In Albania, the law "On Gender Equality" has been submitted to Parliament, which, among other things, aims to expand the concept of gender as a comprehensive concept, using the notions "gender identity", "gender expression", opening paths for the recognition of more than two genders.
And not only that, but for over two years now, surrogacy has been legally permitted in our country.
Two extremely avant-garde initiatives for a country like ours.
But unlike Albania, Slovakia, a country led by an officially left-wing social democratic party, has approved in Parliament today a law that recognizes only two genders and prohibits surrogacy and adoption by non-heterosexual couples.
The legal change, which was approved in parliament, also limits adoption to married heterosexual couples and bans surrogacy.
Critics, including Amnesty International, have warned that the change will make life harder for LGBT people, saying it brings the country's legal system closer to Hungary's illiberal government or Putin's Russia.
Parliament's support for the amendment came as a surprise to observers, as even the prime minister admitted on Thursday that it might not be approved.
Fico's government, a coalition of populist, leftist and nationalist parties, needed at least 90 votes in the 150-seat Slovak National Council to change the constitution, however, in the end 12 opposition MPs voted with the government.
Prime Minister Robert Fico praised the vote and said his party would have a drink to celebrate the success. He had previously argued that what he called liberal ideology was "spreading like cancer."
