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 tja 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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