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ILGA-Europe and Aleanca LGBT are bringing the second UNSTOPPABLE Pride Organisers' Summit to Tirana, December 10–13. Here's who can apply, what's covered, and why Albania's protest-filled year makes the city a pointed choice.
Xheni Karaj came out live on Albanian TV in 2012, then spent the next decade building the organization behind Tirana Pride, the country's first LGBTQ+ shelter, and its push toward legal equality.
A homophobic outburst on live Albanian television this Pride season landed on top of a real legal debate: whether the law should say 'parent' instead of 'mother' and 'father' — and whether same-sex families finally get recognized at all.
