A lesbian couple in Albania had an unofficial wedding in the capital city of Tirana to protest the country’s refusal to recognize marriages like theirs.
Alba Ahmetaj and Edlira Mara’s symbolic marriage ceremony took place on the roof of Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj’s office on Sunday, May 19 2024, with the couple’s three-year-old twin daughters in attendance. “Our society is very patriarchal and homophobic,” Ahmetaj said before the ceremony, per Reuters. …
In February, Ahmetaj and Mara were subjected to death threats while having coffee in a café in Tirana, Albania’s capital and largest city. The couple reportedly received Facebook messages saying that they would be shot by a sniper “in the middle of the forehead” if they visited the establishment again. They also received a barrage of hateful comments after announcing their wedding ceremony on social media, with one commenter proclaiming, “You should burn in hell.”
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