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Overview

Homosexuality in Kosovo became legal in 1994 while Kosovo was still part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Since its independence in 2008, the Republic of Kosovo has put a great effort in adopting a wide range of laws and measures against discrimination of LGBT, however, it has struggled with implementation. The Kosovo government remains publicly supportive and in 2013 Parliament passed a bill to create an LGBT parliamentary coordination group. This is further regulated through the Anti-Discrimination Law from 2004, amended in 2015 to include nondiscrimination provisions for gender identities. The EU has supported LGBTQ in Kosovo, and in May 2014 it launched a project on . Kosovo held its first Pride Parade in May 2017, which was attended by the Prime Minister Hashim Tachi. 

•  by ILGA Europe [in English].
•  by ILGA Europe [in English].

Resources

Books

• Bilić, B. (2016). . (Palgrave studies in European political sociology). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Pearce, S. C., & Cooper, A. (2014). . In Handbook of LGBT Communities, Crime, and Justice (pp. 311-338). New York: Springer.

Periodicals

Selected articles

• Rexhepi, P. (2016). . Southeastern Europe, 40(1), 32-53.
• Fauchier, A. (2013).  Forced Migration Review, (42), 36-39.

Data and statistics

• , includes , ILGA Europe - a world survey of sexual orientation laws +  [in English].

Reports

• . ILGA Europe [in English].
• . Center for Social Group Development, 2016 [in English].
•  [in English].
• . National Democratic Institute, 2015 [in English].
• . World Bank Group, September 2018 [in English].
•  [in English].
• . Equal Rights for All Coalition, November 2016 [in English].
• . Centre for Equality and Liberty Kosova, 2017 [in English].
• (Online report). Human Rights Watch [in English].

News portals

• - a website of the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, that focuses on news, analysis, commentary and investigative reporting from southeast Europe [in English].
• - an independent media organization that engages society through print and online magazines, debates and advocacy initiatives, with the focus on the current affairs in Kosovo, the region and beyond. Includes on Kosovo's LGBTQ issues [in English, Albanian, Serbian].

Audio-visual

• Qielli Po Hapet (The Sky is Turning) is a four-part documentary about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in Kosovo. It shows personal stories of acceptance and rejection, to activism and the organization of the first Pride parade. It was produced by the  ​[English subtitles].

Organisations

• [in English, Albanian].
•  [in English, Albanian, Serbian].
• is a Regional Association of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and queer organizations from Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia and Turkey. They provide resources on the LGBTQ+ issues published in the . [in English].
•   [in English, Albanian].

Other resources

• [in English].
• - is the first website that was created for Albanian gay community especially those living in Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia. This site also offers a gay guide of Pristina. [in Albanian].
• Hoare, Liam.  [in English].