LGBTQ history in Italy

thumb|300px|Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ''Tibullus at Delia's''

Italian fashion designer (1946–1997)

Antinous, also called Antinoös, (; ; – ) was a Greek youth from Bithynia, a favourite and lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Following his premature death before his 20th birthday, Antinous was deified on Hadrian's orders, being worshipped in both the Greek East and Latin West, sometimes as a god () and sometimes merely as a hero ().

German poet (1796-1835)

Grand Duke of Tuscany

last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671-1737)

Duke of Parma (1503-1547)

ancient Greco-Roman drinking cup

Italian noble (1629-1665)

gay and lesbian sexuality in ancient Rome

Italian mystic and nun

Gian Giacomo Caprotti da Oreno, better known as Salaì (1480 – 19 January 1524), was an Italian artist and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci from 1490 to 1518. Salaì entered Leonardo's household at the age of ten. Salai created paintings under the name of Andrea Salaì. He was described as one of Leonardo's students and lifelong companion and servant and was the model for Leonardo's St. John the Baptist, Bacchus, and Angelo incarnato.

charioteer and lover of Roman Emperor Elagabalus (died 222)

Italian activist and politician

Italian writer and gay rights activist (1958–1998)

Great Greece funerary artifact located in Paestum, Italy

cave and archaeological site in Italy

Arcigay is Italy's first and largest worldwide gay organisation. The association was first founded as a local association in Palermo in 1980, then nationally established in Bologna in 1985. The organisation became known throughout Italy for its campaign for civil unions. The President of Arcigay is Natascia Maesi, the first woman leading Arcigay since its creation. The secretary is Gabriele Piazzoni. Franco Grillini, a historical figure and previous president of Arcigay, is now honorary president. From its creation to the present, Arcigay has welcomed the birth of many subsidiary associations

Italian nobleman

Italian photographer and model (1871–1961)

Italian writer (1885-1971)

Italian historian of science

Italian model

Italian journalist and writer (1960-2019)

Etruscan archaic tomb in Tarquinia

servant and favorite of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Gian Gastone de' Medici

Italian actor, poet and improviser (1789-1836)

Italian acticist and writer (1945–2007)

partner of Elagabalus

Italian poet

crime occurred in Italy