Albania is Europe’s Most Homophobic Country, Survey Says
Data from a new survey released to Balkan Insight by the Open Society Foundation, OSFA, reveal that the vast majority of Albanians are conservative and disapprove of the gay and lesbian lifestyle.
The results, part of the European Social Survey, ESS, which will be published on Tuesday, suggest that Albania is the most homophobic society of the countries included in the survey.
According to the survey, data 53 per cent of Albanians believe that “gays and lesbians should not be free to live life as they wish,” the largest percentage holding that opinion in the survey.
By contrast, according to the ESS data, the least homophobic countries in Europe are Sweden and Netherlands, where only 3 per cent of the population believe that gays and lesbians do not have the right to live openly in society.
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