Gay Life Albania is Determed and Courageo; an Interview Tirana - GlobalGayz

Contents:

• GAY LIFE ALBANIA
• ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL
• GAY LIFE ALBANIA IS DETERMED AND COURAGEO; AN INTERVIEW TIRANA
• GAY COUPLE ALBANIA EY STRASBOURG BATTLE OVER PARENTAL RIGHTS
• ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023
• MACHO-MD ALBANIA TO BREAK GAY MARRIAGE TABOO
• ALBANIA BE THIRD EUROPEAN UNTRY TO BAN GAY ‘NVERSN THERAPY’
• GAY MARRIAGE

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 intyConversn 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? 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.

ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL

(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. (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’.

GAY LIFE ALBANIA IS DETERMED AND COURAGEO; AN INTERVIEW TIRANA

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.

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. 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 COUPLE ALBANIA EY STRASBOURG BATTLE OVER PARENTAL RIGHTS

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.

ALBANIA GAY TRAVEL - LGBT RMATN AUGT 2023

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. 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.

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.

MACHO-MD ALBANIA TO BREAK GAY MARRIAGE TABOO

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. 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. 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.

Speakg excellent English, Enida said Gay Pri Albania is small but on the move wh Alliance Agast Discrimatn and Pk Embassy (PE) both formed 2009 when the first events for IDAHO (Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia) took place Albania.

ALBANIA BE THIRD EUROPEAN UNTRY TO BAN GAY ‘NVERSN THERAPY’

Ct bee when the first public announcement was ma about PE beg supported by CRCAL the lol prs, wh ltle or no experience of reportg on LGBT issu, sensatnalized and exaggerated as a Gay Pri Ftival happeng.

Obvly this fluenced negative attus a general way for the better but still up agast the onle world of homophobia spread by numero live anti-gay groups and other homophobic eastern Europe untri onle (a legacy of the Soviet years that still today clgs to strong anti-gay attus persecutg and harassg LGBT activists who try to brg human and gay rights forward). The Unn’s legal statut and ethil standards clearly forbid discrimatn agast any mori, cludg gays, which rankl ristant hardre tradnalists who n only thk of same-sex attractn through age-old scriptural prohibns. Enida went on to say that bee of the immatury of both PE onle and lack of healthy LGBT role mols, many youth thk beg gay means lookg for sex cludg lookg for foreign ‘sugar daddi’ to support them.

GAY MARRIAGE

The first gay ‘ftival’ for 2012 was actually a formal walk to the state ombudsman’s office for human rights to officially requt brgg a Rabow Flag to the Prime Mister’s office–a ‘flag para’, if you will.

Subsequent to the publishg of accurate and biased reportage the US embassy sponsored a sensivy trag for the media to teach them about homosexualy and rponsible unbiased reportg. Prr to this, 2010 PE filed an official plat wh the anti-discrimatn missn agast a homophobic parliament member who clared publicly that homosexualy was a disease that should be treated wh hormon.

(e-mail:) Alean Kunr Diskrimim te LGBT, sce may 2009, has been an anizatn of straight, gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people, more broadly based than PE, who stand agast discrimatn on the basis of sexual orientatn and genr inty. Events for the annual IDAHO day clu: a photo exhib of gay life; a rock ncert; a documentary film showg; tnal semars; public leaflets and posters offered public plac; and a A 30-send TV spot broadst support of LGBT rights featurg Albanian activists, artists, journalists and public officials. Her spoken English was excellent as she scribed Albania as generally not tolerant of homosexualy yet whout the malice and vlence seen elsewhere the Balkans.