Activists hail steps to make violence against LGBT people hate crime in Italy.

A protester in Rome carries an LGBT pride placard reading ‘only love can destroy homophobia’. (Photo: Riccardo Antimiani/EPA)

Activists in Italy have hailed a vote in the lower house of parliament to pass a bill that would make violence against LGBT people and disabled people, as well as misogyny, a hate crime.

The bill, which passed successfully despite…