LGBT rights in Albania
| LGBT rights in Albania | |
|---|---|
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| Same-sex sexual activity legal? | Legal since 1995, age of consent equalized in 2001 |
| Gender identity/expression | - |
| Military service | Gays and lesbians are allowed to serve since 2008 |
| Discrimination protections | Sexual orientation and gender identity protections |
| Family rights | |
| Recognition of relationships |
No recognition of same-sex couples |
| Adoption | - |
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Albania may face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents although they are protected under a comprehensive anti-discrimination legislation. Both male and female same-gender sexual activities are legal in Albania since 1995, but households headed by same-gender couples are not eligible for the same legal protections available to opposite-gender couples.
Albania, as a whole, is considered to be rather conservative, especially in public reactions regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights and visibility of LGBT people; however, anti-discrimination legislation have made ILGA-Europe regard Albania as one of a very few countries in Europe which explicitly bans discrimination on the grounds of gender identity. Albania has ratified Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, moreover Albania was a signatory to the 2007 UN Declaration on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
In 2015, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) ranked Albania 19th in terms of LGBT rights out of 49 observed European countries.
In 1858, the Ottoman Empire legalized same-sex sexual intercourse.Pederasty in Albania was a practice reported by many Western travellers in the nineteenth century, including John Cam Hobhouse, who said in his diaries that pederasty was "openly practised" in the region.
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