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As if there weren’t enough stereotypes flying around about gay people, today I discovered a new one. Recently in Italy 26 year-old Danilo Giuffrida was forced to retake his driving test or have his license withdrawn due to his apparent “sexual identity disturbance”.

Giuffrida agreed to re-take his test, passed it for a second time, but the ministry renewed his licence for just one year rather than the usual 10 years because of his homosexuality.

The judge ruling on the case in Catania, on the southern island of Sicily, said the actions of the defence and transport ministries showed “evident sexual discrimination” against Giuffrida and ran counter to his constitutional rights.

Honestly, what exactly about being gay would cause someone problems with driving? It is a stick shift thing? Is it a plan to make gay people straight by denying them the ability to drive to gay bars? I don’t get it. At any rate the court ordered the transport ministry to pay Giuffrida 10,000 Euros in damages.