Franco Grillini

Franco Grillini ( born March 14, 1955 in Pianoro ) is an Italian politician, a psychologist, journalist and LGBT activist.

Life

After his schooling Grillini studied and worked after college as a psychologist and journalist. In the 1970s he went into politics and joined the Italian party Partito di Unità Proletaria. 1985 Grillini ran for the Communist Party of Italy. With the split in the Italian Communist Party itself Grillini joined the party Democratic Party of the Sinistra of ( Democratic Party of the Left ), from the party national leadership Sinistra ( Democrats of the Left) was.

2001 Grillini was chosen for the party national leadership of the Left in the Italian Parliament as an MP in 2006 and re-elected as an MP. 2007 Grillini left his party and first joined the Sinistra Democratica and then the Partito Socialista (today: Partito Socialista Italiano) at. 1990, 1995 and 1999 Grillini had previously been elected to the regional office of the province of Bologna.

Grillini founded in 1987, the organization LILA (Italian League Against AIDS ). In 1997, the organization Grillini LIFF (Italian Families Common Law League), which campaigns for the legal recognition of homosexual couples. On 29 May 1998 Grillini opened the first Italian press agency for ' gay ' News: NOI (Italian Gay News), for many years, he writes articles. Grillini since 1998 Honorary President of the LGBT organization Arcigay, which he had co-founded and was conducted over several years as chairman from 1987 to 1998.