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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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My work is focused on making videos and podcasts about science and technology topics. I specialize in developing explainatory video formats for mobile viewing, mixing animation and documentary styles. I studied filmmaking and animation at Zurich University of the Arts and began working as a video journalist at SWI swissinfo.ch in 2004. Since then I have specialised in creating different styles of animation for our visual products.

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