sexual orientation in employment is illegal throughout the whole country, in conformity with EU directives. 2004 - Tuscany becomes the first Italian region to ban discrimination against homosexuals in the areas of employment, education, public services, and accommodations. The Berlusconi government challenges the new law in court, asserting that only the central government had the right to pass such a law. The Constitutional Court overturns the provisions regarding accommodations (with respect to private homes and religious institutions), but otherwise upholds most of the legislation. Afterwards, the regions of Liguria (November 2009), Marche (February 2010), Sicily (March 2015), Piedmont (June 2016) , Umbria (April 2017), Emilia-Romagna (July 2019) and Campania (August 2020) enact similar measures. 2005-2009 2004 - A police officer is reportedly fired for cross-dressing in public while off duty. 2006 - The first transgender MP is Vladimir Luxuria, elected as a representative of the Communist Refoundation Party. While she is not reelected, she goes on to be the winner of a popular reality television show called L`Isola dei Famosi. 2006 - Grillini again introduces a proposal to expand anti-discrimination laws, this time adding gender identity as well as sexual orientation. It receives less support than the previous one had. 2007 - On 8 February the government led by Romano Prodi introduces a bill which would grant rights in areas of labour law, inheritance, taxation and health care to same-sex and opposite-sex unregistered partnerships. The bill is never made a priority of the legislature and is eventually dropped when a new Parliament is elected after the Prodi government loses a confidence vote. 2007 -An ad showing a baby wearing a wristband label that says "homosexual" causes controversy. The ads are part of a regional government campaign to combat anti-gay discrimination. 2008 -Danilo Giuffrida is awarded 100,000 euros compensation after having been ordered to re-take his driving test by the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport due to his sexuality; the judge says that the Ministry of Transport is in clear breach of anti-discrimination laws. 2009- The Italian Chamber of Deputies shelves a proposal against homophobic hate-crimes, that would allow increased sentences for violence against homosexuals, approving the preliminary questions moved by Union of the Centre and supported by Lega Nord and The People of Freedom (although 9 deputies, politically near to the President of the Chamber Gianfranco Fini, votes against). The deputy Paola Binetti, who belongs to Democratic Party, has