Beg gay Kosovo, Europe’s youngt natn - Equal Tim

Contents:

• KOSOVO HOLDS SEND GAY PRI PARA WHOUT CINT
• KOSOVO STAG SEND GAY PRI PARA UNR HEAVY SECURY
• BEG GAY KOSOVO, EUROPE’S YOUNGT NATN
• CALLS FOR CHANGE AT GAY PRI PARA KOSOVO
• KOSOVO HOLDS SEND GAY PRI PARA WHOUT CINT
• KOSOVO HOLDS FIRST EVER GAY PRI PARA, LGBT MUNY FDS SUPPORT OM PRINT HASHIM THACI
• KOSOVO HOLDS SEND GAY PRI PARA WHOUT CINT

KOSOVO HOLDS SEND GAY PRI PARA WHOUT CINT

PRISTINA, Kosovo -- A few hundred people held the first ever pri para the Kosovo pal, Prista, on Tuday, to promote the rights of the gay para, lled "In the name of love, " was anized by ne non-ernmental anizatns to raise awarens and end prejudice Kosovo banners and rabow flags hand and mic playg, participants shouted "There is no genr love" as they walked peacefully between two ma squar Prista. This is the first Pri Para, although the gay muny has held small march over the past three years supported by important polil lears and diplomats. "We believe a diverse society and that would add value to Kosovo society, " anizer Lendi Mtafa told participants at the end of the is still wispread anti-gay sentiment the predomantly Mlim untry of 1.

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of people Kosovo have held a gay pri para for the send straight year the pal. ”The gay muny has asked for more eedom of exprsn and non-discrimatn, llg on society to be more tolerant and accept diversy.

Senr Kosovo officials, diplomats and gay activists om the regn joed the march, which was held whout any cints reported but unr close police ’s parliament passed an anti-discrimatn law 2004, but there is still wispread anti-gay sentiment the predomantly Mlim untry of 1. PRISTINA (Rters) - Hundreds of people turned out on Wednday for Kosovo’s send Gay Pri para unr heavy police rt after a party that po Islamic valu urged the ernment to scrap the event.

KOSOVO STAG SEND GAY PRI PARA UNR HEAVY SECURY

”A Serbian gay activist, Alkandar Savic exprsed solidary wh the Kosovo marchers.

“We all fight for the same goals, we share the same valu so is logil that spe our different ethnic background we support each other, ” Savic, om Belgra Pri, told Tuday, Fjala (Word), a polil party that fights for the rights of Mlims, said the Gay Pri event was “a para of shame”, and tried unsuccsfully to have rights activists say Kosovo should allow same-sex marriage. Commentg on Wednday’s Gay Pri para, Kosovo’s Prime Mister Ramh Haradaj said: “Our nstutn guarante dividual eedom for all. ”“LGBT and Pri Week will always have stutnal support, to be ee and secure to exprs their orientatn, ” Haradaj said his Facebook European Unn, which Kosovo hop to jo one day, has said fear remas wispread the untry’s gay muny.

BEG GAY KOSOVO, EUROPE’S YOUNGT NATN

Activists wh the Centre for Equaly and Liberty, a LGBTQI rights NGO, Lendi Mtafa and Liridon Veliu, their office preparg for Prista’s first ever gay pri para.

CALLS FOR CHANGE AT GAY PRI PARA KOSOVO

Among them is the untry’s LGBTQI (lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and tersex) muny. Closeted or not, all those who spoke to Equal Tim gave chillg ttimony of what means to be young and gay Europe’s youngt untry.

In 2011, for the first time, Prista had a gay bar.

KOSOVO HOLDS SEND GAY PRI PARA WHOUT CINT

One enterprisg staff member put out an advert on GayRomeo, a datg se.

While not a gay bar, D e Nat is gay iendly, although do not broadst the fact. Of the remag two, one is another quietly gay-iendly fé and the third is an apartment the cy centre.

KOSOVO HOLDS FIRST EVER GAY PRI PARA, LGBT MUNY FDS SUPPORT OM PRINT HASHIM THACI

It examed the e of discrimatory language textbooks and found that a civics textbook equated homosexualy wh “disorrs” and “crimal behavur”. Meanwhile, a blogy textbook said that homosexualy “viat om normal behavur and is noted as a viant behavural form.

KOSOVO HOLDS SEND GAY PRI PARA WHOUT CINT

CEL was preparg for Kosovo’s first ever gay pri event.