Alliance against Discrimination of LGBTI (Aleanca) is a grassroots organization founded and led by a group of brave and determined young LGBTIQ+ people in Albania. Their mission is to protect, engage, and amplify the voices and power of all LGBTIQ+ communities in Albania, with a particular focus on youth. Aleanca works strategically with a network of local women’s rights organizations to provide refuge, psychological support, and legal assistance to LGBTIQ+ people in towns across the country. As part of their groundbreaking work, Aleanca and its sister organization, Pro LGBT, opened the country’s first-ever residential shelter for homeless LGBTIQ+ youth. Known as STREHA (or “SHELTER”), it provides a critical safe space for youth who were forced out of their homes and communities amid intense discrimination and violence. Since 2012, Aleanca LGBTI and Pro LGBT have been organizing Tirana Pride, Albania’s biggest public event raising awareness on LGBTI issues.
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Violencia contra las mujeres; Derechos LTBIQ; Salud y derechos sexuales y reproductivos
Alliance against Discrimination of LGBTI (Aleanca) es una organización de base fundada y encabezada por un grupo de jóvenes LGTBIQ+ valientes y determinadxs en Albania. Su misión es proteger, implicar y amplificar las voces y el poder de todas las comunidades LGTBIQ+ en Albania, en especial la de la juventud. Aleanca trabaja de manera estratégica con una red de organizaciones locales por los derechos de las mujeres para proporcionar acogida, apoyo psicológico y asistencia jurídica a personas LGTBIQ+ en pueblos y ciudades de todo el país. Dentro de su labor revolucionaria, Aleanca y su organización hermana, Pro-LGBT, abrieron la primera casa de acogida para jóvenes LGTBIQ+ sin hogar del país. Con el nombre de STREHA (“refugio”), proporciona un espacio seguro crucial para jóvenes a quienes han echado de casa o de sus comunidades mediante fuerte discriminación y violencia. Desde 2012, Aleanca LGBTI y Pro LGBT organizan la ‘Tirana Pride’, el mayor evento público de Albania para concienciar sobre las cuestiones LGBTI.
Enlaces:
- SITIO WEB: SOS LGBT
- VÍDEO: Tirana Pride
- VÍDEO: Food distribution to LGBTI community members during COVID-19
- INFORME: SDGs Implementation in the Context of Albania. An LGBTI Perspective
- ESTUDIO: Situation of LBT women in Albania
- DOCUMENTAL: The LGBTI movement in Albania
