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Gay enviroment in Tirana   (information in English and Albanian)                                                       Situata e homoseksualėve nė Tiranė (informacion nė Anglisht dhe Shqip)

Gay enviroment in Tirana

General information about Albania:

Albania is located on the Southeastern Europe along Adriatic and Ionian coast.Less then 140 km  (75 miles) from the Italian coast.It borders Yougoslavia and Kosovo in the north and northeast and Macedonia in the east and Greece in the south.

Local time GMT+1 (GMT+2 between the end of April and the end of October)

Area

28748 sq. km. (11000 sq. miles)

Population Albania

3.355.000

The capital is Tirana

Population Tirana

Around 800.000

Albanian Parliament legalized (a)

consesual homosexual relations first on January 20, 1995.

If you've been told that there's no gay people in Albania,well that people gave you the wrong information.Gay people exists also in Albania (like in all other countries) in this small country which the capital is Tirana.Tirana enjoys a beautiful setting between the ranges of Dajti mountain from one side and the coastal plains on the other side.Tirana boasts several museums and artistic institutions including The National Historical Museum,,Museum of Folc Culture,Opera and Balet Theater,Drama and Variety Show,The Gallery of the Fine Arts,The International Centre of Culture,The Palace of Congress and Exhibiton Halls so it is an attractive place for tourist but Tirana  it's one of the few capitals (or maybe the last one)  that doesn't have any gay bar around (b) (discos,pubs,saunas or movie theaters for gay people) or at least one gay friendly bar and that is a big problem for the Albanian and foreinger gay people who comes to Tirana because first of all there's no known place where people can meet  eachother,cruise or be free to kiss their partner.In Tirana the only cruising area for the moment is a small park between the seet of the Socialist Party and the Ministery of Deffence of Albania.It is a very small park which connects  Scanderbeg Square to the Deshmoret e 4 Shkurtit Street.For that reason the gay people call the place Tranzit which it is not a safe area to meet people knowing all the problems that have been in the past (c).

 

The other park is Parku Rinia (you don't need to check on your map,parku Rinia is very known and anyone can tell you where is)

The other place is (or maybe has been) the street which starts from the main bridge close to the pyramide and ends up to the street called Rruga e Elbasanit and I've been told that the best place it is the small bridge between the two big bridges (The Deshmoret e Kombit Bulevard  bridge and the Rruga e Elbasanit bridge).It is a small bridge in front of the new chappel of Tirana which connects the chappel to the pyramide (International Centre of Culture of Tirana)

In Tirana cruising areas are mostly parks and outdoors places   

but don't ever think that you they're the only places...actually you can meet them all over.

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(a)Before that homosexuality was punished by the Albanian law with up to ten years of imprisonament.

 

(b)Thus there have been two gay friendly bars or better say places where gay people used to go.The first one was Bar Caffe Kursali near Scanderbeg Square but the City Hall of Tirana demolished all the bars in that area.The second was Bar London on the Bulevard Zog the 1-st but no one goes in that place anymore and the third one was a pub called The Murphys but now most of the pubs allows only the entrance of  couples (has to be a girl and a boy).

 

(c)For more information please check www.ilga.org and also the report of a fact-finding mission of December 2001 made by COC Netherlands called "Caught Between Fear And Isolation".

 

Situata e homoseksualėve nė Tiranė

Informacion i pėrgjithshėm pėr Shqipėrinė:

Shqipėria lokalizohet nė Juglindje tė Europės pėrgjatė brigjeve tė detiti Adriatik dhe Jon.Mė pak se 140 km  (75 milje) nga bregu Italian .Kufizohet nga Jugosllavia dhe Kosova nė veri dhe verilindje dhe Maqedonia nė lindje dhe Greqia nė jug.

Koha lokale GMT+1 (GMT+2 nga fundi iPrillit deri nė fund tė Tetorit )

Territori:

28748 km katrore (11000 milje katrore)

Popullsia e Shqipėrisė:

3.355.000

Kryeqyteti Tiranė

Popullsia Tiranė

Reth 800.000

Parlamenti Shqiptar legalizoi (a)   pėr herė tė parė mardhėniet konsesuale tė homeoseksualėve nė 20 Januar 1995.

Nėse tė kanė thėnė se nuk ka homoseksualė nė Shqipėri,atėherė kėta njerėz tė kanė informuar gabim.Homoseksualizmiekziston edhe nė Shqipėri (ashtu si nė cdo vend tjetėr) nė kėtė vend tė vogėl me kryeqytet Tiranėn.Tirana ka nje shtrirje tė bukur e cila fillon nga mali i Dajtit nė njė anė dhe brigjet e ulėta nė anėn tjetėr.Tirana ofron shumė muzeume dhe institucione artistike duke pėrfshirė Muzeun Historik Kombėtar,Muzeun e Kulturės Popullore,Teatrin e Operas dhe Baletit,Teatrin e Varietesė,Galerinė e Arteve tė Bukura,Qendrėn Ndėrkombėtare tė KulturėsPallatin e Kongreseve dhe Galeri shfaqjesh kėshtu qė ėshtė njė vend tėrheqės pėr turistėt por Tirana ėshtė njė nga tė paktat kryeqytete (pėr tė mos thėnė i vetmi ndoshta) i cili nuk ka njė bar gay pėrreth (b) (diskoteka,pubs,sauna apo kinema pėr gay) ose tė paktėn njė lokal miqėsor pėr gay dhe ky ėshtė njė problem pėr pėr homoseksualėt Shqiptarė apo ata tė huaj qė vijnė nė Tiranė sepse mė sė pari nuk ka vende shumė tė njohura ku njerzit mund tė takohen,tė puthen me partnerin e tyre.I vetmi vendtakim nė Tiranė pėr momentin ėshtė parku mes Selisė sė Partisė Socialiste dhe Ministrisė sė Mbrojtjes Shqiptare.Parku ėshtė shumė i vogėl i cili lidh Sheshin Skenderbeu me Rrugėn Dėshmorėt e 4 Shkurtit.Pėr kėtė arsye homoseksualėt e thėrrasin parkun me emrin Tranzit i cili faktikisht nuk ėshtė njė vend i rehatshėm qė tė takosh homoseksualė duke ditur tė gjithė problemet e kohės se shkuar(c).

Parku tjetėr ėshtė Parku Rinia (nuk keni nevojė qė te keni njė hartė pėr ta gjetur sepse atė vend e dinė tė gjithė dhe cdokush mund t’ja u tregojė)

Pastaj ka dhe njė vend tjetėr(or ndoshta ka qenė) rruga qė fillon nga ura kryesore afėr piramidės dhe pėrfundon te Rruga e Elbasanit dhe mė kanė thėnė se vendi mė i mirė ėshtė ura e vogėl midis dy urave atė te Bulevardit Dėshmorėt e Kombit dhe atė tė Rrugės sė Elbasanit.Ėshtė njė urė e vogėl e cila lidh Katedralen e Tiranės me piramidėn (Qendrėn Ndėrkombėtare tė Kulturės).

Nė Tiranė vendtakimet janė zakonisht parqe dhe vende tė hapura por kurrė mos mendo se ato janė tė vetmet vende...nė fakt ju mund tė takoni dikė kudo.

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(a)Para kėsaj date  homoseksualizmi dėnohej nga ligji Shqiptar me deri 10 vjet burgim.

(bMegjithatė thuhet ose ka pasur dy lokale shumė tė frekuentuara nga homoseksualėt.I pari quhej Bar Kafe Kursali pėrballė Sheshit Skėnderbeu por Bashkia e Tiranės i rrėzoi tė gjitha lokalet nė atė zonė nėn fushatėn kthim nė indentitet.I dyti quhet Bar London nė Bulevardin Zogu i Parė por askush si duket nuk e frekuenton ate vend mė dhe i treti ėshtė njė pub qė quhet  The Murphys por tani shumica e pubeve lejon hyrjen vetėm nė cift (djalė i shoqeruar me vajzė )

(c)Pėr mė tepėr informacion shiko faqen nė internet tė  www.ilga.org gjithashtu raportin e misionit tė gjetjes sė fakteve tė Dhjetorit 2001 kryer nga COC  Netherlands me titullin "Caught Between Fear And Isolation".

 

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