皇家华人

Overview

Albania decriminalised homosexual relationships in January 1995. In 2010 the Parliament adopted a non-discrimination law which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity,听 promoting听equal access to employment, education, goods and services, health services and housing.听Civil society has played a crucial role in monitoring hate speech, especially by high ranking officials (). In May 2015, the Albanian parliament passed a resolution entitled 鈥淥n Protection of Rights and Freedoms of persons belonging to the LGBT community in Albania鈥� (.The University of Tirana does not have a dedicated Gender or LGBT/Queer studies departments. Civil society and activists are leading the discourse on LGBTQ and gender rights.听 The relationships between Civil society and governmental ministries is regulated by the LGBTI National Action Plan 2016-2020.听 offers a comprehensive overview of existing gender and LGBTQ听 rights and legal frameworks.听

• by ILGA Europe [in English].
• 听by听ILGA Europe [in English].

Resources

Books

• Allyn, Murray, Roscoe, Allyn, Eric, & Roscoe, Will. (1997).听. New York: New York University Press.
• Daskalova, Krassimira et. al. (2012).听. Wien/Berlin: LIT Verlag.
• Donert, C. (2002). . London : Centre for South-East European Studies, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London.
• Shaw, A. & Ardener, S. (2005). . New York, NY: Berghahn Books.听

Dissertations

• Vinther, Christian Kjaelder.听. Thesis defended at the Charles University in Prague [in English].听

Periodicals

Selected journal articles

• Xhaho, A.听(2015).听.听In听About Gender: An International Journal of Gender Studies,听Vol. 4,听N掳 7,听pp. 58-80.
• Curi, Urjana. (2018). .听Academicus: International Scientific Journal,听MMXVIII(17), 111-121.
• Xhensila Kadi. (2014).听.听Academicus: International Scientific Journal, Vol.MMXIV(9), pp.79-92.

Reports

• ILGA Europe, available from 2011 onwards [in English].
• (2017). In collaboration with local NGOs, USAID and UNDP听[in English].
• UK Home Office, 2019 [in English].
• .听World Bank Group, September 2018听[in English].
• - ILGA-Europe鈥檚 annual benchmarking tool, which ranks 49 countries in Europe on their LGBTI equality laws and policies. Available from 2009 onwards [in听English].
• . The Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2010听[in English].
• 听by the Commissioner for the Protection of Discrimination, Tirana, 2014听[in English].听

Audio-visual

• ,听VICE International [in English].听

Organisations

• 听- a non-governmental organization听dealing with advocacy and lobbying and awareness-raising, hosts a dynamic听听page with various local events on cooking and English courses, film nights and book club [in English and Albanian].
• [in English].
• 鈥嬏�- a听non-profit organization which works for the protection and advancement of the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender,听intersex听and queer people in Albania, contains an 听[in English and Albanian].听

Other resources

• [in English].