Italy's 'summer of homophobia'

Alexander Chancellor is on holiday so his Guardian G2 column has taken an Italian theme this week, but in a fascinating and disturbing section he makes to Italy's 'Summer of Homophobia'. Read the article here. Interestingly the paper copy had a very different headline to the online version ('It's a strange summer in Italy: gay people are under attack on the beach. meanwhile, the natives' English hasn't improved').