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How same-sex couples see their legal unions

Five years ago a new law made civil partnerships for homosexuals possible. Sam and Michael in Bern and Sara and Eva in Zurich are two couples who made use of their new rights. They spoke to swissinfo.ch about how this has changed their lives and what improvements they would like to see. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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A documentary and animation filmmaker from Bern, Michele studied film at Zurich University of the Arts. He's been a swissinfo.ch video journalist since 2004 and has a special interest in developing new video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles.

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