ERA’s Annual General Assembly is the biggest LGBTI event organized in the region since 2015. The conference is a lobby, advocacy, capacity building and visibility event which brings together more than 160 participants from across the region, Europe and beyond. LGBTI activists, state officials (governments, Parliaments, equality bodies etc.), donors, researchers, journalists, diplomatic community, representatives of international organizations and members of the local community attend the event.  

Republic of Turkey joined Council of Europe on 9 August 1949 and is one of the oldest members. The Council of Europe has a well-established large-scale country-specific co-operation in Turkey mainly in the field of rule of law and fundamental freedoms. However, the country has been facing some major challenges in the past years, especially in the field of human rights and freedoms, including the overall protection of the rights of LGBTI persons.

The EU accession process has been, and continues to be, a driving force for change in the recognition of the human rights of LGBTI people throughout the region not only through the criteria that countries have to meet, but through the annual Enlargement Reports.

ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for Western Balkans and Turkey in close partnership with its members: Aleanca LGBT, PINK Embassy Albania, Pro LGBT and Streha; and with technical support from ILGA World submitted this Written Contribution to the 3rd Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Republic of Albania, which focuses on the position of LGBTI persons in the country.

The report "Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities in Education and Housing: Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Serbia", documents, for the first time, experimental evidence of discrimination against LGBTI people in access to education and housing in Serbia.

The report "Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities in Education and Housing: Evidence from Two Field Experiments in Serbia", documents, for the first time, experimental evidence of discrimination against LGBTI people in access to education and housing in Serbia.

These are just two of many important steps in the life of all people, including an LGBTI person, each with unique impacts on their social and economic lives.

This research report is a summary of the living conditions of LGBTI people based on qualitative and quantitative data collected by Alliance against Discrimination LGBT. An online survey was conducted with members of the LGBTI community. The report provides information on discrimination, hate crimes, access to health services, experiences with emploument and housing and perceptions of well-being.

“Streha” është qendra e pare rezidenciale jo-publike në jug të Evropës Lindore, e cila ndihmon komunitetin LGBT në raste emergjente të strehimit dhe akomodimit. Ajo filloi si një projekt pilot i dy organizatave kryesore LGBT në Shqipëri, Aleanca kundër Diskriminimit LGBT në bashkëpunim me Të Bashkuar Pro Kauzës LGBT, respektivisht që nga hapja e dyerve të saj në Dhjetor 2014.

“Streha” shelter is the first non-public residential center in Southern Eastern Europe, which helps the LGBTI community in emergency of housing and accommodation. It started as a pilot project of two main LGBTI organizations in Albania, Alliance against LGBT Discrimination in collaboration with United ProLGBT Cause respectively since opening itsdoor in December 2014.