By Rachel BadhamA month after a brutal attack left Lorenzo, a young man living in the Italian city of Pescara, needing facial reconstruction, he joined a small demonstration demanding justice.
The attack on Lorenzo came as he was walking with his boyfriend holding a rainbow tote bag, and has highlighted the fact that, alongside the coronavirus pandemic, Italy is facing another social crisis.Since this horrific event, it has been brought to public attention that Italy’s progression towards equal treatment of the LGBTQ+ community has been considerably slower than other European countries.