Dolce and Gabbana’s controversial view regarding same sex parenting and IVF in particular sparked outrage, resulting into a call by boycott by Elton John and other celebrities. Seemingly, it was not only the celebrities who got offended, even the brand’s own magazine director Guiliano Federico quit his post because of the duo’s personal convictions.

Dolce and Gabbana’s magazine director took to his Facebook to announce that he would resign from his job at Swide.com, the company’s online magazine, because he cannot take his bosses’ views, even though he loved his work tremendously. The director claimed that everyone should make their little sacrifices to make a great change possible.

On his lengthy Facebook post, Federico first talks of what he likes about his job, signaling how big of a sacrifice he is doing to leave it. “Over the last years, together with the editorial team and many independent contributors from all over the world, we've been telling tales from the past and the present about Italians and Italy, following the extraordinary way of Stefano and Domenico in making the Italian culture and traditions a pop statement,” he explained.

Federico however, claims that the comments made by the designers to the Panorama magazine, where they emphasized that IVF babies are “synthetic” and the only family is the “traditional one,” were completely conflicting with his own personal beliefs and made it impossible for him to continue working for the brand. “Recent personal opinions expressed by the two designers in the interview for Panorama magazine regarding the idea of family and the way human beings can create their own families, values that are central in the public Italian political debate, are in total conflict with my personal beliefs and with my commitments towards civil rights in my country,” he wrote. He explained that his commitments towards civil rights in Italy led to this sacrifice.

He also asserted his love for Italy and its culture, but claimed more changes toward equality for children and citizens can be made. "I'm proud of being Italian, proud of our past and traditions, but I believe that Italy can look at a more modern and equal future for our citizens and children," he wrote.

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