<![CDATA[Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing]]>Gay Couple Arrested For Kissing At Rome's Coliseum

by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff

Posted: July 28, 2007 - 9:00 am ET

(Rome) Two gay men have been charged with "lewd conduct" for kissing in front of the Coliseum in Rome.

The pair were rushed into a police car and taken to a police station where they were held for several hours. Eventually they were issued a summons to appear in court and released.

If convicted the pair could be sentenced up to two years in prison.

The incident has sparked a public outcry in Italy.

Italian LGBT civil rights group Arcigay called it an outrage and accused the police of homophobia.

Police deny the accusation, but were unable to provide evidence that any opposite-sex couple had ever been arrested for a similar kiss at the famed tourist spot.

Italy's Health Minister Livia Turco called the arrests a national embarrassment.

Vladimir Luxuria, a Communist politician and Italy's first transsexual lawmaker said she would raise the issue in Parliament.

"It's worrying that a gesture of affection is considered a crime," she told La Repubblica daily. "It's absurd that two young people who love each other should spend the night in a police station without having done anything obscene."

Both Arcigay and Turco have demanded the charges be dropped and that police issue an apology to the two men, aged 28 and 27.

Meanwhile, Arcigay has called for a "national gay kiss-in" at the Coliseum on August 2

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/topic/321/gay-couple-arrested-in-rome-for-kissingRSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 15:27:11 GMTThu, 02 Aug 2007 10:28:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:20:16 GMT]]>@Mayfair:

I must agree, this is clearly a homophbic attack

Nonsense !  As long as we dont know how they really behaved and acted , we cant consider this as a homophobic attack .

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/55357https://community.gaytor.rent/post/55357Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:20:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:24:13 GMT]]>**HHmmmm. now it was Greece waaayyy back when who had 11-16 year old boys as their "Apprentices" or what have you… can we think for a minute what is fact about what took place in these scenarios...? It seems this part of the world is going in the opposite direction. How weird.

2 Years in Jail for this just completely boggles my mind. Let's break it down:

[SITUATION] Impact on the community and those surrounding you

2 Guys kissing = hhmmm other than if Children are around uhm… Love?
[fact]Drug Lord = Contributing to the decay of Global Populations
Serial Killer = Self Explanatory

POP QUIZ: Which one has the most negative impact?

😞 Who the hell is running this world?**

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/55343https://community.gaytor.rent/post/55343Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:24:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:13:44 GMT]]>well it seems a bit odd
the collossium and the circus maximus have been well known gay cruising grounds for centuries.

I do know that Rome went on a campaign to clean up it's decaying monuments in recent years and there was a film made mouring the loss of the trannie and gay subculture that had existed in these ruined and overgrown sites for eternity.

So i suspect that the arrest is part of an enforcement of change coupled with a tention between the present hard nosed ultra rightwing pope and the forces of gay liberation that threaten to do to the catholic church what has happened to the Anglican church.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54680https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54680Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:13:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:13:24 GMT]]>Gents,
don't forget here in Italy we have the Pope… Living within is a tough task for everybody. Here's a simple and clear demonstration of the silliest attitude policemen can assume when led from religion.

As a matter of fact... We are in the XXI century and still religion WOULD like to rule...

No more words...

Nice68.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54242https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54242Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:13:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:38:06 GMT]]>I distinctly remember the first time I was in Rome seeing a couple kissing passionately, and it seemed rather sweet, like all those ideas about Italy and romance were true.  This news is deeply depressing.  Not only should they be released, but an apology should be made.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54043https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54043Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:38:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:50:32 GMT]]>I must agree, this is clearly a homophbic attack.

I dont exactly throw up my breakfast when I see st8 ppl kissing!

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54039https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54039Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:50:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:08:25 GMT]]>That's a bunch of bull, straight couples can kiss in public!

If you can't call that a case of two policemen being Homophobia, then I don't know what else to call it!

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54014https://community.gaytor.rent/post/54014Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:08:08 GMT]]>I am now officially ashamed to be Italian! 😮 😕 😞

Though lets not ruin it for everyone! 😉 Bologna is a much more Gay friendly city! 🙂 I should know! 🙂

(never been arrested for kissing in public….. as of yet at least! )

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/52604https://community.gaytor.rent/post/52604Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:08:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:42:37 GMT]]>@wnsyipsp:

A Communist is pushing for more civil liberties? Don't make me laugh!

Don't think that communism is horrible and evil. There's worst.

Kissing in public - 2 years in jail… Amazing.

Raping children, murders, drugs, etc come out in less time...

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/52563https://community.gaytor.rent/post/52563Tue, 07 Aug 2007 04:42:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:12:58 GMT]]>A Communist is pushing for more civil liberties? Don't make me laugh!

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/52562https://community.gaytor.rent/post/52562Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:12:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gay Couple arrested in Rome for Kissing on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:29:41 GMT]]>2 years in prison for same sex kissing? WTF?!

I'm staying away from Italy.

]]>https://community.gaytor.rent/post/52472https://community.gaytor.rent/post/52472Thu, 02 Aug 2007 10:29:41 GMT