Homophobia Albania | Gays Whout Borrs

Contents:

• GAY LIFE ALBANIA
• GAY LIFE ALBANIA IS DETERMED AND COURAGEO; AN INTERVIEW TIRANA
• HANGG OUT GAY ALBANIA – THE NOMADIC BOYS
• ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL
• BEG GAY ALBANIA: ‘KNOWG YOUR WORTH MAK EASIER’
• GAY LIFE, BEACH ALBANIA - ALBANIA FOM
• GAYLIFE ALBANIA - ALBANIA FOM
• ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
• GAYS WHOUT BORRS
• GAY TIRANA
• GAY ALBANIA NEWS & REPORTS

GAY LIFE ALBANIA

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.

There was no gay pri march Tirana, the pal cy of Albania, 2010. 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.

GAY LIFE ALBANIA IS DETERMED AND COURAGEO; AN INTERVIEW TIRANA

(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. [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.

HANGG OUT GAY ALBANIA – THE NOMADIC BOYS

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.

ALGA and AHGR have been tryg to brg to the public’s attentn the treatment of homosexuals Albania. Human rights reports on Albania nce that graed attus among the public leave Albanian gays and lbians on the g of society.

ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL

Acrdg to AHRG, Albanian homosexuals face “tolerance, physil and psychologil vlence – often om the police – and discrimatn the workplace.

(1) A young lbian posted this lament: “I’m 16 years old and gay. It’s difficult to be openly gay Albania, Tirana ’s a paradise beg gay pared to the other ci of the untry.

BEG GAY ALBANIA: ‘KNOWG YOUR WORTH MAK EASIER’

“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.

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.

GAY LIFE, BEACH ALBANIA - ALBANIA FOM

Homophobia may be fought and won through rmative work and posive exampl. 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. The onle group participants are people who are livg both si and outsi Albania, are gay and straight, many of whom may never e to a formal meetg of the anizatn, but all of whom support the ia of an Albania where all people, regardls of sexual orientatn or genr inty, n live eely.

GAYLIFE ALBANIA - ALBANIA FOM

Alean’s first llaborative events were the activi surroundg the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia 2009. Alean’s ongog programs revolve around a three-pronged approach of buildg and empowerg muny, public tn and advocy, and creatg visibily for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr issu.

ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023

Activi of Alean have clud regular lectur on sexual orientatn and genr inty universy classrooms and at human rights events; equent and well-attend social events signed to build muny; public tn and visibily activi; and discsn groups where muny members n discs issu related to beg lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr Albania.

GAYS WHOUT BORRS

Given the importance of media shapg public opn and perceptn, Alean has participated a variety of prt, rad and televisn terviews and discsns, while also regnizg the need for dividual Albanians who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr to ci their personal level of fort wh disclosg their inti. -Gay-Straight Alliance Agast Discrimatn: -Gay Pri Inx-Europe: -Pk Embassy: -Gay Albania Society: -Polil -Gay Albania Facebook: Albania Gay Boyz: -Gay Albania: -Gays Whout Borrs: -Gay Albanians Topix: HIV-AIDS: Also see: GlobalGayz Albania News & Reports. A 2021 report by ILGA gay rights anisatn, which brg together over 600 groups om 54 untri Europe and Central Asia, said that discrimatn agast the LGBT populatn Albania had creased sce the start of the COVID-19 panmic.

GAY TIRANA

The pal cy is Tirana wh a most populatn of jt over 400, 000 cizens and is sentially the geographic extent of gay efforts at the prent time.

GAY ALBANIA NEWS & REPORTS

It should be noted that gaydar gets ‘jammed’ this culture as men are not aaid to look at each other and touch and hold one another as iends; many do not shy away om eye ntact. The untry general is not aggrsively homophobic like Serbia yet neher is very tolerant.

There is only slight rmatn and awarens about homosexualy the untry, pecially for middle-age and olr people who grew up unr the reprsive regime of Enver Hoxha (1908-1985; power 1944-85) who clamped a reprsive munist hold on every aspect of life here for more than 40 years.

One man I spoke wh reflected that Albania 2012 was “50-50” for and agast homosexualy.