Miss Trans Albania is a

beauty pageant A beauty pageant is a competition in which the contestants are judged and ranked based on various physical and mental attributes. Per its name, beauty pageants traditionally focus on judging the contestants' physical attractiveness, sometimes sol ...

for

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

people organized annually in Albania. It wa
first held in 2014
in

Tirana Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...

. The first edition was held in 2014, organized by the LGBT Alliance and other NGO's dealing with LGBTI+ issues in Albania. The organizers are aiming to bring more visibility to the marginalized community of transgender people in Albania, who rarely go out in public for their rights due to social stigma, and to promote

LGBT rights Rights affecting lesbian, Gay men, gay, Bisexuality, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the Capital punishmen ...

. Albanians' views on LGBT rights are generally conservative. In 2017, apart from local media, some international outlets covered the event. The contestants and organizers considered the event as "the best proof" that a transgender community exists in Albania and as a step towards a wider recognition of the rights of transgender people by the Albanian population and institutions. The 5th edition of the beauty pageant competition was filled with messages aimed at lobbying for a more acceptable society for the trans rights as the institutional support remains very low and the legislation has not advanced at all when it comes to the trans rights since 2014.

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{{reflist LGBTQ in Albania Transgender beauty pageants 2014 establishments in Albania

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