Rainbow families

A cura di 3/3

Martina and Delfina live between Italy and Spain, where they got married in 2009. In Spain their union is legally recognized.

Lia and Andrea, Franco’s and Tommaso’s children, were born thanks to a surrogacy agreement. Nancy, their surrogate, is Californian. After the babies' birth she was the best man at their daddies' wedding ceremony.
Since Italian law allows neither homosexual weddings nor common-law marriages, Sonia and Ilaria have chosen to sign a cohabitation agreement. They got legal support from Rainbow Families, the association that brings together Italian gay and lesbian families and fights for their rights.
Eleonora Calvelli’s Rainbow Families project, started in 2008, recounts the stories of ten Italian gay/lesbian families and their children. Italian law recognizes neither homosexual unions nor the family ties between the child and his or her non-biological parent.

Biography

Eleonora Calvelli attended the Scuola Romana di Fotografia. In 2008 she exhibited at FotoGrafia - International Festival of Romeand at China Pingyao International Photography Festival. In 2009 was among the finalists of Lucca Digital Photo Contest. She exhibited at the Rush Arts Gallery in New York. She published her photos in “Il cammino della via Francigena” (Zoneattive Edizioni), “Pastori, una indagine nel territorio laziale” (Punctum). She is one of the founders of the collective [nove] Photography.