Marie DigoixSocial historian at INED (French Institute for Demographic Studies) in the Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities Research Unit. Graduate from Sorbonne University in Humanities (Scandinavian civilisation) and History (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO). Her research focuses on the evolution of family law in the Nordic countries, including gender and sexual equality, family relationships and intimate life in Iceland. She is/has been the coordinator of the historians’ network of “States regulation of intimate life” and various projects regarding Sexual orientation, individuals and the family.

• Chapter 1. Introduction - LGBTI questions and the family (Marie Digoix).- Chapter 2. What first, what later? Patterns in the legal recognition of same-sex partners in European countries (Kees Waaldijk).- Chapter 3. Same-sex couples and their legalization in Europe: Laws and numbers (Clara Cortina & Patrick Festy).- Chapter 4. Same sex parents negotiating the law in Italy: between claims of recognition and practices of exclusion (Marina Franchi & Giulia Selmi).- Chapter 5. Same sex families challenging norms and the law in France (Matthias Thibeaud).- Chapter 6. LGBT desires in family land: parenting, from social acceptance to social pressure in Iceland (Marie Digoix).- Chapter 7. Postface - After legal recognition (Wilfired Rault).

Marie DigoixSocial historian at INED (French Institute for Demographic Studies) in the Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities Research Unit. Graduate from Sorbonne University in Humanities (Scandinavian civilisation) and History (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO). Her research focuses on the evolution of family law in the Nordic countries, including gender and sexual equality, family relationships and intimate life in Iceland. She is/has been the coordinator of the historians’ network of “States regulation of intimate life” and various projects regarding Sexual orientation, individuals and the family.

• Chapter 1. Introduction - LGBTI questions and the family (Marie Digoix).- Chapter 2. What first, what later? Patterns in the legal recognition of same-sex partners in European countries (Kees Waaldijk).- Chapter 3. Same-sex couples and their legalization in Europe: Laws and numbers (Clara Cortina & Patrick Festy).- Chapter 4. Same sex parents negotiating the law in Italy: between claims of recognition and practices of exclusion (Marina Franchi & Giulia Selmi).- Chapter 5. Same sex families challenging norms and the law in France (Matthias Thibeaud).- Chapter 6. LGBT desires in family land: parenting, from social acceptance to social pressure in Iceland (Marie Digoix).- Chapter 7. Postface - After legal recognition (Wilfired Rault).

Marie DigoixSocial historian at INED (French Institute for Demographic Studies) in the Gender, Sexuality and Inequalities Research Unit. Graduate from Sorbonne University in Humanities (Scandinavian civilisation) and History (National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO). Her research focuses on the evolution of family law in the Nordic countries, including gender and sexual equality, family relationships and intimate life in Iceland. She is/has been the coordinator of the historians’ network of “States regulation of intimate life” and various projects regarding Sexual orientation, individuals and the family.

• Chapter 1. Introduction - LGBTI questions and the family (Marie Digoix).- Chapter 2. What first, what later? Patterns in the legal recognition of same-sex partners in European countries (Kees Waaldijk).- Chapter 3. Same-sex couples and their legalization in Europe: Laws and numbers (Clara Cortina & Patrick Festy).- Chapter 4. Same sex parents negotiating the law in Italy: between claims of recognition and practices of exclusion (Marina Franchi & Giulia Selmi).- Chapter 5. Same sex families challenging norms and the law in France (Matthias Thibeaud).- Chapter 6. LGBT desires in family land: parenting, from social acceptance to social pressure in Iceland (Marie Digoix).- Chapter 7. Postface - After legal recognition (Wilfired Rault).