Homosexuality in Albania has been decriminalised since 1995, with an equal age of consent in place since 2001.

While attitudes are changing, Albania is a socially conservative country, and homosexuality has been seen as something of a taboo subject.

While anti-discrimination protections have been introduced in recent years, there’s currently no legal recognition of same-sex couples. Prospects of marriage equality seem a long way off.

The recent move by Albania’s professional body of psychologists to ban conversion therapy is a step forward.