Chapter 1Introduction - LGBTI questionsMarie DigoixChapter 2What first, what later? Patterns in the legal recognition of same-sex partners in European countriesKees WaaldijkChapter 3Same-sex couples and their legalization in Europe: Laws and numbersClara Cortina & Patrick FestyChapter 4Same sex parents negotiating the law in Italy: between claims of recognition and practices of exclusionMarina Franchi & Giulia SelmiChapter 5Same sex families challenging norms and the law in FranceMatthias ThibeaudChapter 6.LGBT desires in family land: parenting, from social acceptance to social pressure in IcelandMarie DigoixChapter 7Postface - After legal recognition Wilfired RaultAfter legal recognition Wilfried RaultAfter legal recognition Wilfried Rault