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- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✖ Unrecognized
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✖ Legal, but requires surgery
- Gender-Affirming Care
- ✖ Restricted for minors
- 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
- Intersex Infant Surgery
- ✖ Not banned
- Military
- ✖ Lesbians, gays, bisexuals permitted, transgender people banned
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✖ Not banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
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Homosexual activity in Delvinë is legal.
Current status
Since Jun 1, 1995
Legal
The Penal Code passed on January 27, 1995 decriminalized consensual homosexual intercourse. Article 116 - the crime of "homosexuality" which punished homosexual intercourse when conducted forcefully, with minor people, or with persons unable to protect themselves has been completely repealed by amending the law from 2001.
Same-sex marriage in Delvinë is unrecognized.
Current status
Since Nov 28, 1998
Unrecognized
Albania does not legally recognize same-sex marriages, civil unions or domestic partnership benefits.
There is no definition of marriage in the 1998 Constitution.
Article 53: Everyone has the right to get married and have a family.... The entering into and dissolution of marriage are regulated by law."
In the Family Law from 2003, Article 7 reads: "Marriage can be concluded between a man and a woman who are 18 years or older."
There is no definition of marriage in the 1998 Constitution.
Article 53: Everyone has the right to get married and have a family.... The entering into and dissolution of marriage are regulated by law."
In the Family Law from 2003, Article 7 reads: "Marriage can be concluded between a man and a woman who are 18 years or older."
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Delvinë is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Albania, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
Right to change legal gender in Delvinë is legal, but requires surgery.
Current status
Since May 11, 2009
Legal, but requires surgery
Law No. 10-129 on Civil Status of 2009 sets out the conditions required for change legal gender. Sex-reassignment surgery is required, but transgender people do it mainly in Serbia, because in Albania such surgeries are not performed.
Until May 11, 2009
Illegal
Albania is one of the only countries in Europe where gender change is illegal
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Gender-Affirming Care in Delvinë is restricted for minors.
Current status
Since 2009
Restricted for minors
In 2009, Albania legalized the right to sterilization, thanks to which adult Albanians can undergo full medical transition, in accordance with the principles set out in the ICD.
Restricted
In 1987, Albania adopted the ICD-9 classification, which included codes allowing for the diagnosis of transsexualism in adults. That same year, Canada legalized sterilization.
Until 1987
Banned
Medical transition is not possible
Legal recognition of non-binary gender in Delvinë is not legally recognized.
Current status
Not legally recognized
Not legally recognized.
LGBT discrimination in Delvinë is illegal.
Current status
Since Mar 13, 2010
Illegal
On February 04, 2010, Albanian parliament approved a unified anti-discrimination law, known as the Law on Protection from Discrimination, which prohibits, among other categories, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics in all areas.
LGBT employment discrimination in Delvinë is sexual orientation and gender identity.
LGBT housing discrimination in Delvinë is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Same-sex adoption in Delvinë is single only.
Current status
Since Dec 21, 2003
Single only
There are no adoption restrictions for single people. Also, no laws in place for same-sex couples.
Intersex infant surgery in Delvinë is not banned.
Current status
Not banned
There are no official restrictions on unnecessary interventions on intersex infants in Albania. On July 26, 2020, the Ministry of Health published the Medical Protocol for the Assessment of Children with Atypical Genital Development. According to the protocol, surgical interventions will only be permitted in cases when it is required and all interventions should be done according to protocol, and not according to the parent’s wishes. However, non-vital interventions may still be possible.
Serving openly in military in Delvinë 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.
Blood donations by MSMs in Delvinë is legal.
Current status
Since Jan 1, 2008
Legal
There are no restrictions for blood donations by MSMs.
Conversion therapy in Delvinë 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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