The Minister of Justice, George Floridis, announced the State’s intention to ban surrogacy for men, whether they are in same-sex couples or not.

The reasoning? That “inability to have children,” as provided for in the law, concerns “only women,” disconnecting the right to a family from the essence of equality and inclusion. The proposed regulation seems to pull the rug from under the feet of an entire community, a few months after its greatest institutional victory.

LGBTQI+ organizations speak of an institutional contradiction and a dangerous paradox: a country that allows you to get married, but not to become a parent.

“The State tells you ‘I accept you’ as long as you don’t want to raise a child. It’s like giving you rights in a cheese shop,” says a Rainbow Families activist.

The debate now shifts to the substance of equality. Not as a symbolic right, but as a daily, practical guarantee of freedoms. Whether Parliament ratifies this setback will be a test of whether social progress in Greece is sustainable – or merely decorative.