Gay Life Kosova

Contents:

• GAY LIFE KOSOVO
• KOSOVO’S NEW CIVIL OPENS THE WAY FOR GAY MARRIAGE
• KOSOVO RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK CLARY ON GAY MARRIAGE
• THE SECRET LIFE OF KOSOVO’S GAY COMMUNY
• COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

GAY LIFE 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.

There is no other way than hidg and ceptn to live Kosovo for somebody who is gay.

KOSOVO’S NEW CIVIL OPENS THE WAY FOR GAY MARRIAGE

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.

KOSOVO RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK CLARY ON GAY MARRIAGE

In 2007, a gay man om Kosovo was granted polil asylum the Uned Stat after prentg evince of repeated beatgs and harassment. Inter rearch reveals (as of March 2012) there is no gay rights based anizatn workg directly and properly gay rights. Prista or other Kosovan ci have no gay clubs, and there have so far been no gay pri paras.

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. Currently, the bt way to get ntact wh gay people is throughout social workg like Facebook, Gayromeo, Gaylbania. Is the first webse that was created jt for Albanian gay muny pecially those livg Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia.

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 . But when Arian go out for a drk wh his boyiend they appear jt iends – homosexualy remas a taboo Kosovo.

THE SECRET LIFE OF KOSOVO’S GAY COMMUNY

I’ve been physilly and emotnally abed so I keep the fact that I am gay to myself, ” Arian says. 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”. 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.

COUNTRI WHERE GAY MARRIAGE IS LEGAL 2023

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. “The ls effemate a homosexual man Kosovo is, the ls he is likely to end up a suatn.

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”. While there was no attack on the bar, the publicy did attract unwanted attentn and a barrage of homophobic abe onle.

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.