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LGBT Rights in Albania

    Homosexuality
    ✔ Legal
    Gay Marriage
    ✖ Unrecognized
    Censorship
    ✔ No censorship
    Changing Gender
    ✖ Illegal
    Non-binary gender recognition
    ✖ Not legally recognized
    Discrimination
    ✔ Illegal
    Employment Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Housing Discrimination
    ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
    Adoption
    ✖ Single only
    Military
    ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
    Donating Blood
    ✔ Legal
    Conversion Therapy
    ✖ Not banned
    Age of Consent
    ✔ Equal

Recent studies in Albania indicate societal resistance to LGBTQ+ rights.

History

Homosexual activity in Albania

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Homosexual activity in Albania is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 27, 1995
Legal
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Same-sex marriage in Albania

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Same-sex marriage in Albania is unrecognized.

Current status
Since Feb 4, 2010
Unrecognized
Albania does not legally recognize same-sex marriages, civil unions or domestic partnership benefits.
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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Albania

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Censorship of LGBT Issues in Albania is no censorship.

Current status
No censorship
In Albania, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
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Right to change legal gender in Albania

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Right to change legal gender in Albania is illegal.

Current status
Illegal
Albania is one of the only countries in Europe where gender change is illegal

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Albania

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Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Albania is not legally recognized.

Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized.
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LGBT discrimination in Albania

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LGBT discrimination in Albania is illegal.

Current status
Since Feb 5, 2010
Illegal
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LGBT employment discrimination in Albania

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LGBT employment discrimination in Albania is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Since Aug 30, 2010
Sexual orientation and gender identity
There is legislation protecting both sexual orientation and gender identity in the workplace
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LGBT housing discrimination in Albania

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LGBT housing discrimination in Albania is sexual orientation and gender identity.

Current status
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Albania gay rights groups open first LGBTI shelter in Balkan region
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Same-sex adoption in Albania

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Same-sex adoption in Albania is single only.

Current status
Since Oct 2, 2017
Single only
No restrictions. No laws in place for same sex couples.
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Serving openly in military in Albania

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Serving openly in military in Albania is lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned.

Current status
Since May 7, 2013
Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
Hate crime law allows LGBTQ+ individuals to serve openly without discrimination in the military however transgenders aren't.
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Blood donations by MSMs in Albania

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Blood donations by MSMs in Albania is legal.

Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Legal
There are no restrictions for blood donations by MSMs.
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Conversion therapy in Albania

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Conversion therapy in Albania is not banned.

Current status
Since 2020
Not banned
Psychologists are arguing with the government that conversion therapy should be banned. No law actually has been in place by the Albania government. Albania has not made a comment to ban conversion therapy
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Equal age of consent in Albania

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Equal age of consent in Albania is equal.

Current status
Since Apr 2, 2010
Equal
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LGBT Rights by District

View the LGBT laws in each individual district of Albania.