??a???t??? a?t?µet?p?s? t?? ?e??a???? t?? ?d??? f???? ap? t??? ??µ????? ?esµ???
? ??µ?? p?? a?a??????eta? se µ?a ???a pa???e? st??? d?? s??t??f??? s???e???µ??a d??a??µata, ta ?p??a de? ????? ?? a??pa?d??? ? ta ?e?????a p?? ? s??s? t??? de? ?e??e?ta? s??s? ??µ?? ap? t?? ????te?a. ?a d??a??µata a?t? e??a? p???t???, ????????? (p.?. d??a??µa st?? ????es?a) ? ??????µ??? (p.?. ????? f????????? d???s? ?a? ep?st??f? f????). ?p?s??, d?af????? ap? ???a se ???a ?a? e?de??µ???? ?a pe???aµß????? (????? a?t? ?a e??a? apa?a?t?t?) t? d??a??µa st?? ??deµ???a pa?d???, se ???????µ??? d??a??µata, se d??a??µata µeta??ste?s??, s???d???t?s?a?, p???e???s??t?ta?, e?t??es?? t?? ???? p?? ????e? µ?a d?a???? ??p.

?ta? pa?t?e???ta? d?? ?????p?? e?????ta? µe s???e?????? desµ??? t?s? µeta?? t??? ?s? ?a? µe t?? ???????e?e? t???. ??t? t? d??a??µa pa???eta? sta pe??ss?te?a µ??? t?? ??sµ?? µ??? sta ete??f??a ?e?????a µe ap?t??esµa ? s??s? a??µesa se d?? a????p??? t?? ?d??? f???? ?a ?p?ß?ß??eta? ?a? ?a e??aµß??eta? ?p?de?ste?? ? ?at?te??? a??a?. O? e? t??t?? µ?a t?t??a s??s? ste?e?ta? t?? ?p???? ?????????? d??a??µ?t?? p??sf????ta? ap? t? ???t?? ?a? de? e?????µe µ??? ta ????? ? ??µ??? a?a??, a??? t? d??a??µa st?? a????p?? ?a? a???p??pe?a. ?? d??a??µa se µ?a ??? µe p???t?ta. ???? µe a?t? t?? t??p? e??a? sa? ?a ????µe ??a ???t?? d?? ta??t?t?? ?p?? d?a???????ta? ?? p???te? se ?a???? ?a? ????te?? ?a????. ???a???, ???p??, ? lgbt ?????t?ta ??t? t?? a?a?????s? t?? s??se?? t??? ?a? se p???t??? ep?ped? µe ???µ??a p?? de? e??a? se ?aµ?a pe??pt?s? ?p?de?ste?e? t?? ete??f???? ?a? p?? a?????? t?? ?d?a? ??µ????, ?????????? ?a? ?????? p??stas?a?.

?a ?p??a d??a??µata p??sf????ta? µ???? st??µ?? st?? ????da e??a? p??ta µ?sa sta p?a?s?a t?? a????? µe t?? p???p??es? p?? ?? ?esß?e? ?a? ?? ???? pa?aµ????? µ?sa sta ???a a?t?? t?? a?????. ? d?a????s? a?t?? t?? ????? d??a??µ?t?? ???eta? µ?sa ap? t?? ap???t? d?????s? se d?µ?s?? ?a? ?d??t???. ???ad?, ?? ?esß?e? ?a? ?? ???? µp????? ?a e??a? p???te? µ??? a? e??a? ?a??? p???te? ?a? ?? ?a??? p???te? de? f???????, de? a???????, de? apa?t???… ???a? ?atad??asµ???? st? s??p?, p?? s?µa??e? ap?d???, ?a? a?t? e??a? ? ?e???te?? µ??f? ß?a?.

??af??? a??µesa se p???t??? ??µ? ?a? s?µf??? s?µß??s?? (registered partnership)
?? µ??t??? t?? «S?µf???? S?µß??s??» ?e????se ap? t?? S?a?d??aß???? ???e? ?a? e?a?µ????e? ?ts? t? ?????e?e?a?? d??a?? ?ste ?a pa???e? ?s? p??stas?a ?at? t?? d?a???se?? se ?e?????a µe ?µ?e??t??? ?a? ete??e??t??? se???a???? p??sa?at???sµ?, pa?????ta? ?? e? t??t?? ta pe??ss?te?a, a??? ??? ??a, ta d??a??µata t?? p???t???? ??µ?? ?a? se ?e?????a t?? ?d??? f????. ?? s?µf??? s?µß??s?? µp??e? e????a ?a ???e? se ??p??e? pe??pt?se??. ?p?s??, ? ???a?d?a ?a? ???e? ???e? pa?????? t? d??at?t?ta ?a? sta ete??f??a ?e?????a ?a s??????? s?µf??? s?µß??s?? ef?s?? de? ep???µ??? t?? p???t??? ? ???s?e?t??? ??µ?. ?? s?µf??? s?µß??s??, µe pe?????sµ??a d??a??µata, ?s??e? se ?µ?sp??d?a?? ep?ped? se ???e? ?p?? ??st?a??a, ??????, ??a????a, ??a ???a?d?a ?a?ad??, ?a??a (s?µpe???aµßa??µ???? t?? G????a?d?a?), F??a?d?a, Ga???a, Ge?µa??a, ????a??a, ?s?a?d?a, ?s?a??, ?ta??a, ???ß???a, ???t??a??a, ?spa??a ?a? S???d?a. ???µa ?s??e? st? ?e?µ??t ?a? t? ?a??f????a t?? ???, ????? ?µ?? ?a ??e? ?s?? e?t?? a?t??. S?µf??? s?µß??s?? µe pe?????sµ??a d??a??µata ?s??e? ?a? se ???e? ???e? µe t?? p???p??es? p?? µp??e? ?a ap?de??te? p?? t? ?e????? ??e? sta?e?? s??s? ?a? s?µß???e? ??t? ap? t?? ?d?a st???. ?????, a?????? a?a?????s? ?s??e? ?a? st?? ????a??a ?p?? p??sf????ta? ta pe??ss?te?a d??a??µata, e?t?? t?? ????es?a?, µe t?? p???p??es? p?? ap?de????eta? ? s?µß??s? t?? ?e??a????.

??af??? a??µesa se s?µf??? s?µß??s?? ?a? ?????e?e?a?? p???? s?????e?a? (domestic partnership)
???? p?? ???s?µ?p?????ta? s???? e?a??a?t??? a? ?a? t? s?µf??? s?µß??s?? ??e? ?s?? se e?????, d?µ?t??? ?a? t?p??? ep?ped?, ?p?? ?a? ? p???t???? ??µ??, µe t?? p???p??es? p?? t? ?e????? ??e? ?ata??se? ta a?????a ????afa st?? a?t?st???? ??at??? a??? (? ??µa??e??). ?p? p?e???? ?s?? d??a??µ?t?? t?s? t? s?µf??? s?µß??s?? ?s? ?a? ? ?????e?e?a?? p???? s?????e?a? ?p??e?p??ta? t?? p???t???? ??µ??. ? ?????e?e?a?? p???? s?????e?a? e??a? ??t? a?????? t?? s?µf???? s?µß??s?? µe t? d?af??? p?? a?a??????eta? µ??? ap? t?? t?p???? a???? µ?a? p????, p???te?a? ??µ?? ? ap? µ? ??at????? f??e??, p.?. ep??e???se??, ?d??t???? asfa??st???? eta???e? ?a? ???a??sµ??? ?d??t???? d??a???. ?e? ??e? ?s?? se e????? ep?ped? ?a? de? apa?te?ta? p??ta ? e???af? sta µ?t??a ??p??a? d?µ?s?a? ? ??at???? a????. ?p?????? a?? t?? ??sµ? p??e??, ???e? ?a? ???e? t?p???? a???? p?? a?a????????? t?? s??se?? a??µesa se ?t?µa t?? ?d??? f????, a??? a?t? ???eta? s?ed?? p??ta µe µ?t??a p?? ??at??? ?a? ????? ?a ?p???e? ?s?? se ???????? t? ???a. ?? pe??ss?te?e? µ???? st??µ?? pa????? se ast???, ??????µ??? ?a? ????????? ep?ped? p??sf????ta? ap? ?µ?sp??d?a??? ??ße???se??. S???e???µ??a, ? p???te?a t?? ?e?µ??t t?? ??? µp??e? ?a ?p?st????e? ?a? ?esµ??? t?? ?µ?e??t???? s??se??, a??? ? ap?d?s? t?? ?s?? d??a??µ?t?? µe ta ete??f??a ?e?????a e?a?t?ta? ap? t?? ap?f?se?? t?? ?µ?sp??d?a??? ??ß????s?? – ? ?p??a a??e?ta? ?a a?a?????se? s??se?? t?? ?d??? f????. ? ?d??t???? t?µ?a? ? ?? ???a??sµ?? ?d??t???? d??a??? ????? t? d??a??µa ?a pa?????? sta ?esß?a?? ?a? ?µ?f???f??a ?e?????a ??p??e? pa????? – ?? ?p??e? e??a? s?µa?t???? µe t?? ????? ?a? s?µß????? ?????a – a??? ?? pa????? a?t?? de? p??sf????ta? ap? t? ?d?? t? ???t?? ?a? t??? f??e?? t??. ???µa ?a? st?? pe??pt?s? ?p?? ? ??ß????s? µ?a? ???a? p??sf??e? ??????µ???? pa????? ?a? st?? /st??? s??t??f??? t?? p???t?? t??, ?? pa????? a?t?? de? e??a? ?d?e? ap? p?e???? ?s???µ?a? µe a?t?? p?? pa?????ta? µ?s? t?? p???t???? ??µ?? ? t?? s?µf???? s?µß??s??.

????: International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (www.iglhrc.org)