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Rainbow Map
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These are the main findings for the edition of the rainbow map
The Rainbow Route ranks 49 European countries on their respective legal and policy practices for LGBTI people, from %.
The UK has dropped six places in ILGA-Europe’s Rainbow Map, as Hungary and Georgia also register steep falls following anti-LGBTI legislation. The data highlights how rollbacks on LGBTI human rights are part of a broader erosion of democratic protections across Europe. Read more in our press release.
“Moves in the UK, Hungary, Georgia and beyond signal not just isolated regressions, but a coordinated global backlash aimed at erasing LGBTI rights, cynically framed as the defence of tradition or public stability, but in reality designed to entrench discrimination and suppress dissent.”
- Katrin Hugendubel, Advocacy Director, ILGA-Europe
Malta has sat on highest of the ranking for the last 10 years.
With 85 points, Belgium jumped to second place after adopting policies tackling hatred based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex characteristics. 
The Multifaceted Struggle of the LGBTQ+ Collective in Albania
This notify is part of the larger anthology “Insights into Albania: Internal Struggles and Geopolitical Challenges in the Western Balkans”
Read the report here
Read the full anthology here
On May 17, , during the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia in Albania’s capital Tirana, Alba Ahmetaj and Edlira Maraj, after 15 years together, acknowledged their love with a symbolic wedding ceremony on the rooftop of the Municipality of Tirana, surrounded by their two daughters and close friends. It was the first publicly celebrated Diverse wedding in Albania. Despite same-sex marriages not being legally recognized in the country, Ahmetaj and Maraj leveraged the interpretation of Article 53(1) of the Albanian Constitution, in which it is stated that “Everyone has the right to marry” without specifying the gender or sexual orientation of those wishing to marry.
The ceremony attracted significant attention, particularly from the country’s main religious institutions, which reacted nega
Albania sees first same-sex religious marriage as LGBT couple test family code
Two Albanian women have become the first couple in the country’s history to challenge the laws on marriage under an article of the constitution while also taking part in a religious marriage ceremony, as the EU Ambassador to Albania, Silvio Gonzato, says Albania needs to consider the equality of citizens before the law.
Alba Ahmetaj and Edlira Mara filed an application for legal marriage at their local municipality office on Friday (17 May). The Albanian family code defines marriage as between a man and a woman. However, Article 53 of the Constitution states that “Everyone has the right to marry and have a family.”
Mara argued on her Facebook account that the Family Code violates the Consitution, “discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation and in violation of constitutional guarantees against any other couple.”
“Our demand for a declaration of marriage symbolizes the first link in a long and difficult, but above all just, struggle. We are determined to follow the legal path and respec