Words can be walls or bridges: they can create distance or help the understanding of problems. Journalists can be protagonists of a narrative that reduces the risk of discrimination, but how should th...
Delia Vaccarello
Delia Vaccarello, journalist and author, writes on politics, culture, and current affairs for the Italian daily l'Unità. She conceived and wrote the column Liberi tutti against prejudice based on sexual orientation and gender identity receiving, among others, two awards from the European Commission related to the campaign For Diversity Against Discrimination. She has been engaged in anti-homophobia projects and has carried out training in journalism schools in the context of action against discrimination promoted by the Council of Europe. She is the author of several books and the editor of seven short story Principesse azzurre collections. Her latest book is Evviva la neve, vite di trans e transgender, a 360-degree narrative inquiry into transsexual life, still largely a taboo in Italy.
How does the Italian media in general deal with the LGBT issue? What, if any, are the differences between LGBT media treatment in Italy and in other European countries? And to what degree does the w...
