Across the Wtern Balkans, Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Intersex (LGBTI) people are fightg for their rights to lead a normal life. While there have been laws and measur passed to crimalize discrimatn, vlent acts and hate speech based on Sexual Orientatn and Genr Inty (SOGI), there is much more that needs to be done orr to achieve full regnn and equaly.
Contents:
- EJA BISEDO ME MUA Në DHOMëN #GAYALBANIA
- GAY LIFE ALBANIA
- ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL
- GAY COUPLE ALBANIA EY STRASBOURG BATTLE OVER PARENTAL RIGHTS
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY
- ALBANIA BE THIRD EUROPEAN UNTRY TO BAN GAY ‘NVERSN THERAPY’
- MACHO-MD ALBANIA TO BREAK GAY MARRIAGE TABOO
EJA BISEDO ME MUA Në DHOMëN #GAYALBANIA
Tani jam jam onle në dhomën #GayAlbania, eja të bisedojmë dhe të njihemi. Gjhashtu në dhomë ka edhe djem të tjerë nga Tirana, Vlora, Fieri, Shkodra, Prishta, Gjakova dhe më gjerë. Kliko më poshtë dhe futu në dhomë. Nëse n funksnon provo dhomën tjetër: * gay albania biseda *
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.
GAY LIFE ALBANIA
Albania has approved an all clive anti-discrimatn law 2010. But gays still face tolerance, physil and psychologil vlence. * gay albania biseda *
(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.
ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL
LGBT Rights Albania: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * gay albania biseda *
But the Prime MInister has nmned the homophobic attus and statements sayg, “They were “unacceptable” and “an excs.
GAY COUPLE ALBANIA EY STRASBOURG BATTLE OVER PARENTAL RIGHTS
Albania’s emerald and sapphire water, geo astal ci, Ottoman s and towerg mounta rang will wow you on a Gay Tour wh Out Adventur. * gay albania biseda *
(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’.
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.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER MUNY
A gay uple Albania girds for a long legal fight for the right to register both women as parents of their young tws. * gay albania biseda *
[In Febary 2010, the Parliament of Albania unanimoly approved an all clive anti-discrimatn law which bans discrimatn on the grounds of var characteristics, cludg sexual orientatn and genr inty… “But attus toward homosexualy have not changed much, and they have to protect themselv.
In the past the majory of homosexuals leavg the untry tend to pass through the illegal smugglg rout that were such a faiar feature of the Balkans durg the 1990s.
There are gay and lbian clubs all over the world, even Arab untri which are historilly more tradnal than ours, and yet here we live fear” says S.
ALBANIA BE THIRD EUROPEAN UNTRY TO BAN GAY ‘NVERSN THERAPY’
Lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny (LGBTQ muny), any untry, regn, cy, or other loly, a group of persons who intify as lbian, gay ( the narrow sense of beg a male who is sexually or romantilly attracted to other mal), bisexual, transgenr, or * gay albania biseda *
Human rights reports on Albania nce that graed attus among the public leave Albanian gays and lbians on the g of society. Acrdg to AHRG, Albanian homosexuals face “tolerance, physil and psychologil vlence – often om the police – and discrimatn the workplace. “When I was 15 one of the guys who I n not name found out that I was gay and he tried to raped me twice wh another guy.
If my fay know that I am gay first my brothers would try and kill me and I know I will no longer have a fay.
MACHO-MD ALBANIA TO BREAK GAY MARRIAGE TABOO
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. The legislature should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. The 58-page report, “‘They Can Harass Us Bee of the Laws’: Vlence and Discrimatn agast LGBT People Sat Vcent and the Grenad,” expos the physil and verbal asslts, fay vlence, homelsns, workplace harassment, bullyg, and sexual vlence that sexual and genr mori face unr the shadow of discrimatory laws. Those rponsible for mistreatment clu people close to LGBT people – fay members, neighbors, workers, classmat, and teachers – as well as strangers and police officers. * gay albania biseda *
I have a number of gay iends, and each time I vis my untry Kosovo, all of my iends thk is strange to associate wh gays and lbians. Legal actn: In December 2010, the Deputy Commissn for Labour, Social Affairs and Health, Tran Shehu, clared that “homosexualy should be treated by medil staff as hormonal disorr, as well as psychologil”. Shehu should avoid discrimatory remarks the future, which e an atmosphere of tensn and uniendls towards the LGBT [Lbian Gay Bisexual Transgenr] muny Albania.
Gay-Straight Alliance Agast Discrimatn is an Albanian non-ernmental anizatn that envisns a ee, open and equal Albanian society that embrac diversy and is clive of people of all sexual orientatns and genr inti. To achieve this visn, Alean striv to support and empower a visible and clive lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny while creasg public unrstandg, tn, and awarens of issu of sexual orientatn and genr inty.