of Sardinia being spread to the rest of the state except for the former Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, taking into account the "particular characteristics of those that lived in the south". 1887 - Zanardelli Code of Giuseppe Zanardelli removes all references to the stigmatization of homosexual people across the entire territory of Italy. 1889 – In Italy, homosexuality is legalised in the new Penal Code (effective 1890). 20th century 1919 - Sibilla Aleramo publishes a fictionalized account of her lesbian relationship with writer Cordula "Lina" Poletti in her novel Il Passagio. 1930–1945 - Benito Mussolini's Fascist government institutes the Rocco Code, which does not cover homosexuality. The government punishes male homosexual behaviour with administrative punishment, such as public admonition and confinement; gays were persecuted in the later years of the regime. Under the Italian Social Republic of 1943–45, there was an attempt to criminalise homosexuality; however, the law was never implemented and the Rocco Code survived the Mussolini government. 1968 - After a controversial trial, writer and artist Aldo Bribanti is sentenced to nine years in prison for brainwashing (Italian: plagio) his younger male lover and another man. His lover undergoes shock treatments during 15 months in a mental institution. 1972 - Activist Mariasilvia Spolato became the first woman in Italy to come out in a public square as a lesbian, losing her teaching license as a result. In 1971, Spolato was also a founder of Fuori!, the first homosexual organization in Italy. 1972 - First LGBTQ public protest as activists from Fuori! demonstrate against the categorization of homosexuality as a 'sexual deviance' at the International Congress of Sexology in Sanremo. 1974 - First gay club opened in Florence 1979 - The first Italian Gay Pride Parade takes place in Pisa with about 500 people, as a protest against homophobic violence. 1980 - The first nucleus of what later became Arcigay was formed in Palermo on December 9, 1980 as ARCI Gay. It is later renamed Arcigay, which becomes one of Italy's most prominent LGBT rights organizations. 1998 - A lesbian couple is registered by city officials in Pisa as 'a family' in their list of common-law marriages, causing condemnation by the Vatican. 21st century 2000-2004 2002 - Franco Grillini introduces legislation that would modify article III of the Italian Constitution to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. It is not successful. 2003 - Discrimination on the basis of