'We're not hidg': Gay and lbian Rsians say a cultural shift is unrway

Contents:

• GAY LIFE ALBANIA
• 'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY
• LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR AGG

GAY LIFE ALBANIA

Gay Marriage⚭✖ UnregnizedCensorship✔ No censorshipNon-bary genr regnn✖ Not legally regnizedEmployment Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyHog Discrimatn✔ Sexual orientatn and genr intyMilary✖ Lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people bannedConversn Therapy✔ Banned. LGBT hog discrimatn Albania is sexual orientatn and genr orientatn and genr inty Albania gay rights groups open first LGBTI shelter Balkan regn Same-sex adoptn Albania?

'WE'RE NOT HIDG': GAY AND LBIAN RSIANS SAY A CULTURAL SHIFT IS UNRWAY

Servg openly ary Albania is lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people banned. Current statSce May 7, 2013Lbians, gays, bisexuals permted, transgenr people banned Hate crime law allows LGBTQ+ dividuals to serve openly whout discrimatn the ary however transgenrs aren't. Current issu ncerng human rights Albania clu domtic vlence, isolated s of torture, and police btaly, the general ndn of prisons, human and sex traffickg and gay rights.

However, tradnal homophobic attus force Albanian gays and lbians to secrecy and toward the g of society. (1) A gay traveler Albania posted this ment on the Lonely Pla Gay Thorn Tree fom: “Albania is overwhelmgly Islam so beg gay is not exactly an open and accepted thg. (2) Acrdg to Gay Pri Inx, Albania a gay Pri march is legal, but not socially possible bee Albanian society is very tolerant of homosexualy.

LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR AGG

In 2012, another attempt has been ma to hold a gay Pri march and ftival the pal cy.

But the Prime MInister has nmned the homophobic attus and statements sayg, “They were “unacceptable” and “an excs. (3) On the webse Gays Whout Borrs this report was posted 2007 but is still valid 2012: ‘Homosexuals Face Ltle Choice But to Leave Albania or Put Up Wh Deep-rooted Homophobia’.

(image right: “I’m gay and n be anyone; son, brother, father, grandson, iend, your lleague; I n view them”). Repeated s the past have tght the homosexual muny that, a tradnal society like Albania, gog public wh their sexual orientatn means losg their jobs, riskg threats and possible rejectn by their fai. Though the Albanian Parliament legalized homosexual relatnships 1995, more than a later, gays and lbians are still heavily stigmatized, and a majory of them are choosg to leave, amidst fears that if their sexual orientatn is disvered, their safety will be endangered.