Gay Life Albania

Contents:

• BT GAY IENDLY BAR TIRANA - BUNKER 1944
• GAY LIFE ALBANIA
• GAY LIFE ALBANIA
• GAY LIFE ALBANIA
• GAY LIFE ALBANIA
• GAY CLUB TIRANA
• GAY DIS TIRANA
• GAY IENDLY? - TIRANA FOM
• GAY BAR TIRANA
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TIRANA REGN
• GAY TIRANA
• BT GAY IENDLY BAR TIRANA - BUNKER 1944
• BUDVA GAY TRAVEL
• GAY HOTSPOT TIRANA

BT GAY IENDLY BAR TIRANA - BUNKER 1944

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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 crimalized homosexualy 1995. 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.

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(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. (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’.

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“Could I tell my mother that I am gay? (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. 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.

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L., a member of the Albanian Gay and Lbian Associatn, ALGA. 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.

Acrdg to AHRG, Albanian homosexuals face “tolerance, physil and psychologil vlence – often om the police – and discrimatn the workplace. (end of Gays Whout Borrs report 2007).

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(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. “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.

GAY DIS TIRANA

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.

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Gay Organizatns.

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Homophobia may be fought and won through rmative work and posive exampl.

Pk Embassy aims to strengthen the posn of gay muny livg there. 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”.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TIRANA REGN

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. 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. 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.

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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. Also see this You Tube vio about homophobia Albania.

Some Albanian Gay History. Gay rourc for Albania. -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.

BT GAY IENDLY BAR TIRANA - BUNKER 1944

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you've been told that there's no gay people Albania, well that people. that don't have any gay bar around (b).

(diss, pubs, snas or movie theaters for gay people) or at least one gay.

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GAY HOTSPOT TIRANA

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