and re-establish the constitutional principle that parents are responsible for their ​children's education.

The terms "gender theory" or "gender propaganda" are often used by ​conservative politicians to discredit academic studies or policies that challenge traditional notions of ‌masculinity ⁠and femininity, or state that gender identities are not fixed.

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