PM Of Muslim-Majority Kosovo Leads Pride Parade After Promising Parliament Will Consider LGBTQ Civil Unions

Reuters reports:

In a Pristina apartment, gay actors laugh and cry their way through rehearsals for a play lampooning homophobic politicians and advocating equal rights for the LGBT community in Kosovo, which may soon become the first Muslim-majority country to allow same-sex unions.

The play is scheduled to run during Pride Week in June, but may also coincide with a vote in parliament on a new civil code legalising civil unions between people of the same gender. It is not clear exactly when the vote will be held, but Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said last month it would be soon.

Nearby Greece passed same-sex marriage into law earlier this year, becoming the first Orthodox Christian country to do so. But in Kosovo, which is more than 90-percent Muslim, Prime Minister Kurti faces objections from some of his own lawmakers.

Read the full article. Kosovo, population 1.7 million, declared independence from Serbia in 2008 following the 1992 dissolution of Yugoslavia and a prolonged war in which Serbia was accused of genocide. Currently, nearly half of United Nations member countries have not formally recognized Kosovo, including Serbia.

Kosovo’s PM @AlbinKurti leads the annual Pride Parade in the country’s capital Pristina.

Kurti wants Kosovo to be the first Muslim-majority country to introduce same-sex civil unions despite fierce opposition from some of his own lawmakers. pic.twitter.com/mcGXhu7juV

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