Xheni Karaj spoke about the wide debate that took place on the network regarding the request of the organization to replace the word “mother” with “parent who is born”.
The LBTI community rights activist confessed on the show “Invitation to 5” on TCH that she has faced numerous threats such as “We will drag you, we will burn you…”.
Karaj said that he is used to things like this, so he clarified what the community specifically wants. The activist stressed that the goal is to create laws for families with same-sex parents and both to be recognized in the certificate.
“In the birth certificate there must be my motherhood and my identification name. At the moment there is only motherhood and fatherhood. If a lesbian couple wants to register their child, it is impossible. As long as we are a family and we will raise the child with love and commitment both together, we want to be both.
We have a case that is the first in Albania that twins were born in January and the girls are 5 months old and unregistered. If it is registered in the name of one, it falls to the other not to be recognized as a parent. If something happens to the biological mother, her partner has no right. The child can go to an adoption home. Will we continue to close our eyes or do something to change and create more accommodating laws for families? “For me, the family is sacred.” said Karaj.
