For Flamur and his gay partner, eedom is rtricted to the four walls of a Prista apartment. Only behd lock and key n they be themselv while the ultra-nservative society outsi still brands…
Contents:
- GAY LIFE KOSOVO
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS POLSKO KOSOVO
- GAY KOSOVARS FLIRT WH DANGER
- THE 10 GAYEST CI IN AMERI FOR 2020
- EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS Бяла черква
- 70 COUNTRI WHERE IT'S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
GAY LIFE KOSOVO
Kosovo has had a difficult time beg a natn and velopg "Gay Life Kosovo" has been even harr. * gay places kosovo *
To appreciate the impact, pare that ary and polil upheaval wh the ments om a gay male partner livg Europe: “My partner life is om Kosovo, and we know what gay life is all about Kosovo.
Fay ti mean a lot to anybody there, but if you tell your fay that you are gay n easily mean, that you will loose all your fay and iends. To add more to this dntg scene, nsir that the draft nstutn of of Kosovo was unr attack om Roman Catholic polil anizatns who fought agast any effort to protect gay people om discrimatn. Although Kosovo has among Europe’s most progrsive anti-discrimatn laws public attus ntue to be very homophobic and is unclear and uncerta to what extent the anti-discrimatn law is applied.
In 2007, a gay man om Kosovo was granted polil asylum the Uned Stat after prentg evince of repeated beatgs and harassment.
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In 2011 there was some effort to open the first gay bar the center of Prista soon closed soon due to media exposure and harmful ments om people. That said, Charl and Fred report on their blog, “ Prista there is a big gay muny and many gay iendly plac you n go and feel ee; you jt need to ask the right persons for more .
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Wh the Albanian ernment’s latt proposal for legalisg same-sex marriag, and gay pri ncelled Belgra this weekend, gay rights have bee a hot topic across the Balkans. As far as gay rights are ncerned, Krasniqi said that “the ernment supports the law agast discrimatn, which clus discrimatn agast them”. However, Arber Nuhiu om the human rights anisatn Elysium, which protects the rights of Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr dividuals, told Balkan Insight that spe the law agast discrimatn, many gay men and lbians face abe and prejudice.
This abpt openg and closure of a pneerg gay-iendly venue Prista has highlighted the embattled stat of this margalised muny.
The media furor surroundg the rapid openg and closure of Kosovo’s first gay bar has exposed the prer posn of the gay muny this eply nservative, maly Albanian land. The Pure Pure Club briefly h the limelight September when an onle news portal revealed that was beg advertised on a popular gay webse as “Prista’s first gay iendly bar”.
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But the venue closed soon after this unwanted publicy and is now beg renovated unr a new name, leavg Kosovo’s beleaguered gay muny feelg more isolated than ever. But while the trendy youngsters dream of visa liberalizatn and of easier travel to the EU, young gays Kosovo have nowhere to go out and share dreams wh potential iends and partners. Most homosexuals Kosovo meet each other through social works aimed such as Gaydar or Gayromeo, anizg secret parti, often private rinc.
But September, a member of Gayromeo announced the openg of a gay bar and rtrant near Prista’s football stadium lled the “Pure Pure Lounge Bar”. A waer at the Lg bar, oppose the now funct Pure Pure, told Balkan Insight: “I heard that was a gay bar but I never went si.
Another waer at the same bar said a former lleague had worked at Pure Pure and had waed durg a birthday party that doubled up as a gay event. The publicy surroundg the bar’s stat not only led to a flurry of homophobic onle ments but also angered the lol gay muny. Civil society groups workg the field of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights say they rema margalised and stigmatised society.
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Acrdg to LGBT activist Sarah Maliqi, “Bee of the high level of homophobia this tradnal society, which homosexualy is nsired shameful and a taboo, the groups are often forced to hi their sexual inty. As far as broar civil rights for gays were ncerned, however, Krasniqi said that “the ernment supports the law agast discrimatn, which clus discrimatn agast them”. “The problem is that for a homosexual to sue his offenr, he would first have to openly adm that he was homosexual, ” he said.
70 COUNTRI WHERE IT'S ILLEGAL TO BE GAY
Soclogist Lda Gia, om the Universy of Prista, says homophobia is a reflectn of Kosovo’s tradnal, patriarchal society but the suatn is changg.